I don’t like to laugh at friends but when you hear someone day a beaver chopped down a tree onto my car there’s really nothing else you can do. Poor Gilgamesh! Dude, I feel for you but at the same time that’s the funniest thing I’ve ever heard! Course, it was a foreign car 🙂 […]
Maybe the Canadian Stereotype is True Read Post »
Bah, hardware seems to hate me. I spent, literally, all weekend fixing my latest batch of issues. Ever since I’ve gotten the computers up and going at the house my webserver has had these odd random freezes. Late last week I figured that it seemed to be one of the SATA harddrives that houses the
Latest Batch of Hardware Problems Read Post »
Very cool, a post on Linuxart pointed me to the the classes over at http://www.morguefile.com/. It looks like it goes from the “standard” stuff from the quick look I took, rule of thirds, get closer… no closer… no… closer still, all the way into studio lighting, portraits, etc. Lots of good stuff, with example images
Free Online Photography Courses Read Post »
A few days ago I made a lovely new lens aquisition, curtesy of my dad (provider of all things photographic), a pentax f2.8/28mm lens. Very nice. I’ve taken a few shots over the last couple of days, a test film if you will, but so far it seems very nice. Not as sharp as I
Ok, this is a serious entry now. I know that a lot of my pokes at microsoft have been tongue in cheek and more for rant factor than serious argument (though there are plenty of those). Anyway… yesterday I was talking with $newboss about making our jobs easier. Read on for more…
Microsoft, Your Webpages Need Help Read Post »
Making Fingerprints is a pretty nice overview, both high and low level, of digial photography, editing, printing, etc.
Another Digital Photo Site Read Post »
I haven’t seen this before, and I’m pretty sure it’s not a “real” lawnmower, but damn, there is something really surreal about seeing a lawnmower flying (backup link) (5mb wmv). Kinda makes you smile for no reason.
My reliance on caffiene is now complete. This is related to my previous night, which I’ll detail when I get a bit more blood in my caffiene flow.
Well, the office is finally done enough that it could be moved into, so last night I got all the computers, monitors, and some of the peripherals going again. I’m hesitant to set it all up, just because it’s not done completely, and I’m sure there’ll be shelves or something going in soon, plus there
Yes, Finally Back Online Read Post »
Anyone who has worked with image processing software has seen the terms “Interpolation” or “Resampling” or “Bicubic” or such like. Well, maybe you have or maybe you haven’t I guess. Anyway, found a page with a relatively good explanation about what they are and how they work, with examples. Clicky Clicky: Resampling and Interpolation Demystified?
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