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Grand Theft Auto 5 - Photo Walks in a Virtual World

I'm sure you're aware of Grand Theft Auto, the notorious gaming series that is now synonymous with open world exploration and gaming events to make your mother cry. Well the latest version is still all the things it was before, it's crude, crazy and perpetually violent. I've put a good number of hours into the game since buying it, most of these have been spent exploring the world Rockstar created. One of the most impressive things about this game is that they've made it look better than GTA IV despite it still being on the PS3/XBox and not the next generation of consoles. This has been achieved almost exclusively with lighting. When you get right down to the textures they're not all that impressive but the way they light Los Santos and Blaine County is impressive. Panoramic image created in Photoshop and turned into a  Photosphere Snapmatic Something that has been developed well for this game after introduction in previous titles was the mobile p

Agenda Widget - Custom Theme - Cards

This is a quick how to so you can load custom themes into Agenda Widget . I spent a bit of time making the Google Cards style one below so you can use that to get started! To get started you'll need to download the XML file from my Drive account:  GoogleCardsUI.xml  (select Download) or Dropbox:  GoogleCardsUI.xml  (long press/right click save link ). I would suggest doing this on the device you intend to use it on as it'll be immediately available to load into Agenda Widget. Once you have downloaded the file, open up Agenda Widget into the main settings menu. Tap the top right icon with 4 lines and a small triangle in the lower right. Select  Import  and  Browse . Now you need to locate the file on your phone. If you downloaded it directly from your device it will be located in  Download Select GoogleCardUI.xml (This may be a random string if you downloaded it from Drive) and OK. Hit Import and exit settings, your Agenda Widget should now be displaying th