Inkscape 0.48 has been released. Whole lot of awesome new stuff in this one, notes on it can be found here.

I have yet to dive deep into this release so I can’t speak on the new features yet or give a review. But I can say that the Wacom issues with the previous release are gone. So just getting it up and going was expeditious. If you have never given Inkscape a try, now would be darn fine time to give it a go.

Inkscape.org
release notes for 0.48
Great tutorials

A life long friend of mine Scott Pantall, started up a new company. I did the logo for this new endeavor. That’s the segue I’m using to put up this post that’s pretty much a plug. Bit of info below about the company but loads of useful tips and info at his site, so check it out.

In his own words. quoted from bluespruceinventory.com

About

Blue Spruce Inventory will perform asset inventories for homeowners, renters and and small business owners.

Mission Statement

We believe in being prepared. Our mission is to give people the tools and knowledge needed to protect their investments in their property. By providing continuous education and professional service, Blue Spruce Inventory will help people get back on their feet after the unexpected happens.

Short answer

Download thisPHSPCS4_Optional_Plug-Ins.zipextractfind ContactSheetII.8LIcopy to proper PS CS4 folder.

More info , and how to

For whatever reason Photoshop CS4 didn’t come with contact sheet. But you can easily put it back if you’re like me and still use it . Adobe made it an “optional plug-in” and you can download it here.

Download the file, extract it and copy the plug-ins you need to the matching folder in your Photoshop installation. The download contains several other plug-ins besides contact sheet. As well as some bridge scripts to add the contact sheet functionality to Adobe Bridge.

Side note

Adobe makes this a bit more obnoxious then it needs to be. I mean I’m looking for a plug-in file that’s 191KB. But I gotta download an almost 6MB ZIP file that contains an EXE that is itself just an archive file. So that once your done running it you can manually dig though it for the file you need and copy/paste it into the proper folder. It just seems like such a long walk for something so simple.

I Was looking for fast way to run multiple Skype accounts at the same time. Found some good tips in this thread. culling from that info below are the steps to run as many concurrent Skype accounts as you like for Windows 7 windows XP and Ubuntu. Note These tips work for the never versions of Skype. I’m running Skype 4.1 on Windows and Skype 2.1 on Ubuntu.

Windows 7, & Windows XP

I don’t own vista but assume this will also work for it.

• navigate to skype.exe right click it and select Send to — desktop (create shortcut). The default install location for skype.exe is C:\Program Files \Skype\Phone
• Right click the newly created shortcut on your desktop and select Properties. In the text box labeled Target: add /secondary to the end of the text, and click apply
• Example original text “C:\Program Files (x86)\Skype\Phone\Skype.exe”
• Changed to “C:\Program Files (x86)\Skype\Phone\Skype.exe” /secondary
• That’s it, now launching the shortcut will launch a new copy of skype each time.

Ubuntu.

Super easy for Ubuntu users.

• Right click on the desktop select Create new launcher.
• Name: skype command: skype \secondary click OK
• that’s it enjoy.