Mac OS X Mavericks Overview (Video Inside!)

Not long ago Apple released their latest update to the OS X software
line titled “Mavericks”. This new update was going to update some of the software that is already on your mac, and even add some new apps in the mix. Normally these kinds of updates cost around twenty to thirty dollars. In this case however, you can download the latest update from the app store for free. That’s right, this operating system update downloads and installs much like an application and it is free to the public. It can also be used as an upgrade from your older OS to a newer one. Although the price tag is awesome, what exactly did they add to this update that makes it shine from the rest? Let’s get started shall we? 

One of the new features Mavericks offers, which is one of my personal favorites is the finder tabs. Normally you would have to open several windows and cycle through them to get from point A to point B to point C and it can become a mess real quick. However with the finder tabs you can open up several tabs in one finder window that you can also cycle through making it much easier to get from window to window. The best way to think of this is like an internet browser with its tab system. That’s exactly how it functions. For me this is useful because of how many windows I normally have open in one usage. So this can benefit other users as well.

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Programming with Python- If's Elif's Else's

In todays video we go over the basic principle of the If, elif, and else function in python. The best way to explain this in summary is to say that if one action happens, then this action happens. Elif (Or else that doesn’t end.) this action will happen; else (which is the ending statement) this action happens. Every if has to have an else. With out else the function will not work properly. There is no easy way to explain all this in code unless I show you what it means in code. For example:  

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Photoshop Tutorial: Animating

Now it has been a while since I last did a tutorial video for Photoshop, and today I come back with something a bit more useful when it comes to making an animated logo. In the video I demonstrate how to animate using a sprite sheet, but the concept is quite simple to understand altogether. All you have to do is animate frame-by-frame, or in this case layer by layer. There isn’t a whole lot I can really show you through this article that I did in the video. But I will try my best to recapture this moment for you in text form for those who don’t like watching an eight minute video. So without further distractions, let’s get started.

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Programming with Python: Print, Comment

Hello guys, today I am going to try my best to teach you some methods in programming. I am not a professional at this, but a guy who is learning it himself, but I figured by teaching others it would benefit them in some way while being able to me to get a review going on. So how are we going to do this? First, let me tell you what you will need. You’re going to need a text editor. No no, I don’t mean textedit or notepad. Here, you will need these.

(Mac) http://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/
(Windows)  http://notepad-plus-plus.org/

Now we are going to need the actual programing software itself. This will allow us to work with the python interface while being able to edit the code in the long run. Since we are starting with python, I suggest you download Python 2.7.5, as we will be working with that in this series.

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Crush The Castle Review

Do you remember the Angry Birds game review I did not long ago? In that review I mentioned a game just like it that was the possible inspiration behind angry birds. That game that was mentioned was called “Crush the Castle”. I had a lot of things happen to me this week, so I thought it would be a good idea to sit at my desk and play this game again. So today we are going to be talking about one of my favorite classic flash games. Again, this game might be the inspiration behind Angry Birds, so it plays much like it. So all you have to do is kill all the guards while destroying everything in the process. A fun and addictive Physics game in other words. So let’s dive right in and get started shall we?

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