Coffee Dharma

CoffeeDaze Design Begins

Those who know me personally are aware that I ran a graphic design company for a few years called CoffeeDaze Design.  I specialized in custom graphic design, 3D modeling and presentations for individuals and small business.  When I moved out west I found the business side of things had slowed down so much I finally [...]

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Wallpaper of The Week 06

This weeks wallpaper was created by Chris Fenison.  I live in Oregon, which is one of the most pristine and scenic states in the U.S. by far.  We have sights here that are what postcards are made for.  This photo of Haystack Rock is one of the best coastal photos I have seen of here [...]

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New CoffeeDaze

As many have noticed CoffeeDaze.com has been going through some major changes this past week or so.  In an attempt to make the site faster, cleaner, and more enjoyable for everyone I have worked on several key features and upgrades.  I have been posting articles on there about some of the changes over the past [...]

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Wallpaper of The Week 05

This weeks wallpaper was made using some stock photography and a little Photoshop action.  I’m not really sure what theme there is if any.  I like minimalist wallpapers and generally design with Windows/Linux desktops in mind.  The image can be easily flipped for use with Mac though.  This week’s wallpaper is 1600×1200 and as always [...]

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Wallpaper of the Week 04

Since the last one was a few days late I thought I would try and get this one done a day early.  The theme this week is of course one of my favorites…  Coffee. I’m not sure what all happened in Photoshop to have this one come out.  I started with a black cup of coffee [...]

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Wallpaper of the Week 03

Sorry folks, this week the wallpaper is a little late.  It was a busy weekend.  The theme this week is in celebration of the blog’s new look.  I imagine this one will only really appeal to me but here it is all the same.  The size is 1600×1200 and as always, click the image for [...]

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Debating Ink

I have been wanting to get more ink for quite a while. I think the time has come to act on that desire. There are two basic designs I have been considering for quite a while. One is of the traditional sailor swallows on either side of my neck. I traveled [...]

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Wallpaper of the Week 02

Continuing the wallpaper of the week tradition brings us an Obama desktop. I thought continuing with the Obama theme my article ran would be good. This one is 1600×1200. Enjoy!

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Wallpaper of the Week 01

As a way to guarantee updated content here and to have some fun I’ve decided to do a weekly wallpaper. Once a week I’ll be posting a desktop wallpaper for my readers to enjoy that I have made. Some of these can be found elsewhere (on my DeviantArt account, CoffeeDaze.com, etc…). I [...]

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Photoshop The Powerhouse

Photoshop CS4 looks like it will be using GPU acceleration to revolutionize speed and agility in image manipulation. With CS3 even the most powerful machines have to deal with slow loading times when dealing with large files. Early tests show incredible speed improvements when dealing with loading times, image zoom and rotating canvas. [...]

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