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		<title>Atom-based Media Center: Part 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 08:58:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I elected to give myself a little project this weekend and it started with this small mountain of boxes: Don&#8217;t worry, there&#8217;s a method to my madness. It isn&#8217;t often my crazy ideas have a purpose, so this time I&#8217;m making an exception. I also promised to share some of my experiences with a friend [...]


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		<title>Soft Box GiMP Tutorial: How to Build a &#8220;Soft&#8221; Box in GiMP</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:36:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No doubt you&#8217;ve seen many blogs and other sites that use rounded boxes with soft gradients and drop shadows. Creating one doesn&#8217;t have to be difficult, and you don&#8217;t even need to use the gradient tool to achieve an effect that looks very similar to this: Getting Started This tutorial was designed with GiMP 2.4.5 [...]


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<li><a href='http://bashelton.com/2009/05/scratched-text-gimp-tutorial/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Scratched/Worn Text Tutorial in the GIMP'>Scratched/Worn Text Tutorial in the GIMP</a></li>
<li><a href='http://bashelton.com/2009/05/flame-plugin-in-gimp/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: GiMP&#8217;s Flame Plugin: Getting it to Work for You'>GiMP&#8217;s Flame Plugin: Getting it to Work for You</a></li>
<li><a href='http://bashelton.com/2009/04/setuptools-tutorial/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: setuptools Tutorial: Getting Started (Part 1 of 2)'>setuptools Tutorial: Getting Started (Part 1 of 2)</a></li>
<li><a href='http://bashelton.com/2011/05/new-build-problems-and-solutions/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: New Build: Problems and Solutions'>New Build: Problems and Solutions</a></li>
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		<title>Scratched/Worn Text Tutorial in the GIMP</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 07:21:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this tutorial, I&#8217;ll show you how to turn this: Into this: You&#8217;ll see (and hopefully try) the same technique I used on the background stencil images for my blog. Admittedly, this tutorial doesn&#8217;t create something exactly like the images I have, because I&#8217;ve aimed to show you how you can create text that appears [...]


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<li><a href='http://bashelton.com/2009/10/soft-box-gimp-tutorial-how-to-build-a-soft-box-in-gimp/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Soft Box GiMP Tutorial: How to Build a &#8220;Soft&#8221; Box in GiMP'>Soft Box GiMP Tutorial: How to Build a &#8220;Soft&#8221; Box in GiMP</a></li>
<li><a href='http://bashelton.com/2009/05/flame-plugin-in-gimp/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: GiMP&#8217;s Flame Plugin: Getting it to Work for You'>GiMP&#8217;s Flame Plugin: Getting it to Work for You</a></li>
<li><a href='http://bashelton.com/2009/04/setuptools-tutorial/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: setuptools Tutorial: Getting Started (Part 1 of 2)'>setuptools Tutorial: Getting Started (Part 1 of 2)</a></li>
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		<title>GiMP&#8217;s Flame Plugin: Getting it to Work for You</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 02:06:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you read through part of my previous tutorial on creating light curtains in GiMP, you may be stuck on getting the flame plugin to work properly. Here&#8217;s a brief article on what you&#8217;ll need to do. A good flame looks something like this: Unfortunately, getting it to look anything like the example above is [...]


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<li><a href='http://bashelton.com/2009/05/scratched-text-gimp-tutorial/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Scratched/Worn Text Tutorial in the GIMP'>Scratched/Worn Text Tutorial in the GIMP</a></li>
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		<title>Light Curtains/Beams in GiMP: A Tutorial</title>
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		<comments>http://bashelton.com/2009/05/light-curtains-in-gimp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 22:42:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No doubt you&#8217;ve seen the Windows Vista and Windows 7 backdrops. Chances are, you&#8217;ve also wanted a fast (and cheap) way of putting something together that looks pretty similar to the originals. Plus, it makes for a great way to break up a rather blank looking background! As it turns out, there&#8217;s a really easy [...]


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		<title>setuptools Tutorial: Getting Started (Part 1 of 2)</title>
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		<comments>http://bashelton.com/2009/04/setuptools-tutorial/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:02:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benjamin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This will be the first installment in a two part series of setuptools-related tutorials. In this tutorial, I explore in detail important aspects of setuptools, setup.py directives, and tips and tricks to getting started. In the next tutorial, I will provide step-by-step instructions on creating a simple project from the ground-up and demonstrate how setuptools [...]


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<li><a href='http://bashelton.com/2009/06/pyqt-py2exe-and-pyinstaller/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: PyQt, py2exe, and pyinstaller'>PyQt, py2exe, and pyinstaller</a></li>
<li><a href='http://bashelton.com/2009/07/announcing-chatly/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Announcing Chatly'>Announcing Chatly</a></li>
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