Cool tutorial on how to Build your own Ring flash (via strobist). From what i see you basically you mount a flash pointing into a cereal box which has had the insides covered in tinfoil, and direct the light out in a circle cut in the cardboard that your lens is poking through. Pics and […]
Darn you Darren, first not coming out this week and then pointing me to clonesumating as a possible drop in replacement for the aging P2P. Note to self so I don’t forget about this link….
Source code for Consumating Read Post »
OSNews reports that OS/2 is 20 years old today. Wow, that makes me feel ooooold. My first experience with OS/2 was the 2.0 version (I think) around the end of highschool. According to Wikipedia 2.0 was released in 1992, so that’s about right. I think I remember going with Fred to go over to someone’s
The Online Photographer points to an absolutely gorgeous slideshow of pictures taken in Namibia with the Leica M8, the “fairly” expensive latest from Leica. Related forum thread.
M8 Slideshow From Dan Suskin Read Post »
Like Darren did, we got snow last night. Unlike Darren though, I don’t live in the frozen north. Luckily it didn’t extend far past home, and wasn’t more than a bit of slush on the car, and I’m pretty sure there won’t be any evidence of it when I get home. Still, crazy weather. Dang
Snow Snow Everywh–what?? Read Post »
Well, it’s the time of year again for Linux Northwest and Novell Linux’s Reverend Ted will be there doing a Xen presentation. Any of the Linux crowd from this end of the woods (you know who you are) want to carpool down again?
Time for Linux Northwest once Again Read Post »
A nice look at how to declutter your desktop. I don’t need all that because I did some of it with my weekend project, however it is a nice idea that I’m sure I can use.
More Desk Decluttering Ideas Read Post »
Found a link to a nice HDR tutorial from one of the forums. Not unlike the bevy of other tutorials on the subject, with the one exception being that instead of a straight gradient on the layer mask (to simulate a split density filter), the HDR Blend Tutorial by Roman Johnston uses a select by
HDR Blending Tutorial Read Post »
So I’m working at home today, just typing and minding my own business, when Patches decided to come and drape herself over my mouse arm. In case you were wondering, no, she wasn’t inconvenienced by me at all 🙂
Joy of Working at Home Read Post »
A fairly productive weekend I think. I actually got stuff done! Not a lot of code, that’ll be in the evenings, but a bunch of other stuff. First of all, did a bunch of running around. I had a couple of projects around the house (computer related, go figure) that needed “stuff” for. So I
The Weekend Wrapup Read Post »