Albert Tanutama

Life is like a Luge ride … Filled with twists and turns; pace up or slow down – it’s how you can make the most of it
To my dear one – a beautiful birthday and year to you

I found this particular quote from Benjamin Franklin thought-provoking:

What is liberty without security and what is security without liberty?

Picture is taken from here

Digital painting has never been so fun with ArtRage. ArtRage is a tool that allows you to create realistic oil painting, pencil and pen drawings. You can paint, smudge, smear, and mix color that blends naturally.

ArtRage works by turning your screen in to a full screen canvas along with a couple of widgets uniquely designed according to pick and use concept to make it painting simple and easy. You no longer have to worry about managing windows, menu or shortcuts, because all features are immediately accessible. The widget will automatically gets hidden when you’re painting somewhere near. The interface is more intuitive and friendlier than its competing product – Alias Sketchbook. For more detailed comparison between these two, refer to Chad Elley’s review.

ArtRage is available in two version: full version (priced in about USD 20) and free version (good enough if you can cope without using layer). Refer to its complete features here. With such features and pricing, I think ArtRage is a winner.

Problem managing debt, bills, rents among friends or collagues? BillMonk comes to the rescue – it’s a free web-based service that allows people to easily keep track of financial debts among friends. It helps managing money between friends without awkwardness or unfairness.

BillMonk has three basic functionalities: IOU (who owes who), Shared bill (who pays, who have to pay, and how much to pay), and payment (to settle any outstanding debt). All you need to know is the email address of your friends (and the amount of money involved). BillMonk will breakdown how much money you owe or are owed by your friends. It is also smart enough to handle unequal bill-splitting where someone has paid more than the others. BillMonk will automatically send an invitation to your friends, and add them into your friends’ list. Regular friends can be grouped together to simplify data entry.

Singapore Tourism Board launches several TV commercials to promote Singapore tourism. Each commercial features different facets of Singapore experiences that tourists could “bring home” from their visit.

This ‘Uniquely Poured’ advertisement campaign, for example, shows the art of pouring in Singapore:

Find out what’s spikey, tropical, and wild here.

I was given a special permission to share this illustration

This illustration is special because it was my personal project to celebrate nicknox’s homecoming.

Serendipity and user participation are becoming the mantra for an addictive web experience. After succesful social bookmarking site such as del.icio.us and social news site such as digg, we now have social media site for video, YouTube.

Founded in February 2005, YouTube is a consumer media company for people to watch and share original videos worldwide through a Web experience. Founded by early commerce pioneers of PayPal, YouTube allows people to easily upload, tag, and share personal video clips through www.YouTube.com and across the Internet on other sites, blogs and through e-mail, as well as to create their own personal video network.

I was surprised to see the quality of some of the video submitted there – They are funny, interesting, ‘touching’ and entertaining (Don’t forget to see its most viewed list). With YouTube – entertainment is just a click away

This holiday, I’m brushing up my illustrator drawing skills.

Well, it takes me longer than how Verlee did hers. N-design studio has a good step-by-step tutorial on using Illustrator useful if you’d like to learn how to create such drawing.