POLADROID for Polaroid™ lover!

POLADROID screen shot

Poppaping says : very fun but powerfully, this a virtual Polaroid™ camera. 

it doesn't mean you can replaced your old polaroid camera with this free software......but you can depend with this artificial,instant Polaroid™ photo maker...

POLADROID

It produces high-definition images (400 dpi) with the real aspect of a Polaroid™
and perfectly suitable for printing.
UsingPoladroid is straightforward: just drag an drop any JPEG directly on the
icon of Poladroid and wait until the image appears... slowly... very slowly.
POLADROID is an unusual software, completely crazy, which reproduces all the
strange behaviours of a popular picture camera with its unique result but... so
much copied: the Polaroid!
POLADROID is an addictive software (you’ve been warned!) because it is so
easy to use and unexpected:
- square frame
- colour shift
- vignetting
- premature aging
Eventually, you’ll be surprised to discover pictures that were thought to know.

result  of  POLADROID,

POPPAPING often download software but often disappointed, what he has download sometimes unused or must waiting for e several times to download...its suck! 
the SnapFiles give solutions .no need longer waiting time to download. And the software always work finely...
here my resume about this software download sites.

http://www.snapfiles.com

What makes us different from other download sites?

• We download and test EVERY program before listing it.
• We create the screenshots.
• If it's not working for us, it will not be listed.
• If it appears to be a waste of your time, we won't list it...
• If we have any doubts as to the integrity of the software and/or author, we will not list it.

Unlike most other software download sites, we actually download, install and review every single program before it is listed on the site. We use our years of experience to bring you the products that appear reliable and worth your time. If it's not working for us, we won't list it. If it appears to be a waste of your time, we won't list it...

3X9 house that integrates with nature

house that integrates with nature

© Hiroyuki Oki

© Hiroyuki Oki

© Hiroyuki Oki

© Hiroyuki Oki

© Hiroyuki Oki

Architects: a21 studio – Hiệp Hòa Nguyễn, Nhơn Quí Nguyễn

Location: Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam

Project Area: 27 sqm

Completed: 2012

Photographs: Hiroyuki Oki

Poppaping got this from : http://www.archdaily.com/223340/3x9-house-a21-studio/.

CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X6 & new enhanced features

Poppaping peeping from Corel official website and here the Summary of new and enhanced features CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X6 :

 The following is a list of the new and enhanced
features offered by CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X6.

Work faster and more efficiently

• Work faster than ever before with large files in 

CorelDRAW and large images in Corel PHOTOPAINT thanks
 to native support for 64-bit processors.
• Export files, print multiple documents, or copy
and paste large objects without delay, thanks
to increased support for the latest multicore processors.
• Take advantage of greater flexibility when
organizing assets for multiple projects by
working with several trays concurrently
in Corel CONNECT X6.

• Instantly extract images from a client’s web site

by using the new Corel CONNECT search

toolbar.

• Easily remove unwanted areas from a photo
and simulateously adjust the photo’s aspect
ratio with the new Smart Carver in
Corel PHOTO-PAINT X6.
• Explore new creative possibilities for refining
your vector objects by using the new Smear,
Twirl, Attract, and Repel tools.

• Save time and gain control when selecting
objects by using the new Freehand Pick

tool, which lets you drag a freehand marquee

around the objects or shapes you want to select.

• Apply a clip mask on a group of objects
without modifying the individual objects within
the group with the new Create Clip Mask
option in Corel PHOTO-PAINT X6.
• Enjoy greater control when applying a lens of
effect to a group of objects by using the new
Pass Through Merge Mode in
Corel PHOTO-PAINT X6.

vintage comic book & style pop art

POPPAPING SAYS :Pop art comic always impress   me. because   simple looking, chic,  also have strong character !

From the latest issue brought by Jason Soy's ,

Roy Lichtenstein brought vintage comic book-style pop art to the masses, and Joe McDermott, a Philadelphia-based illustrator, is so enamored with the late artist’s work that he emulates the prominent art figure’s style down to a tee. Using halftones to color images, depicting men and women with retro fashion sensibilities, the inclusion of text boxes and dialogue bubbles, these were all things Lichtenstein was known for and McDermott takes great pride in being able to copy the pop art pioneer’s work so well. The resemblance between the two’s creations is quite simply uncanny.

Where Joe McDermott and Roy Lichtenstein differ, however, is in the method in which they produce their pieces. Thanks to modern technological conveniences, McDermott is able to render his creations digitally using software and a pen tablet, saving much time and effort....

 

poppaping  References  : 

http://lacarpa.tumblr.com/post/20530827396/pop-art-by-joe-mcdermott

http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/joe-mcdermott#!/photos/148359/1

EARTH BAG CONCEPT FOR MAKING YOUR DREAM HOUSE

EARTH BAG CONCEPT FOR MAKING YOUR DREAM HOUSE.....

POPPAPING  READ THIS FROM :http://earthbagbuilding.com/projects/uganda.htm 

During August and September, 2008, Sunny Tsai volunteered to assist a team of two architects and eight professors, under the direction of Akio Inoue of Tenri University, Japan, to construct an ecovillage by Lake Victoria, Uganda, East Africa. The East African Community is an organization formed by citizens of Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi, the five countries surrounding Lake Victoria. This ecovillage was designed to alleviate poverty and demonstrate sustainable building with earthbags. There are more than three million poor people living along the coastline. These domes provide good protection from bullets, fire, wind, and rain.much better than the conventional thatched shelters or tents.

This project won the support of the East African Community, and the plan was summarized in the above pamphlet. This was submitted at TICAD4 that had been held in Yokohama City, Japan in May, 2008.

Akio Inoue, the project director is shown above with some of the local people.

Uganda ambassador to Japan (left), Sunny Tsai (center), and architect Kikuma Watanabe (right) at the site, disscussing the Ecovilliage project. Sunny Tsai (who is responsible for most of the photos reporduced here) is an architect, Associate Professor at the University of Science and Technology, in Beijing, China, and has specialized in the study of earth architecture. Kikuma Watanabe is an associate proffessor at Kochi University of Technology in Japan and is responsible for the overall design of the ecovillage project. Some of the photos reproduced below and all of the conceptual drawings are his. There are few pictures taken by assisstant Kawaguchi Takashi.

Architect Kikuma Watanabe's floor plan and sectional drawing of one of the units.

The Ecovillage is composed of three clusters of buildings, including a water tower at the center. This arrangement is designed so that each cluster can enjoy precious water resources equally and reasonably comfortably. Each cluster is composed of four living units, each one with a living room, two bedrooms, a kitchen, toilet, shower room, and meditation room. All the buildings are built with Earth-bag Construction Technology.

Each unit has a biomass latrine and a Bird Wing Wind Power Generator that supplies electricity. In order to lead the wind effectively, bamboo groves have been planted as wind corridors for each generator.

During their one-month stay, they trained the local people in the essential aspects of earthbag building techniques. They say that it is better to teach people how to fish rather than to give them fish. So hopefully what they have done will indeed teach them how to continue with the process of building more such buildings.

After the design is layed out, a trench is dug and filled with gravel for the foundation.

Then the first course of bags are layed over the gravel. The soil used was from anthills near the site; there was no need to dig the earth or carry the soil from other places. Compared with the size of ants, what they have done is really a tiny thing. 

Two rows of barbed wire are being held down with bricks.

Installing temporary forms for doors and windows.

Up to 20 courses.

After a day's work, Sunny is ready to go home and rest.

Up 27 layers.

Finishing the last few layers of the dome.

Completion of the first dome. It's a great moment, with an exclamation of joy!

The work continues.

Project director Akio Inoue with some of the workers.

Completion of the second dome.

Setting the compass system for the big dome. This dome will go up to 9 meters...quite spectacular!

Initial cement stucco with mesh.

A door is being delivered.

Time in Uganda is up for Sunny and the others. Hopefully the local crew can continue the work smoothly.

This nearly finished photo was provided by the architect, Kikuma Watanabe.

So far as the number of earthbags used in this unit facing Lake Victoria amounts to approximately 8,000. The central dome is 8 meters in height, using 4,000 earthbags.