Dangerous Black Gold

Imagine being put into a situation where your life is at stake. You battle huge fires, enjoy dirty, filthy clothes, men sweating, hard labor, huge drills, wells and derricks just to get a glimpse of that BLACK GOLD everybody is looking for.

In this lifetime where everyone is dependent on oil, we all wish we could look for that spot where you can get millions of barrels of oil so you can sell them to the highest bidder. Texas is filthy rich of this particular ingredient we use for any petroleum based products, but nobody knows the danger and hardships that go between getting that and pumping it into your car's engine. I'm sure if a lot of them already perished during just the exploration, there is more to see in this particular episode from truTV's Black Gold which premieres August 19th at 10p/9c and with all new episodes Wednesdays at 10p/9c.

If I were one of the rough neck men that are put into these hard and hot places, I would probably faint just seeing explosions here and there. At the sight of fires bigger than me, I would be one sissy looking under that hot sweltering sun. I would not survive being part of truTV's Black Gold drilling because it would be too hard even for a big guy like me. It would take guts and a lot of fire trucks to hose me down. You can really imagine that you are in that particular place and state because of the real life television program they make. You should watch that truTV's Black Gold trailer so you know how it feels. Only TRUTV does that!

RICO BLANCO, Thursday @ Eastwood

Just this morning I was watching the events unfold on the upcoming food event from another website I follow called http://www.awesomeplanet.com. I was wishing I could attend their foodie event come September since I am leaning towards food photography too aside from the usual Model/Fashion/Glamor Photography I have been doing for the past few months since Trish (my Nikon D60) arrived. I really want to go to this one specifically because I had to make sure my food writing and critique skills be put to the test. The cow in me has been eating that much these days that it would be beneficial for both of us to give it a shot. I already did a review on STACKERS and a few other restaurants in Eastwood. I also did Pho Hoa from Tomas Morato so if it turns out that I like this like I like it now, it will be a regular thing for me and my readers.

Tomorrow it will be another day so I have to get them clickers ready so I can practice doing Food Photography. Not to mention EVENTS because next Thursday, August 27, 2009 Rico Blanco will be in Eastwood for a small concert. I'm surely going to be there!

The Best is me... I am an HP Mini Note!

It's so tiring to be pressed day to day by one or more people. I had a soft touch keyboard yet some press me profusely as if I was a typewriter, not amusing. I connect day to day with wireless networks at work or at home and sometimes I was even getting access to unsecured ones I had to be protected by firewall or anti virus software. I am so glad that they care.

With maximum processing speeds and my bid to try and lessen the cause of electrical consumption, being an HP Mini Note makes me proud. I was glad to help my masters and be carried around so conveniently at any WIFI networks here and around the country. Without my owners worrying of technical support when they need it and where they need it, I ease their burden a lot. The power packed brother of mine easily known as HP Desktop has the best software available for photo and video processing my master needs when they need help on bigger projects that I could not handle. Each day, I boot up and down but never get tired. I know I help a lot of people finish their work and be carried around because I am so light weight I do not need to have a special diet designed for me. My parents at the HP plant made sure I do what I was supposed to do since I already passed strict quality control. I will never stop making my masters so happy!

My HP makers just recently announced more people can now get $500 off instantly when you purchase an HP HDX 16t with a $300 coupon code NBN3248 + $200 Instant Rebate. This will only be valid through 8/23 or while supplies last. Restrictions and exclusions apply.



This great discount off the actual price can give you ultimate HP satisfaction we have been giving our owners. I hope you get some of my friends too so you will be happy like us with our masters. I am powerful yet I do not compromise my sleek looks. That is how awesome we are... HP Mini notes and Pavilion computers like us are always like that!

I FOUND IT!!!

I've been looking for a batch watermarking software since it is so hard to post process photos one by one in Photoshop. I have downloaded at least 7 and installed them on my laptop. But they all end up asking for payment and put weird lines and their company name on it. This is really not a good thing. Today I just discovered the answer to my problems so I would love to share this with you.

This is the software I use for batch watermarking… It’s called FastStone Photo Resizer 2.8

You can download it here CLICK THIS

To use it, make your signature first on Photoshop using the text tool and or a graphic…

Make sure you make a layer that is unlocked so you can crop your signature afterwards…

Save that signature as a PNG file on your local hard drive

After that, open Fast stone Photo Resizer 2.8
Select the photos you want to put a watermark on (hold Ctrl + photos can select multiple photos) and click the Add button on the top right hand corner (you can choose your output folder too)

I chose 2 photos just for this example


on this batch convert tab press the button right next to the Use Advanced Options (Resize) section

On this new window, click the Watermark tab and check add watermark

Click the button beside watermark image and choose the PNG file you saved on your hard drive

Carefully adjust the opacity level (mine works on 25-35 but its up to you!) so it should look something like this:

TIP: Make sure your signature is big enough for the picture you are putting it in, do some tests until you get the output right…

Press OK then press CONVERT… then click DONE… your photo should look something like this

ENJOY!! Now it's so easy to post process pictures!