Sprint has joined the campaign, cCheck out the It Gets Better Project video from the Pride Employee Resource Group (ERG). Members of the Sprint PRIDE volunteered to share their personal stories for the It Gets Better Project, an initiative started in 2010 that supports offering encouragement to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) teenagers who are experiencing bullying.
The It Gets Better Project is well-respected within the corporate world, already receiving participation from esteemed companies, such as Google, Gap Inc., Apple and Microsoft, along with well-known personalities, such as President Obama, Justin Bieber and Ellen DeGeneres.
A key element of the It Gets Better Project aims to help young people who are bullied and harassed, and who don’t see a positive future for themselves. The It Gets Better Project was created to show LGBT youth the potential and positivity their lives will reach – if they can just get through their teen years. It reminds teenagers in the LGBT community that they aren’t alone, and it will get better. Learn more at www.itgetsbetter.org.
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Seems scary, as in my own little part of the world I don’t know anyone who owns a Apple Compter. But, I do know lots and lots of people who own the IPads, you just eem them everywhere now. I think its time they seperate tablets from the PC section to get real numbers.
Apple pulled ahead of HP in the fourth quarter to become the largest player in the client PC market, a new report suggested Monday. The Cupertino-based company shipped more than 15 million iPads and 5 million Mac computers last quarter, and those figures represented 17% of all PCs shipped around the world during the fourth quarter. The report, which comes from market research firm Canalys, said PC shipments grew 16% annually to reach 120 million during the quarter, and the firm’s categorization of “PC” includes desktops, notebooks, netbooks and tablets in its figures. Tablets drove PC growth, however, and Canalys said the market would have declined by 0.4% without taking tablets into consideration. Read on for more.
Overall, Acer, Dell and HP lost market share while Apple and Lenovo increased their respective shares. “Currently, HP is pursuing a Windows strategy for its pad portfolio, producing enterprise-focused products, such as the recently launched Slate 2, until the launch of Windows 8,” said Canalys analyst Tim Coulling. “However, questions remain over Microsoft’s entry into the consumer pad space. While early demonstrations of the Window 8 operating system seem promising, Microsoft must focus its efforts on creating an intuitive user experience that is far less resource intensive.”
Another Canalys analyst, Michael Kauh, said that he expects to see “limited adoption” of new thinner and lighter Intel-powered ultrabooks during the first half of this year but that adoption should increase in the second half as prices fall. ”In the short term though, vendors will experience more pressure in the netbook and notebook segments, especially with Apple’s annual iPad refresh approaching.”
Source: BGR
The biggest girl group of the ’90s is making a comeback!
Spice Girls singer Melanie Brown revealed the band will be reuniting this summer during a recent interview on Australian TV — but contrary to reports, it won’t be for the 2012 Olympics opening ceremony.
“I think the Queen’s Jubilee concert is the event I’d be looking at more closely for that to happen,” the 36-year-old said. Realizing she revealed too much, the singer quickly changed the subject.
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The “Scary” musician and her bandmates — Victoria “Posh” Beckham, 37, Geri “Ginger” Halliwell, 39, Emma “Baby” Bunton, 36, and Melanie “Sporty” Chisholm, 38 — last performed together during a reunion tour that kicked off in 2007.
”I’m always down for a Spice Girls reunion,” Brown said. “I love the Scary hair and platforms. Any time of day or night I’ll be there.”
To mark 60 years of Queen Elizabeth II’s reign, the Diamond Jubilee will take place on June 4, 2012. The group will perform in front of the royal family, including Prince William, 29, and Kate Middleton, 30.
Was a light week for twitter, thanks for Hotel Parq Central for the shout out. 
- Watched Glee with the best people. #glee #
- Watching 50/50 with the hubby. Yay! #movienight #
- I really hate stupid people. Well, people who are stubbron and stupid. #
- Yeah, I wish all my work weeks were three days. Better yet give me a winning lottery ticket. #
- Word of the day, ramify: to divide into beaches or subdivisions. #
- Word of the day. “babyfat” #
- After a four day weekend work is not.fun, not quickly moving by. #hatemondays #
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Decided to design another movie poster, went with dark theme as I usually do. Used images textures and Photoshop CS3 for majority of the work, the “mask” part was from online, could not find source.
Mask Movie Poster
This is the start of my 45 second final project rendering, using techniques they provide in the book. So far the CS3 version is pretty good, will be using CS5.5 for Aftereffects soon. Hopefully that has more features and effects! Below is just the very beginning of my video.
You may need to, right-click save as to view it. It was rendered for Quicktime.
Office Depot, the second-largest retailer of office supplies in the U.S., is testing PayPal’s new point-of-sale system in a limited number of locations according to Reuters. “It’s at this point in a small number of stores … because there are still some rough spots in that experience,” said Kevin Peters, president of Office Depot’s North American unit. “There are some limitations on who can use it, service carriers that support that.” PayPal’s new payment method, known as the wallet in the cloud, lets shoppers who have PayPal accounts pay by typing their mobile numbers and PINs at checkout counters. Customers will also be able to pay by swiping a PayPal card and entering a PIN. PayPal started testing in-store payments at 51 Home Depot locations with plans to offer the service at 20 major retailers by the end of the year, however no additional participants have been named. Peters said the company is eager to experiment with anything that helps with faster checkouts, although nothing will be widely available without further testing. “At this point, we are walking very, very slowly. The last thing we want to do is to roll out technology that doesn’t appreciably change the customer experience,” he said.
Source: BGR
Recently I planned a surprise for my Husband a one night getaway to the Hotel Parq Central in Albuquerque, NM. After our stay, I decided to write a small review of the hotel amenities and our experience, as this hotel started out as a Hospital in 1926 and then a Mental Institution for the remainder of its time.
A look at the amenities that pertained to our stay; the hotel provides continental breakfast (included with your room) also free shuttle service, free wireless internet throughout the hotel, our room came with the standard television channels which were completely acceptable! Our room also had a great bathroom with Luxury Bathrobes as well as all the toiletries you would expect in a four diamond hotel. Hotel Parq Central also advertised 300 thread count Frette linen sheets, and they were! The King bed we had for our room was inviting and comfortable.
We did not take advantage of the Apothecary Lounge as during our stay it was very busy, but we have sampled the hotels Lounge before and the drinks have always been consistent and priced accordingly. The one thing my Husband recommended we do was to take advantage of the outdoor Jacuzzi, it was fantastic with the 40 degree weather we were having, and the Jacuzzi felt around 90 degrees, the area was clean and private!
Overall our experience was fantastic and would recommend the hotel to anyone who wants a luxury stay without the price tag that would be associated with it.
For more information they have a direct site http://www.hotelparqcentral.com/
Looks to be good news for making that already super slim Smart Phone even smaller!
Sony today announced a new back-illuminated CMOS image sensor for smartphones, tablets, and other devices. Sony says that this sensor was made by laying the “pixel section containing formations of back-illuminated structure pixels onto chips containing the circuit section for signal processing.” According to Sony, the chief benefit of this design is to reduce the size of the image sensor to be installed in end-user devices. Other benefits include the ability to handle higher-quality images, faster processing speeds, and lower power requirements. The sensor will begin sampling in March, and Sony says that devices using it will offer RGBW Coding for low noise and good low-light performance, as well as Sony’s new HDR Movie processing for better color in bright light.
Original Sources: Phone Scoop & Sony
- There are four women in wedding dresses in a gay bar. #
- Some work I designed, Logo Concept: Cortex http://t.co/nRHl2it1 #
- World is a great place if you want it to be. #
- Tell Congress: Don’t censor the web! http://t.co/5J3J4Vrw #
- Wish me and the Husband were at any Disney Park right now! #
- It is time, if I can get married in Washington DC why not everywhere? #LegalizeGayMarriage #
- Forgot to put my phone on silent last night, had nightmares about beeps. #
- The words “abstemioius,” and “facetious” both have all the five vowels in them in order. #uselessinfo #
- Didn’t even watch the golden globes tonight, my baby needed his Desperate Housewives and Once Upon a time fix. #
- The Planters Peanut Company mascot, Mr. Peanut, was created during a contest for schoolchildren in 1916. #uselessinfo #
- Betty White, you have many more years to come! #HappyBirthdayBetty #
- Siri on the IPhone does not understand the word lesbian. #siri #
- Husband has wine up his nose. #
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Another round for Logo design concept and ideas, this one I used Photoshop filters such as, Blending Modes, Quick Mask, Drop Shadow.
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