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THE DRUG DOES WORK. At Cambridge over the summer, many students were taking pills to help their concentration. Ed Cumming was among them ... From INTELLIGENT LIFE Magazine, Autumn 2009 One evening this summer, in our final term at Cambridge, my roommate Katie threw a party. Our set was in a 17th-century attic, and its sloping ceilings framed a gorgeous view: a panorama taking in King’s College Chapel, the billiard-table lawns of the backs and the stately river. In that room you felt the mass of student life that had passed before you: even the doorframe had a musty glamour. I was an ordinary student, but the drug let me feel intermittently extraordinary. Modafinil was never meant for people like me. I jumped at the chance to join them. As one of his customers, having taken modafinil on and off for six weeks leading up to exams, I can say this much: it works.

It was not all positive. Although I did it more efficiently, my work didn’t get better. (Ed Cumming is a writer based in London. Creepy, Crusty, Crumbling: Illegal Tour of Abandoned Six Flags New Orleans [75 Pics] Hurricane Katrina killed this clown. According to the photographer, “An abandoned Six Flags amusement park, someone spray painted ‘Six Flags 2012 coming soon’ on the wall above the downed head. But they were clownin.’ Six Flags will never rebuild here.” That’s sad, but much of New Orleans has not been restored to her former glory. This defunct amusement park on the city’s eastern edge must surely serve as a constant reminder that Katrina tried to wash them off the map.

Welcome to Zombie Land kids! Chained dreams of fun at Six Flags New Orleans, abandoned Jazzland – that’s what Six Flags opened as “Jazzland” in 2000. Some photographers can see past the lifeless amusement park’s decay and desolation, showing us that there is still a chance the place could be cheery and not cheerless. Like a Bad Dream. Just in case you don’t know the scoop on what Hurricane Katrina did to New Orleans and Six Flags, this photo is of New Orleans, LA, on Sept. 14, 2005.

No lines for dead rides. Creating seamless patterns in Illustrator. One of the frequest questions I get from readers is how you create seamless patterns in Illustrator. Today I’ll explain how I create such patterns and how you can scale and rotate them using different settings in the Scale tool options. Draw your pattern First we start by drawing a square. Select the Rectangle tool and draw a sqaure holding down the shift key.

With the square still selected, hit command/control + 5 to make a guide from the square (View > Guides > Make Guides). Make sure guides are on so you see the square. Create an illustration inside the square to be used as basis for the pattern. Reflect the corner ornament You probably don't see this in the picture, but in the very top left corner I've used a quarter of a circle. First make sure Smart Guides are turned on. Reflect again and rotate the center ornament Select both corner ornaments and alt/option click in the center of the square again. Now select the central ornament and select the Rotate tool from the toolbox. 35 Photoshop Tutorials for Creating Web Design Layouts.

Consistently, we have posted several web layout samples in the past. Today, however, we bring you a set of tutorials that you can look into to create web layouts. These tutorial will give you a thorough understanding in creating web layouts in Photoshop. There are a couple of techniques, both new and old, that are featured on several of these posts, so its quite advisable to read each of the tutorials for new ideas. Feel free to check out these 35 Innovative Photoshop Tutorials for Creating Web Design Layouts and take a look at the tips shared by the authors. You may be amazed at how simple procedures can create spectacular effects. Apart from the learning experience that you will gain, you’ll also enjoy the reading through this article!!! Create a Slick and Minimalist Web Layout in Photoshop The tutorial will help you create a web layout with minimal designs.

How to Design a Band Website Layout in Photoshop Learn to create a band-themed layout through this tutorial. 50 Best Free Fonts Having Commercial Use License.

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