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Tilt-Shift Photos (and How to Fake Them)

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Tilt-shift photography (also known in the industry as “swing and tilt”) is a method by which photographers can take an aerial shot of a real-life place that makes it look as though it’s a miniature model. It’s a fascinating effect, and I have always found it interesting how the lens can fool the eye into believing something that isn’t real simply by adjusting light...

Buy or Sell Unwanted Gift Cards Online For Amazing Deals

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You would think that if someone is going to take the easy-out and give you a gift card for a holiday, birthday or wedding, they would at least get you a gift card to a place you actually have some interest in.  And yet, now that Christmas is over, you find yourself staring at a pile of giftcards for Bob’s Artificial Organ Transplants & Taco Stand. What to do, what to do? As always, the...

Creating A WordPress Theme

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If you’ve already got some design chops and a WordPress blog, but you find the idea of turning it into a WordPress template a bit daunting, you’re not alone. Creating your own WordPress theme is actually easier than you might imagine, and although some PHP-fu is certainly helpful, you don’t need to be a PHP rockstar to pull off an amazing template design.

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