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Large Canvas Abstract Art Prints

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I have a new Abstract Art Canvas, Acrylic, and Fine Art Paper Print Site where I've put the best of my large images. This site has the advantage of offering four and five foot wide stretched canvas prints using the highest quality materials and workmanship. But, equally important to me, it allows very high-resolution views of the images. Take this image, for example:

If you click through to the image page, you'll be able to zoom in on any segment of the image and see it in the same apparent size and resolution of a 3-4 foot canvas print.

Try zooming in on the upper left corner to see amazing detail of this image. You can see a metallic layer, corroded and pitted to the point of having flaked away in part, revealing the layer below. This zoom-in feature is an awesome tool, unless, of course, your art only looks good from 15 feet away. ;)

The front page of the site is at ray-yeargin.artistwebsites.com.

mail this link | permapage | score:9972 | -Ray, April 29, 2012

Raspberry Pi Games: Currency Traders

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You can now run Currency Traders on your Raspberry Pi. It is very efficient, taking only 2.2% of the RAM on a 512MB Pi and about 1/200th of the CPU. More CPU is used as more players are online, but it should support perhaps 100 concurrent players on a normal Pi.

The quick installation is four steps, described in a readme file. The game is a single binary that was compiled and tested on Raspbian Wheezy. A statically-linked version is available for other Linuxes.

Scroll to the bottom of the TEOTWAWKIgames.com page for the Raspberry Pi information and download links.
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permapage | score:9972 | -Ray, March 3, 2013

Free online strategy game: Currency Traders

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The Space Tyrant derivative game, Currency Traders is up and running with a 101-City game.

The game is an old-school multi-player strategy game like the
BBS games of old, but where many players can play concurrently. Gameplay is similar to the space trading games inspired by Star Trader (Tradewars, Czarwars, Starship Traders, etc.) but the scenario is new and gritty.

Read the description at the link above or connect with the following command line:

telnet teotwawkigames.com

And give it a try. It's free and you can play anonymously.

[Here's a link directly to the game that your browser just might understand. If not, open a terminal/console/command line window and type the example command above.] telnet://teotwawkigames.com:23

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permapage | score:9966 | -Ray, January 24, 2013

Financial, Economic, and Monetary news and analysis

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Possibly the best website in its category in the world.

Zerohedge.com is the Slashdot of Financial, Economic and Monetary news, events, analysis and comments. It will take a while to get up to speed to understand all of it, but many articles can be immediately understood by any intelligent and thoughtful person. read more...

permapage | score:9963 | -Ray, February 12, 2012

Abstract art skateboard decks (paintboards at zazzle)

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Need a custom skateboard or deck? My new digital abstract art skateboard shop has sixteen (edit: 57 designs @15Aug) outrageous designs that you can't see anywhere else. All of the designs come from slices of my digital abstract paintings which make skateboards look amazing. If you think I'm exaggerating, take a look...

Animated Piano Tutorials for Popular songs

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OnlinePianist is a one of a kind piano tutorial website.

The site includes hundreds of animated piano tutorials for popular and classic songs alike.

The rich tutorials collection is arranged by artists, music genre and difficulty level while anyone can find some of his favorite hits there.

The coolest part of the site is its unique animated player (the only animated tutor piano online) which allows its user to fully control over the learning experience simply by adjusting the speed based on their progress or practice each hand separately for their convenience.

If you couldn't find your favorite song in their enormous collection you can always post it on their dedicated Requests Wall and hope that other members of the OnlinePianist community. read more...

permapage | score:9960 | -Nimrod, August 9, 2011

Large Canvas Abstract Art by Ray Yeargin

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Update April 28, 2012: I am in the process of moving my largest images to ray-yeargin.artistwebsites.com. Some of the links and text below has updated to reflect this change.

Most of Ray Yeargin's newest artwork is now available on wrapped canvas at his large canvas abstract art shop, linked above. The larger square images can be printed up to 48"x48" on stretched canvas or fine art paper and smaller versions are available on acrylic panels.

Here's a version of "The Portal", one of the dozen or so works featured. This image prints up to 48"x45" on stretched canvas:

mail this link | permapage | score:9958 | -Ray, November 20, 2011 (Updated: April 28, 2012)

Abstract Art Shoes

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[This shop is defunct and may never return. Meanwhile, Ray's art can be seen here, here, and here and at ray-yeargin.artistwebsites.com. -Ed.]

Abstract Art Shoes is a Zazzle store with nothing but custom Keds shoes covered with images from Ray Yeargin's abstract art paintings. There are Men's Lo-top lace-ups, Women's Slip-ons, and Kid's Lace-ups at the moment, with more varieties to be added over the next few days and weeks. These shoes do look different from anything you've seen. read more...

permapage | score:9935 | -Ray, August 13, 2011 (Updated: April 28, 2012)

Free multiplayer, real-time, text-based Internet strategy game starting now (Currency Traders)

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Update 1Feb2012: The Space Tyrant test game has been replaced by the recent derivative, 'Currency Traders' which is starting up now. The new game is scheduled to run indefinitely. However, due to the nature of new software, it may still suffer a reset at some point in the future. The game runs at TEOTWAWKIgames.com.

The game has just begun -- but late starters aren't at a disadvantage since they are given as much accumulated fuel as they would have gotten starting from the first minute.

Space Tyrant is a text-based strategy game in the Trade Wars tradition but based on a completely different evolutionary line. It is only playable via telnet (click this link for connection URL: [Space Tyrant online multiplayer strategy game])

There are no system requirements or clients required; just a terminal window and your built-in telnet client. Just click the telnet link on the above-linked page and your system should spawn a telnet window. You may have to increase the window size to your liking, but otherwise, that's all you'll need to do.

Once connected, choose a character name (spaces are allowed) and a password and you'll be sitting in some random sector of space in your newly-issued starship.

Press a number key (1-6) to move to one of the sectors connected to the sector you're in. Or, press C to have your on-board ship computer compute you an optimal trading move.

Congratulations! You've just earned your first few microbots, the currency of Space Tyrant. Microbots can be used to buy fighters, cargo holds, and other ship upgrades from TradingPosts, of which there is always one in sector 1. They can also be used to build defensive Starbases for guarding a sector and hiding your ship.

This new test game consists of five 8000-sector galaxies. Everyone starts in a random sector of Galaxy #1, an elliptical galaxy of all one-way connections. Access to other galaxies are through SpacePorts, of which only one, in sector 1464, is publicly known.

Each starship is issued a limited amount of fuel per day and you can play at any time. By creating multiple characters, you can operate up to five ships -- and you can put them all in a single team to share resources such as starbases and deployed fighters for mutual protection.

There is an in-game radio system to communicate with other players and each team gets a private team channel, as well.

There are three main approaches to strategy in Space Tyrant.

A) You can specialize in economics, understanding and exploiting the economy better than your opponents.

B) Alternatively, if you find yourself losing to better traders than yourself, you can use a military strategy. Destroying a starship or two can quickly change the balance of the game.

C) And, the third major approach, the political; organize a powerful team of players to control and dominate a key galaxy or two giving you and your teammates the advantage on both the economic and military fronts.

It's free and there is no 20-questions or even email nonsense required to play. Just anonymously choose a name and you're in!

Like any game, it takes a little time to get the feel for it, but, unlike many modern games, it's not overly complicated. read more...

permapage | score:9933 | -Ray, May 27, 2011 (Updated: February 4, 2012)

Abstract Art Gifts

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[This shop is defunct and may never return. Meanwhile, Ray's art can be seen here, here, and here and at ray-yeargin.artistwebsites.com . -Ed.]

Abstract Art Gifts is a Zazzle store with a wide variety of products, all adorned with Ray Yeargin's digital abstract art images. Among the items listed there are necklaces, t-shirts, keychains, coffee mugs, portable speakers for use with iPods and other music devices with a standard earphone/headphone jack. There are also mousepads, iPhone 4 cases, tote bags, hats, buttons, as well as a beautiful 2012 abstract art calendar.

Everything is organized into groups, such as abstract art women's shirts, and iPad cases.

(To see large images (with zoom-in capability!) of the art (previously) on these items, visit Ray Yeargin's Abstract Art Prints on Canvas and Acrylic shop.)

mail this link | permapage | score:9931 | -Ray, August 9, 2011 (Updated: April 28, 2012)

An endless loop of jokes!

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Browse your favorite jokes from the menu & have great fun on this Joke Site.

Advocate Jokes
Airplane Jokes
Animal Jokes
Baby Jokes
Bar Jokes
Best Jokes
Bihari Jokes
Birthday Jokes
Blonde Jokes
BOLD Jokes
Canadian Jokes
Carpenter Jokes
Celebrity Jokes
Children Jokes
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permapage | score:9929 | -jokesite, February 12, 2012

Plumbing Questions Answered

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If you're a home owner, you've probably at one point or another, had a plumbing problem. Then, you ask yourself whether you should call a plumber or try to fix the problem on your own.

There are obvious advantages/disadvantages to both. Calling a plumber will cost you money, but it can save a lot of headache. While, trying to fix the problem yourself can ease the pain in your pocket.

For those who prefer to save money and do it themselves, this is where PlumbingQA.com comes in. This site offers free advice and tips for do-it-yourselfers who don't mind getting a little dirty. In addition, PlumbingQA offers free answers to plumbing questions. read more...

permapage | score:9924 | -lasteve, May 26, 2011

surf web anonymous with ipheart web proxy, Hide your ip address

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Ipheart web proxy gives no limitations in web surfing. anonymous surfing with no identity theft or usage limitation for any website especially social websites like unblock youtube, facebook, twitter, myspace and others. Configure your way on internet, define what do you want other to know about you and hide your real ip address. At work, at school or at any place, you are connected secure and free. read more...

permapage | score:9923 | -ahmed zaki, March 31, 2011

Scripts for Site Clone

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Siteclone.org is a script directory which lists clone scripts of most popular websites - groupon, eBay, twitter, facebook, etc. It makes it easy to start a business mode of the most successfull internet giants.

Most of the scripts are written in PHP/MySQL and have demos so you can test and evaluate in your judgement. Hopefully it will help webmasters to remove the time to reinvent the wheel. read more...

permapage | score:9922 | -Ken Lee, August 9, 2011

c tutorials

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I have opened a new website focused on novice c programming. Soon we will add advanced c programming tutorials, as well.

I have written lessons about loops and Conditional statements, along with some practical programming and a few interesting examples. You'll notice when you follow this lesson you'll have no problem following the text and learning more "advanced" steps. You'll already be ready for writing your own simple lines of C language! read more...

permapage | score:9921 | -pankaj chandel, May 19, 2011

Free Internet Radio service

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Start You'r Own FREE Internet Radio Station !

For the first time, you can open your own Internet Radio Station for free . Didn't you always dream about your own radio station? Caster.Fm is a revolutionary new service that allows you to open professional online radio station, free of charge!

You have the full management of your own radio station... Get your own website with an address that will allow the whole world hear your radio broadcast LIVE! And many other features that will make your radio the BEST RADIO STATION EVER!

So what are you waiting for? Become a successful radio broadcaster in any field of intrest you like: 24 / 7 Music, current matters, news station, comic & entertainment and more... Do whatever you want! Become a CASTER now! read more...

permapage | score:9920 | -caster, April 11, 2011

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