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Configuring the Taotronic Headphones with Microphone on Linux

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I've owned a TaoTronic TT-BH22 headphones with noise cancellation for a while ago, and I can tell you that despite being quite cheap have worked perfectly for me. Battery life is fantastic (around 40 hours) and noise cancelling, even if it's not 100% perfect as the professional ones, is more than acceptable. However, then I [...]

Debating the Venezuelan University evaluation system

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As they say, "There is no limit to what you can dream"; however, the same apathy and disinterest of the general population decrease the will. I'm not a college graduate, even if I almost did it (personal reasons), yet, due the profession I decide to follow I have always been immersed inside the academic world. On [...]

Inkscape: Where each element is like a layer

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Have you wonder what makes Inkscape different from GIMP? One of the main reasons why Inkscape is more used to create publicity is because it treats each element as an individual layer. This allows you to elaborate a main artwork and simply reorganize the elements that are part of it into a new design so [...]

Where to find awesome Free Stock Photos

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One of the biggest challenges when we make a website or a publicity (or anything) is to find awesome photos at a good cost (or free, depending), and is not that it's bad to pay for a photograph, but sometimes the client is either small or our budget is low. There are thousands of online [...]

How to make Instagram Videos using Kdenlive + Instashot

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Have you wonder how do I make my Instagram videos? Work with Kdenlive is quite easy, and one of the things I like the most is that you can drag any video, image or audio and it will automatically load to the app.  Build a video with Kdenlive is like organize a puzzle, you just need to [...]

Tatica.org nominated to best OpenSource Blog! And voting is ON!!!

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With pleasure, let me tell you that this blog has been nominated to “Best OpenSource Blog” by the PortalProgramas people. The simple fact of being nominated next to the biggest news websites makes me feel incredible and it’s a reason to keep motivated and bring you more articles, tutorials and podcast… so, thank you! Today (September 22, [...]

Nature Texture: Grass

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Weekend time... but the only thing I could play with was the camera, so while I was recording Gris getting his shower I took the chance to make some texture photos on the garden. It has a good variety since our grass is sorta wild, so I hope you like them and find them useful. [...]

Be an entrepreneur with OpenSource, a talk for the II Forum of women and IT

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This Friday 12 and Saturday 13, September (you know), will be held the II Forum of Woman and Open Technologies ( II Foro de Mujeres y Tecnologías Libres), organized by the ActivistasXSL, which will be held at the INCES at Caracas. I have been part of this group for several years, when I had the amazing opportunity [...]

Gimp100Podcasts 40: What is a Layer Mask? GIMP

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Do you like those photos where the same person appears twice on the same shot?  This is one of the most frequent questions I'm ask, and truth is that you just need one tool, the layer mask. In this podcast you will see that a layer mask allows you to add and remove stuff as many times [...]