Pixels and Waves
Adventures in Digital Art
August 2006 - Vol 1, Issue 1
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Dear Ignatius,
Convy

Ah, finally relief has arrived from the atmospheric nasties that seemed destined to stay... and perhaps not coincidentally, an encouraging upsurge in interesting new project discussions has been noted. The transition to the new configuration is proceeding at a steady pace. Good vibrations are floating around, and the effects are welcome.

Dead Air
Has your browser's home page mysteriously changed to a weird and eerie fake 'search engine'? When you close your browser window, does it show a page called about:blank? If so, you've been hijacked. Spyware has gotten past your defenses and have taken control. The better antivirus programs will detect these, but some will not. Worse yet, your antivirus may inform you that the nasty, although detected, could not be removed. Run the program again and write down the file name and path when it gives the message again.

Don't panic. :) Delete all of your temporary files, then run a good anti-spyware program such as Spyware Doctor and then reboot and run it again. Hopefully at this point you'll be free, but if not... reboot your computer in Safe mode, by pressing F8 during the reboot. At this point Windows is not operating so certain procedures are free to operate without restriction. Your graphics card will not be running so the screen will look a bit odd. Run Windows Explorer and navigate to the offending file and give it the heave ho! It is possible that the infestation may reside in the system backups... if so, it gets more involved. For help there, and a more in-depth discussion of it all, click the link for a resource with all the ammo you'll need.
Artists of all media stripes, from oil painters to photograhers, illustrators, designers and 3D artists to anime and manga should be aware of this outlet. I found it from a user group lead in a poster's signature. It's great fun to navigate through the thousands of wonderful pieces on display.

I joined up for a year since it was so fairly priced, and one can upload as many works as you like, it seems. You can sell your originals, or add prints and products like cards, coffee cups, t-shirts and even mounted canvas. A very interesting place, indeed.
New Visions
Things are looking up... referrals continue to arrive, and leads are starting to come in through the discovery of the shop on the web...

IFM Productions LLC is awaiting a result on two website build proposals, both local firms. ::: API Investigations, LLC of Denver, CO will, shortly, send in the details of a new e-commerce site relating to a new instructional/practical child-protection product they've developed which includes a DNA kit. ::: Matts & Davidson recently announced to IFMP that quite a few additional copy writing assignments are coming our way. ::: The International Fortean Organization (INFO) will once again get live sound PA, recording and CD production services for their lecture series on August 18-20, this time on location in Fredericksburg, VA.

I hope that you've enjoyed this transformation of this very occasional newsletter. Enjoy the rest of the summer, stay safe and be well. Thanks for being there.

Sincerely,
Iggy Makarevich
IFM Productions LLC

phone: 203.661.9326

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