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By   Claire Diaz-Ortiz Like many of you, I get a lot of emails. And, like many of you, a lot of those emails are asks or pitches for things. Some are good, some are not so good. This week, I got one of the latter kind. It wasn’t no-good-terrible-bad, but it had some key flaws. In response, I forwarded the email to a colleague outlining the problems with the pitch. I didn’t mince words. And then I pressed send. And even though I checked the “to” address, because this was the morning that gmail was down (again), I had to refresh the page. And, when the page popped up again,  it had repopulated with the email of the person who sent me the pitch in the first place , not the colleague I was trying to forward it to. And it was already sending. And I screamed. ( And then I tweeted .) I spent the next five minutes trying to figure out how to unsend an email in gmail. By the time I figured it out, it was too late. A person I respect had just seen my candid thoughts abou...

61 Great reflections can really make an image. The problem is, that like buses, there is never one when you need one. Of course these days it is possible to cheat, using Photoshop or similar and in this brief tutorial we will take a look at how to create reflections in Photoshop, although the steps will be the same for most decent image processing software. How to Find the Right Image To make a decent reflection, you are going to need the right type of image. Golden hour or Blue hour images work well, artificial light making for more realist reflections. You also need some symmetry, the subject needs to be fairly square on with enough space below the main subject to see the reflection. With the right image selected, let’s get started. Let’s Get Started The first thing we need to do is to select the area that we wish to reflect. To do this use the Rectangular Marquee Tool and draw a box across the whole width of the required area. We will now copy that to a new lay...

If you’ve been waiting for an Ice Cream Sandwich ROM for your HTC Wildfire S, the wait’s over now. With the help of the CyanogenMod, you can really get the ICS running on your device. In order to install the custom ROM, you need to have a rooted phone. Here’s how you can root the HTC Wildfire S. I. Before You Begin: 1. You must have unlocked bootloader of your device. Visit the  HTCDev  website to do so. 2. Since the procedure will take some good time, you should have charged your device to have at least 60% of battery life left. II. Downloading Required Files: 1.  ClockworkMod Recovery Image  (Download latest version from the first post) 2.  Root Script  (It is attached there in the first post) III. Installing ClockworkMod Recovery on the HTC Wildfire S: 1. Download and place both the files onto your Desktop. Do NOT extract any files from the archives. 2. Connect the HTC Wildfire S to your PC using the USB cable. 3. Transfer the Cloc...

Getting gum in your hair is usually a horrible thing that results in tears, a trip to the barber and an unplanned hair cut. But there are easier and less costly ways to remove that gum. Try one of the following methods the next time disaster strikes you. Edit Steps Peanut Butter Method 1 Buy "smooth  peanut butter ." The more oil content in it, the better. You usually want 80 grams of fat per 100 grams of peanut butter. Do not buy the "crunchy" brands since they have less oil content. 2 Apply peanut butter over the affected area . Mix it in with a toothbrush since this is quicker and less messy than using fingers. 3 Use the toothbrush or comb to work the peanut butter in . Use long strokes down and outwards. If necessary, use a large spoon behind the affected hair to act as a firm base to brush the peanut butter on. If the gum is spread out, use more peanut butter. The whole idea is to dissolve the gum w...