For those who don’t already know, the Gimp is a powerful, open source image editing application. For more info on the Gimp visit gimp.org. GIMPshop is essentially the same program with some cosmetic changes.

If you’ve never used Photoshop before, you may not appreciate the GIMPshop hack. What Scott Moschella’s done is renamed and reorganized GIMP’s tools, options, windows, and menus to closely resemble Adobe Photoshop’s menu structure and naming conventions. Many of the menu options and even whole menus were recreated to faithfully reproduce a Photoshop-like experience. After running this GIMPshop hack, you’ll find that Photoshop and the GIMP are strikingly similar.

The latest version is available for Linux and Mac, and there’s also an earlier release available for Windows users. Updates are frequent so a Windows version should be available soon. So for all of you designers and photo enthusiasts that can’t afford to buy Adobe Photoshop this is a fantastic solid and free alternative.

For more information, screenshots and downloads visit plasticbugs.com.

The Spry framework for Ajax is a JavaScript library that provides easy-to-use yet powerful Ajax functionality that allows designers to build pages that provide a richer experience for their users. It is designed to take the complexity out of Ajax and allow designers to easily create Web 2.0 pages.

The Spry framework is a way to incorporate XML, JSON or HTML data into pages using HTML, CSS, and a minimal amount of JavaScript, without the need for refreshing the entire page. Spry also provides easy to build and style widgets, providing advanced page elements for end users.

The Spry framework is HTML-centric, and easy to implement for users with basic knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScript. The framework was designed such that the markup is simple and the JavaScript is minimal. It can be used by anyone who is authoring for the web in their tool of choice.

To see what is possible using Spry, check out the Spry home page, that show the Spry framework in action.

The Spry prerelease download was updated today to support the shipping version of Adobe AIR. Visit Adobe Labs to  download the new version.

From time to time accidents happen, and most of the time someone is there to capture it. Below is a selection of photos from such happenings…

Apparently this wasn’t the right road to the camp site…

“Mine is bigger than yours, jerk!”

“Good thing we brought the boat dear…”

3 Million Records, 300,000 CDs, 6 million+ Song Titles

Paul Mawhinney bought his first record sixty years ago. It was a Frankie Lane song. He played it ’til the grooves were gone. As soon as he had a little extra money, he bought another record. Then another and another. He loved the music.

Came across a couple of really funny photos this week. Enjoy!

Safety first! The new Windows XP Firewall…