Author Archives: Brian Hoops

Welcome to the Re-Design

Welcome to the brand new redesign of the hoop(s) brain.  I hope you like it.  Let me know what you think in the comments!

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Double Desktop Friday!

Boy, it sure has been a while since I’ve made any sort of new post.  What can I say, things happen.  To help make up for that, I’ve got TWO brand-spankin’ new desktop pictures/wallpaper for you. Once again, I’m appealing to those poor fellows (like me) that don’t have a gargantuan monitor yet, so both [...]

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New Desktop Picture (wallpaper) – “Above”

It’s about time I released another desktop picture.  This new wallpaper desktop picture is of cosmic proportions.  I never miss a pun. Be sure to grab a copy of this new pic, titled Above, and splatter it across your monitor.

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A fun, new Desktop Picture (wallpaper) – “Colorfun”

You know what’s fun?  New desktop pictures for your computer! Today, I’ve got an aptly-named wallpaper desktop picture just for you!  Why?  Because your desktop could sure use more fun.  What’s more fun than that? Nothing. Go grab yourself a copy of today’s pic, called Colorfun.  Oh, and have a fun-filled day!

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New Desktop Picture (Wallpaper) – “Soothing Static”

It’s about that time.  About that time to release another new desktop pic!  This week I’ve got another oldie, but goodie for you.  This one is called Soothing Static.  I actually created this picture in The Gimp.  I still think it’s pretty cool, and is available in 1024×768 resolution.  Head on over to the Desktops [...]

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New Desktop Picture (Wallpaper) – “Mad Experiment”

Time to post some more cool desktops for ya’ll!  Today’s new desktop picture is actually one that I created years ago, but I’m re-releasing it for you today.  It’s called Mad Experiment and that’s exactly how I created it.  Might’ve taken me a whole 10 minutes to do it, I don’t really remember…  Anyway, head [...]

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My Setup, part 3 – WordPress

In this, the final chapter of the epic My Setup post (see part 1 and part 2), I will reveal to you how I use WordPress as the back-end of this site.  In the previous two chapters, I explained what kind of hardware and software I used to develop a site.  This time, I’m going [...]

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My Setup, part 2 – Software

Last time, I showed you what hardware I used in the development of websites.  Today, I’m going to give you an overview of the software tools that I use all the time for development.  If you remember from the last article, my operating system of choice is Apple’s Mac OS X (even though I can’t [...]

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My Setup, part 1 – Hardware

People are always asking me: “Dude, what kind of killer setup do you have?”  Actually no one has ever asked me that, but somebody might someday.  In preparation for that future event, I’ve decided to share with you the tools I use day to day to design, develop, and test my websites.  I have to [...]

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A New Day, a New Desktop Picture – “Living Smoke”

Well, it was about time I came up with another Desktop Picture for your internet enjoyment.  This new picture is just a cool experiment I came up with in Apophysis.  This is a new tool for me to use, but I find fractals fascinating, so you will probably see some more experiments like this in [...]

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