Damjd Designz http://www.damjd.net Multimedia Design Specialists Sun, 12 May 2013 01:23:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Photography of the Mind http://www.damjd.net/2013/05/11/photography-of-the-mind/ http://www.damjd.net/2013/05/11/photography-of-the-mind/#comments Sun, 12 May 2013 00:57:50 +0000 Donald http://www.damjd.net/?p=1493 Often we come across works of art that almost seems to transcend human creativity, use of colours and concepts leave us dazzled and amazed at the imagination of man. But not many times do we question the creation of such works of art, and when we come across works of art that not only seems to transcend human creativity but go beyond that of what i would term the heights of human talent and skill, all we can do is stare in awe and question life itself.

Today i share with you the photorealistic Paintings of Jeremy Geddes

There is Glory in our Failure
Oil on Linen
2007

Lady Sham Inspects the Damage 
Oil on Board
2006

A Perfect Vacuum
Oil on Board
2011

The White Cosmonaut 
Oil on Board
2009

Saint Jeremiah Finally Receives Illumination
Oil on Board
2005

Heat Death 
Oil on Board
2009

To see more of Jeremy’s work you can visit his website www.jeremygeddesarts.com

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http://famousja.com/photos-the-thin-line-between-nde-art-pornography/.

Here’s the original: http://www.damjd.net/2013/01/19/the-thin-line-between-nude-art-and-pornography/#.UV_GqJM3tI4. 

Just clear as day, word for word and no effort put into covering up the blatant plagiarism.

Plagiarism is not cool. Ok?

It takes literally zero effort to message somebody and ask their permission to use their article of whatever. Or if you don’t want to bother with that, just credit the original author of the article. Don’t take somebody’s work and post it like you wrote it.

A good amount of time and research is invested in writing any original article,  and it displeases me as to see someone just take it as their own just like that. For example on the original article each pic was credited to the photographer. A list of the names of the Deviant Art artist photos used was cited because it would be disrespectful to them to take their work as pass it off as our own. And we do feel disrespected.

But, what’s done is done. But next time, we are asking kindly if you do see an article you like and you want it on your website/blog, don’t copy and paste, do not plagiarize. JUST DON’T.

If you’re going to cite the article, then simply credit  the original authors.

Update: We would like to thank TuffChin.com for removing the plagiarized article immediately upon request.

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Digicel in a strong response to LIME’s strong hold on the iPhone distribution license in the Caribbean has decided to start producing it’s own , Android powered smartphone.

The smartphone, named the DL600 will be produced by French and Chinese partnership company Alcatel for what is to be less than US $100 ($10,000 JMD) across all Digicel markets.

The LTE (4G Long Term Evolution) capable smartphone will be running android 4.1 Jelly Bean powered by a 1 Ghz single core processor with a 3.5 inch screen (the same size as the iPhone 4 and 4s). As it stands now we cannot tell you what resolution the screen is running at or it’s graphics capabilities.

Digicel’s aim in developing this handset is to raise the income they make of the average customer by increasing their rate of spending on things like data service which in Jamaica right now is still very low.

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Gmail Blue

It took 6 years of development to complete but it’s finally here.It’s simple, elegant, fast and beautiful, it’s simply…..blue.

Google Nose Beta

What do wet dogs smell like? Google Nose! How about victory? Google Nose! Try searching on Google for “wet dog” and explore other smells that people sniffed for, or visit google.com/nose to learn more. Happy smelling!

The YouTube Collection

Simple. Economic. Convenient. A whole new way to enjoy the videos you love.

The YouTube Contest

Thanks for all your great entries.
YouTube finally has enough videos to begin selecting a winner.
What do you think is the #bestvideo on YouTube?

We’ve been thrilled with all of the diverse, creative entries we’ve seen so far, and we can’t wait to begin the process of selecting the best video. We’ll be announcing the winner in 10 years.

 

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For all those music enthusiasts out there, I think this website right here would be the best solution to finding interesting new music with a very cool twist.

I introduce you to Stereodose. First and foremost, Stereodose states that they are NOT here to promote illegal drug use, but to bring you music historically defined by counter-culture. Genres can only go so far in describing how a song FEELS, and generic moods like “happy” are too broad in scope to properly match a song’s essence. These limitations have brought them to categorize their music by substance names, which capture many intangible aspects about music that other sorting methods usually miss.

Stereodose allows you to choose a playlist based on a certain drug and your mood, this is the first I’ve ever seen such a method used for an online streaming, and in my honest opinion it works, and works well to say the least.

By partnering with the well known Soundcloud streaming service, this initiative brings you a wide range of music from artist all around the globe, Stereodose focuses not on the mainstream music of popular artists, but on that of artists that some would consider underground, due to the fact that they are not heard everyday. Needless to say their collection is immense and the quality of the music is only matched by the quantity.

Stereodose has already released a mobile app for Android and the iOS version is said to be realeased later this year.

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Firefox OS has been backed by many big names in the mobile industry and carriers are quick to jump on board, in my opinion mainly because the OS is completely free and open platform which again threatens Android and iOS. Built entirely using HTML5 and other open Web standards, Firefox OS is free from the rules and restrictions of existing proprietary platforms, and with the popularity Firefox has gained from there web browser, which in my opinion is the most customizable and personal browser out there, I’m sure many consumers will be quick to switch to such an OS with few restrictions and such openness.