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SurfFoo for April 6th

6-Apr-08 in Cool Sites | No comments

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Gems from the Web:

  • FireWire Spec to Boost Data Speeds to 3.2 Gbps - Do I hear anyone mention HD / Red?
  • Shooting a live band - Great practical article on how to shoot a live music performance

    • SurfFoo for March 16th

    16-Mar-08 in Cool Sites | 2 comments

    Gems from the Web:

  • 12 Ways to Tap Into an Endless Well of Creativity - There is no reason to ever run out of ideas. The world, our minds, history, and the internet offer an infinite realm of artistic exploration. Consider the impact your habits, approach, organization, and internal rhythms have on your finished work. Find ou
  • Directors Edition Digital Alarm Clock - Perfect for movie-buffs; and alarm-clock that looks like a clapper board.
  • How I built my house for £4,000 - It is possible to build a roof above your head for little money

    • SurfFoo for March 9th

    9-Mar-08 in Cool Sites | No comments

    Gems from the Web:

  • Vector Magic - Great on-line tool to convert bitmap graphics to vectors. Oh, and free.
  • Digital Rebellion - Resources - Tools - Great collection of tools for everyone working with film / video. Online, and also for the iPhone. Available: Footage, Film Rate, Aspect Ratio, DoF, Pixel Aspect. And a Final Cut Studio Remover, too.
  • Posting RED - DV magazine goes into the workflow of the Red One
  • RED - A journey begins. - Real-life problems with handling the (yet unfinished) RED postproduction work-flow. A RedAche….
  • Screen Cleaner - A phantastic openware screen cleaner, that keeps both your laptop and widescreen PC screen fingerlickin’ clean. Thanks, Doug!

    • SurfFoo for February 28th

    28-Feb-08 in Cool Sites | 2 comments

    Gems from the Web:

  • Yugma : Free Web Conferencing, Online Meetings, Web Collaboration Service, Free Desktop Sharing, video conferencing, remote control software, net  - includes screen sharing, works on Mac, Windows and even Linux
  • Perian - The swiss-army knife of QuickTime components - Perian is a free, open source QuickTime component that adds native support for many popular video formats.
  • Red full test - The Red as seen through the eyes of a 1st AC
  • Instant Expert: Optics Options - DV mag has made a one-page comparison of the lens choices available these days.
  • Dark Book Of Photoshop - Some great Photoshop tricks
  • BluRay too expensive for independent producers? - Producers of industrial and non-broadcast content are required to pay a $2,500 licensing fee to author and distribute Blu-Ray. Then, each producer is required to pay a $3,000 AACS license fee, plus a per-title fee for EACH replicated Blu-Ray disc.
  • Apple lures even loyal Windows users - Dean Takahashi at San Jose Mercury News is impressed with his new MacBook Air: “I’m starting to trust Apple to move faster, while I fear that Microsoft will lose itself in gigantic projects.”
  • 16 Incredibly Detailed, Useful (and free) Dingbat Fonts - Nice collection over at BittBox
  • Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Listing the last words of executed criminals. “I guess this is it.”, ends Richard. Many references to god, injustice, despair. “Let’s do it, man. Lock and load. Ain’t life a [expletive deleted]?” or “See you on the other side. Warden, murder me.”

    • SurfFoo for February 20th

    20-Feb-08 in Life | 1 comment

    Gems from the Web:

  • Lighting Food - Good tutorial on how to properly light eatables (which are even harder to get right than faces)
  • Planmäßig fiel das Gebäude zusammen - Video. Agfa was once one of the main players in the photography world. This week-end their skyscraper in Munich got blown apart.

    • SurfFoo for February 17th

    17-Feb-08 in Cool Sites | 2 comments

    Gems from the Web:

  • Moon River - Great visual blog
  • Zibri’s Blog - Unlock your iPhone. For free. On a Mac. Incl. 1.1.3.
  • Shootsac - If you are female and a photographer, have a look at these lovely camera bags. 50% off for this week.
  • How to play restricted YouTube videos - tutorial
  • Icon search engine - Iconfinder - Need an icon quick? Try this site.
  • Welcome to Nature’s Best Photography - More inspiration
  • Odd Couples: The New Yorker - Steve Brodner sketches Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama in some surprising roles. Directed by Gail Levin.
  • 24 Season 7: Good News and Bad News - No new 24 before 2009
  • Component vs. HDMI Comparison HD - Video comparing both input methods
  • Smokin’ Hot Business Card Designs - I love well designed business cards. Here are 18 of them
  • Floating Flame Balls - NASA’s experiments with fire in low gravity
  • Make Sturdy Snowshoes for Your Tripod - Homemade-style

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