Welcome back to Springfield! *Duh*

If you love the color yellow, pop culture and onomatopoeia, you’re in luck. Starting today FXX is launching the ultimate marathon. They will show the Simpsons 25 seasons, 552 episodes, in chronological order for 12 days…

I remember when the Simpsons first aired in France…I was a kid and we were recording the shows on VHS to watch it with my brother and father. For a long time I thought of my father as my personal Homer: he was going with thinner and thinner hair, was drinking beer, but most of all, the place he was working at was nicknamed The Central.

I have not watched an episode in recent memory even though I stumble upon runs and reruns. I followed from afar and thought I would be able one day to look back to Springfield but I never had the opportunity like I had for Futurama and Family Guy (through Netflix and Hulu).

Celine (aka the best wife ever) plans on recording all the 552 episodes on our Tivo Roamio Pro but it could itself prove to be a challenge as Tivo seems to have an hard limit on the number of shows you can schedule. We can record 450 hours of show and so far use only 9% of it but Tivo only plans to record the 200 first shows. Our hope is that as soon as it recorded one it will schedule the next one.

I wonder if it aged well, the same way that South Park did.

And you do you plan on following the marathon?

By Sebastien Grobelny

PhLearn: Photoshop Tutorials

If you ever edited with Photoshop, you know there is not one and only one way to do the edits. You can go from the most complex and obscure to something very mundane and easy. PhLearn.com is an amazing source of photoshop tutorials. I just finished viewing all my backlog and instead of creating one post per tutorial I will today group them in one post.

1. How to create a sunset in Photoshop: Transform a regular picture in a photo with a gorgeous sunset light
   
2. How to clean background in Photoshop: A technique I had never seen used before based on the median blur.
   
3. How to create a double exposure in Photoshop: A artsy technique to blend 2 pictures.
   
4. How to create freckles in Photoshop: Always loved freckles and I am amazed how natural this technique is.
   
5. Change the color of anything in Photoshop: All is in the title…
   
6. How to create a lens flare: For all the JJ Abrams fans
   
7. How to change hair color in Photoshop: Not as easy as you might think due to highlights and color ranges…
   
8. How to remove anything from a Photo: A very detailed step by step tutorial to remove stuff you don’t want
   

I love these tutorials as you can understand the thought process behind it. Don’t hesitate to share your tips and tricks in the comments…

By Sebastien Grobelny