Art, Technology & People

Corel Photopaint .nib Smoke Brush Pack v2 Released!

May 8, 2013 Dan Richard Comments 0 Comment

Hi guys! As promised, I am slowly replacing the old generation .nib brush packs for Corel Photopaint in the .nib brush area of the site and I figured we’d start with the super-popular smoke brushes. I will be releasing the blood splatter pack very soon, so please stay tuned. Please note this pack was created and tested in Corel x5.

Description: Second generation .nib set of smoke brushes generated from several smoke ABR files. This is a standalone brushpack and does not contain the default Corel nibs. Click here to download Corel Photopaint .nib Smoke Brush Pack v2. Installation instructions are here.
Download size: 5.2MB
Created: 05-08-2013

Enjoy and please comment and share below!
Dan

Game of Thrones audio broken after intro or opening credits on PS3 Media Server PSM Fix!

April 24, 2013 Dan Richard Comments 9 comments

If you’re like me, you’re probably enjoying Game of Thrones season 3 right now, and like me, you may be watching your episodes via your Playstation using PS3 Media Server and you’ve noticed lately that when watching the show, the audio craps out after the opening credits have played or maybe after the “Previously on Game of Thrones” segment. This started happening for me, so I fuddled around with the PS3 Media Server Transcode settings and found a configuration that worked flawlessly. Here’s the settings you should try out for your audio set up and your Game of Thrones sound should start to work again:

So the parts you need to pay attention to are the audio engines order and the audio engines settings on the transcoding settings tab. On the left side under “Audio Files Engines” make sure you have the order set as:

FFmpeg Audio
MPlayer Audio
Audio High Fidelity

Then, in the left middle area under “Audio settings, apply to following decoders:” make sure you check “Use LPCM” and “Keep AC-3” options and the rest are off. Save and restart PS3 Media Server and you should be back in business! You should also ensure you’re running the latest version of PSM or at the very least a fairly recent stable build. PSM is updated on a fairly regular basis and the PSM team is always patching new bugs, adding tweaks etc.

Oh and yes I know I have video quality set pretty low… I stream via Wifi and anything higher just craps out. One of these days I’ll hardwire it.

Please post a comment and let me know if it worked!
Dan

Your Lack of Privacy on the Internet – Do you know who’s watching you?

February 25, 2013 Dan Richard Comments 5 comments

Here’s an interesting infograph I found on the web, and you really have to wonder… have you been thinking about pulling back online and protecting your privacy? Are you truly aware of what can be found online about you personally? It’s amazing what you can find out about someone via simple search engines. Check it out:

New goodies on Playboy.com – eShave video, Case of Bass with Moscot and Refreshed Girls Hub!

December 16, 2012 Dan Richard Comments 0 Comment

Hey all! Hope you’ve all been well, Christmas shopping is done and you’re all set for the holidays. I wanted to show you guys some cool new goodies the Playboy.com team has cooked up for our awesome fans. As we continue to work with cool brands and products, we get to do some fun stuff on the site, and get some awesome giveaways going as well. First up, check out this awesome sexy Shaving How-To video starring Lauren Elise and her scruffy looking buddy when we unleash them at the Bolt Barbers Shop with some sweet eShave shaving products.

The Playboy.com team did an amazing job putting this together, with probably one of favorite videos and of course a sweet gallery for your lovin’ eyes. The best part is we gave away a $500 eShave prize pack including shaving mugs with the models on them to one lucky Twitter follower… I personally use one of their Badger Brushes (This one in Smoked color with Silvertip hair) and I am in LOVE with it, amazing brush and worth every penny.

Next up, we worked with a company to bring to our readers a product that I am sure most people never realized even existed. Imagine kick ass speaker systems self-contained in gorgeous vintage luggage… hard to picture? No worries, Case of Bass has done all the thinking for you, and they made 3 custom Playboy.com Case of Bass speakers just for us! (Which by the way, we gave away)

Straight from Portland, Oregon, Case of Bass hand-builds portable sound systems within unique vintage suitcases that are individually tailored to your specific requirements. We figured what better way to show these babies off than have the beautiful blue-eyed Elena Romanova don a pair of sweet Moscot glasses and strut her stuff Playboy.com style! Check out the gallery (you won’t regret it) and the fun BTS video by clicking HERE.

And finally, Playboy.com has a brand new refreshed Girls Hub that’s been months in the planning and was finally deployed this past week. You can now easily look up your favorite Playboy models, search by name, look at all the latest girl related content posted on Playboy.com and filter it by gallery, videos, profiles or articles.

You can also easily narrow down your content by model category (Playmate, Cybergirl etc) and a quick glance at the main carousel tells you who’s new to the site. We’ve also made some tweaks to the search results page, helping you find content much easier now and we’ve got a few new surprises in our editorial articles section. Additional back-end tweaks should also make your browsing even faster, so please go check out the site and hope you love the new changes! Please stay tuned for our upcoming ultimate gift guide this coming week… you guys out there still scrambling for the perfect gift for the ladies in your lives are about to be saved!

Back to work I go,
Dan

How to Get Rid of Cinavia Protection on a PS3 – Or at Least Bypass it!

November 19, 2012 Dan Richard Comments 89 comments

A few updates ago, Sony included Cinavia protection on their Sony Playstation 3 and it’s been a love-hate relationship ever since. While you can find hundreds of posts about how to get rid of Cinavia protection from your Playstation 3 by patching it to an older update, or there’s some kind of sketchy software plugin I found that seemed to be a complete scam, I’ve only found one way to quickly get rid of it temporarily.

Just change the date on your PS3. That easy,

When you are watching a movie and the sound cuts out and you get the Cinavia warning, simply pause the movie (X) and back out to the main menu (O) and then slide over to settings > date and time and advance the year by one. Then go back to movies > media server > movie folder and play your movie. It will start back off where you paused it and the sound will be re-enabled until the next watermark. Do bear in mind this is only temporary and you will have to do this every time the Ps3 hits a Cinavia watermark, which seems to be about 4 or 5 times per movie. It’s annoying, but hey at least you can finish your movie!

Enjoy,
Dan