http://blog.chowsquid.com Fri, 01 Aug 2008 07:52:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en No, not crack cocaine nor your mother's meatloaf. Just the taste of 60 years of seasoning in a can. http://blog.chowsquid.com/2008/08/taste-it-once-love-it-forever/   In 10 easy steps or less, PS Hero shows us how to turn an ordinary picture into a realistic photo. Photoshop techniques used include: Layer Style (Stroke), Gradient tool, Gaussian Blur, and Transform (Warp). This tutorial uses Photoshop CS2 or later, but I used ... http://blog.chowsquid.com/2008/07/turn-pictures-into-photos-with-photoshop-easy-technique/ Sirius and XM radio have finally gotten the regulatory approve to abuse it's customers with monopolistic monthly rates and shaft their artist with price pressure. Way to go. Now Cramer doesn't have to get two cars to listen to Howard Stern (Sirius) and Major League Baseball (XM). Cramer ... http://blog.chowsquid.com/2008/07/sirius-xm-merger-approved-158-days-of-whining-ends/ Guests for the show: Bert Ely, consultant, financial services industry Kathleen Day, Center for Responsible Lending James Leach, director, The Institute Of Politics At Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School Of Government; Former U.S. Congressman from Iowa (1977-2007) Robert Hartheimer, special advisor, Promontory Financial Group, former director of the Division ... http://blog.chowsquid.com/2008/07/the-diane-rehm-show-the-banking-industry/ Looks like Crave did it again. Apparently according the the "Experts" on technology, the word is out on a brand new invention "conceived" by Columbia classmates Rebecca Brown and Monica Murphy. "High Heeler" helps prevent klutzy moments? This invention claims to prevent high heels from getting stuck in grass, pavement cracks, ... http://blog.chowsquid.com/2008/07/another-stupid-post-on-crave/ Awesome model over at VarietyAlley.com http://blog.chowsquid.com/2008/07/cool-lego-creation-chaser/   Found some Wii in the wild at Target today 6/22/2008. There's three in the picture, but they had more in stock. At $249.99 without the need to buy a bundle of crap. Yeh! If you sign up for their store card, you can get $25 ... http://blog.chowsquid.com/2008/06/wii-in-the-wild/ Or is it? Australia is a little chilly. According to Agcononline "Summer in North America officially starts today at 4:59PM. But all week, Arizonans have already experienced extreme heat ranging from 110°F - 113°F. People are being advised to stay indoors between 10:00AM - 8:00PM." I guess it all depends on where ... http://blog.chowsquid.com/2008/06/summer-solstice-is-here/ Do you have this error? If you've tried to install XP onto an Eee PC through the USB stick/drive, you may have seen this error. I've personally seen this myself. The reason for this seems to be that the Eee PC boots into the SSD hard drive even if you told ... http://blog.chowsquid.com/2008/06/eee-pc-xp-install-haldll-error-fix/   Tonight’s Episode: Wiegel's Dad Returns Wiegel's estranged father returns from prison to connect with his daughter. Original Air Date: 6/19/2008   Previous Episode: Strong Sister Original Air Date: 6/12/2008 http://blog.chowsquid.com/2008/06/reno-911-wiegels-dad-returns/