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here is a video i captured while i created an image inspired from the Hobbit book written by JJR Tolkien

Yesterday, Microsoft released the customer preview of its newest version of Office, the first version optimized for both touchscreens and desktop systems. The entire suite got a much-needed facelift and a few new cool features. Here are some of the most notable changes.

Thanks to digital media, music lovers can listen to the newest tune from their favorite band whenever they want, however they want. Audio files can be played in many different formats on many different devices, from iTunes on your computer to Pandora on your cell phone. The music you love will always be instantly available to you, note for note, word for word—just how you like it. But as a result of today's software-driven world, you now have another, less static option for listening to your...

Those persistent alien beings from Space Invaders have finally abandoned the confines of their video game quarters, setting their crab-like eyes on the destruction of Earth. And it's up to one man to save the fate of human kind as we know it—Jeremiah Warren. Equipped with his trusty Atari CX-40 joystick, the lonesome savior battles the descending alien invaders, destroying them one by one with his laser cannon, right from his own bedroom window. See the battle below.

What if you skinned a muppet and wore it as a mask? In the virtual 2D world of the internet, it might work a little something like this: photos of muppets + photos of human eyes x Photoshop = weirdest Tumblog ever, muppetswithpeopleeyes.tumblr.com by Mike Lacher.

If the Cutest Grandmas in the World can do something this amazing with Photo Booth, you can, too. Scroll down (past the Best Grandmas Ever) for a tutorial on Photo Booth effects.

Art nerds rejoice. With the aid of Photoshop, the folks at Artcyclopedia have doctored Van Gogh's paintings  to give the effect of a three dimensional model (the same effect used in tilt-shift photography).

The provenance of this Sci Fi Airshow is unquestionable. With decades of experience interpreting science fiction from a written to a visual medium, Bill George is the perfect tour guide for this fantastical, photoshopped exhibit. Assembling the collective imagination of multiple authors into one Airshow is a rare treat.

The Eizo medical supply company has issued a 2010 calendar of X-ray pin-ups. First prize to the person who can bring these skeletons to life. We know it's possible to transform a person into an X-ray in Photoshop, but how about the reverse?

It's amazing what you can do with a little thing called Maya. Reubenpac's Maya mashup features Patrick Swayze v. Iron Man, set to ACDC.

Uh oh. Somebody screwed up big this time.