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Posted in (Meta)Blogging, Cool Sites, Life on Feb 7th, 2008
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed or get my latest posts directly in your mailbox. Thanks for coming to the Foo!These past weeks I have worked on a couple of web pages. In the course of it I came across some helpful sites that I want to [...]
Posted in Fun, Technology on Nov 12th, 2007
Previously I wrote about the difference between Apple and Microsoft in One Sentence, but here I stumbled upon a little video showing the fundamental different philosophies between Apple and Microsoft, as shown in their packaging.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeXAcwriid0
One tries to do everything — offer the customer anything that is technically possible, and ends up in a bloated mess-up. [...]
Posted in (Meta)Blogging, Life on Oct 21st, 2007
After my recent trouble with the WordPress update, quite a few of the former features of my theme no longer worked. I could have spent some time (which I don’t have) to fix those problems, or I could spend some time (which I equally don’t have) to set up a new layout. Obviously I went [...]
Posted in Camera & Eye, Cool Sites, Life on Oct 12th, 2007
The web can be a (as in: one of many) resources for inspiration. One of my favourite sites is BibliOdyssey, which regularly shares its visual bounty from dives into old libraries. With high quality scans and informative text, it shows glimpses of a rich cultural past.
Posted in Camera & Eye, Film, Technology on Oct 9th, 2007
I am just watching a presentation about the Red camera, and here are some observations:
The sensor is Super35mm size.
The camera body is bigger than it looked like on the photographs. Definitely more than a PD170.
Camera is natively progressive. Interlacing can be achieved in post.
The digital shutter is programmable. Range up to 360 degrees.
ISO rating is [...]
Posted in Cool Sites on May 1st, 2007
Gems from the Web:
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Photoshop CS3 New Feature Tips - Nice collection [...]