Finally after weeks of lazy conceptualizing and surfing I’ve been able to come up with this brand new theme for my site. It’s called Coolmo. Funny name but it’s what I want to call it. I used the “cool” palette on Adobe Illustrator. You can find it on the color swatch dialogue box.

For the giant header, I used Adobe Illustrator again in composing that cool wallpaper you can download for free, but only if you want it. The sections on this new theme aren’t complete yet and I’m planning on completing this theme by next week. I’ll be adding sections like projects, themes, games, the obligatory about page and downloads.

Here are the future sections for this site:

Themes. I’ll be releasing WordPress themes later this year. Themes with cool colors and themes you haven’t seen yet. I’ll push my programming skills for that.

Downloads. Yeah I’d like to share and I’m gonna be putting some cool stuff here for web designers, gamers and you. I’m gonna share my Fireworks styles, some homemade wallpapers and some game saves for PSP games.

Portfolio. These will be the page where you will see all my chosen works. I’ll display all my projects here and talk about them when ‘ve got the time.

Games. This section will be the listing of all my games and how I’d rate them. I love to play but I need to sleep too. Gaming is fun and if only I can earn money thru it. I’d stick to web designing instead.

Well, those are the sections I will be adding so be sure to return if you have time and learn something. By the way here are the Wordpress plugins I’ve used for this theme. I’ve researched on the web and so far these are the best ones I’ve managed to install with this theme.

1. Feeder - it displays feeds on your page in html format. But I’m having problems working it with Tumblr feeds though.
2. FlickrRSS - cool plugin that displays thumbnails of your latest Flickr Photos.
3. Get Recent Comments - displays the latest comments from your visitors. What I love about this is that it’s so highly configurable
4. Gravatar (and userpics) - This plugin allows you to generate a gravatar URL complete with rating, size, default, and border options.
5. Reinvigorate - this is a very cool tracking plugin. Better than Google Analytics.
6. WP Audioscrobbler - This displays the tracks I’ve been listening to for the past few minutes. Cool eh?

I’ve still have a few plugins left that I have to configure but I’ll complete this list once I complete the site. So far, what do you think on the new look? I’m open for suggestions so please leave your commentsafter this post. Thanks.

Graphika Manila has just launched their new website today. Yeah, it’s still built with flash. I was hoping they’d switch to a more web standard website but well, it doesn’t matter. It still looks good anyway. It has a nice navigation, a beautiful simple layout but you can only access it if you have the flash plugin. Too bad for people with disabilities. The site should focus on web accessibility too. I really agree that the Filipino designer is one of the best there is but I’ve noticed that some of those good Filipino designers are still stuck with table-based websites. But then again, it’s never too late to learn and convert. It’s not that it’s a fad but the times have proven it that standard based websites work best. (more…)

Have you ever wanted to watch YouTube videos on your PSP? Well now you can. I was googling for online FLV converters when I found Vixy. Vixy is a free online service for conversion of your videos to conventional formats like AVI, MOV, MP4, 3GP, MP3 for your PC, iPod, mobile phone or PSP.

So how do we do that? Just copy and paste the URL of your favorite YouTube video into the textbox and choose a destination format. After the video is converted, it will automatically download into your computer. Save the file and copy it into your PSP and enjoy!

This past weekend, I loaded my Playstation Portable with Crush, a new mind boggling puzzle game from SEGA. The game lets you switch the game environment from 2D to 3D or vice-versa. It’s actually the key to solving the hard puzzles and reaching places. The game also features camera view switching and when used with the dimension toggling makes it easier to solve the puzzles. The goal here is to collect as many blue and red spheres to open the doorway to the next area. You can also collect jigsaw puzzles and trophies to unlock game extras like character sketches and trophy levels which are timed and really hard to beat. (more…)