- Art of Japanese Crosswords — It’s a game. Moreover, it’s a Japanese game. Created not so far (1987) by the Japanese puzzle-master Tetsuya Nishio, the game, however, soaked up the ancient culture and civilization. It’s an art. The pictures are simple, the drawing is logical, not creative; but when the puzzle is solved, you suddenly see some small piece of art created by your mind and your hands from the plain and unpretentious…
- Cutter 1.42. Let Your Computer Compute — Back in the sixties, there were many scientists and journalists (both pessimistic and optimistic ones) supposing computers in near future would do artistic work. They still don’t, so, in today’s world there is a widespread pragmatic sight: computer certainly can’t do the art, but a human artist with a computer can sometimes do outstanding things, primarily because a computer would automate all the repetitive and…
- Deer Drive 1.3, Hunt! — Open you eyes! Open your ears! Control your hands! The forest surrounds you, the leaves tremble because of your breath, rainy sound is heard everywhere… Hmm, what is it? Just an idyllic spring walk alone with only your thoughts and dreams? — Almost. It is just an idyllic spring walk alone with your thoughts, your dreams, and your BIG GUN. Because it is Deer Drive! It’s a real hunting Drive, and the leaves tremble…
- Billionaire II, Business Game For A New Century — «Business simulator» games has a long story. Some time ago there were board games originated from the times of «naive business», pre-XX-century’s «civilizing» changes, from times, when business rules were «wild» (yet somebody will argue it was a good times). Times have changed, business has changed, life has changed, and old games with their old stories aren’t appropriate anymore. We need a new…
- NJStar Communicator - teach your operating system and favorite programs to speak Chinese, Korean and Japanese in no time! — If you are a native speaker of any of the major Asian languages, such as Chinese, Japanese and Korean, or a student learning them, you are probably very familiar with the problem of using these languages online. The non-western characters become a real problem in applications initially designed for more traditional markets of the West. If you are seeking a way to teach your software to recognize these languages, NJStar…
- Flash2X Flash Hunter - just save a Flash movie you found on the web and enjoy it later — Today’s Internet is full of Flash movies of all sorts. A great part of them are useless ad banners, but it’s not at all uncommon to come across real masterpieces, as well as short movies, trailers, teasers and other kinds of content that you would gladly save on your hard drive and watch later. Unfortunately, most Flash players and movies are protected from being downloaded and saved…
- 2000 Kanji - an excellent educational tool for Japanese language students — Japan is a country full of contrasts and surprises — and its language is not an exception. For most westerners, the hieroglyphic language of the Land of the Rising Sun is absolutely indecipherable and inscrutable. However, everything is possible and the most persistent and diligent gaijins study the language for years and become decent speakers. If you are just in the beginning of your journey to fluency, you must…
- Learn Chinese 2008 - learning a unique language a unique way — Chinese is undoubtedly one of the most sophisticated languages on the planet. Besides obvious phonetic difficulties, learners of Chinese inevitably face the problem of having to remember and write hundreds and thousands of unique characters. If you are learning Chinese at home and don’t have a dedicated tutor, Learn Chinese 2008 will give you everything necessary to improve your language skills — no matter…
- Engraver II - create great-looking engraving effects in a couple of mouse clicks — Engraving is one of the oldest visual art techniques and is widely used to add a flair of antiquity to images and photos by a great number of digital artists. However, reproducing this effect manually can be a nut hard to crack for novices and even confident Photoshop users. If you are looking for a way to add high-quality and fully configurable engraving effects to your images and photos in Photoshop and…
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