Couple of mp3 blogs and sites I got stuff from tonight: Music is a Virus, said the gramophone, Party Ben, Teaching The Indie Kids to Dance Again, the suburbs are killing us, music for robots
Author Archives: Donncha
Bronicas and Robot Friends: What I Did Last Summer
The September, Sunday Morning Photographer article is out: Bronicas and Robot Friends: What I Did Last Summer.. It’s a little rambling but he’s had an eventful summer! I know what he means about upgrading digital cameras as I bought a film point-and-shoot over 5 years ago and I’d still use it if I used film, yet I’m already thinking (dreaming?) of upgrading my Sony F717!
Freeware replacements for commonly warez'ed programs
Freeware replacements for commonly warez’ed programs – take note Windows Users! GIMP 2.0 is included but as a Win32 program, nothing for Linux users as we’re spoiled already!
Limiting bandwidth using Squid and Linux
Well, well. It’s much simpler these days to configure Squid as a transparent proxy than ever before! Getting it to limit bandwidth is a piece of cake too! 🙂
RTE 1, 23:35 – Henri Cartier-Bresson – The Impassioned Eye
Tonight, RTE will broadcast a show about Henri Cartier-Bresson who died last month.
23:35 Henri Cartier-Bresson – The Impassioned Eye A documentary on the life and work of the legendary photographer who passed away recently in August
MythTV – a guide
Gun owners' rights violated in Christian camper murder case
In a post that’s worded so as to cause maximum discomfort for anyone not rabidly pro-gun (ie. the majority of us!) Keith declares that Gun owners’ rights violated in Christian camper murder case.
Filed under Humour.
Grip – ripping CDs
When using Grip to rip your CDs make sure to click the “Config->Misc->Do not lowercase filenames” box. Otherwise you get lame filenames.
Masking by the Numbers
Here’s a great tones on photo editing by changing the highlights and shadows of a photo. I don’t think the GIMP has a similar tool, although the same effect can be achieved in some other way I’m sure. One to check out later.
Love the glacier shot too!
UI is Humble
Rand looks at NewsFire and is amazed.
That’s right. It is simple. In fact, your first impression is that you could fire up Interface Builder and slap this together in a ten short minutes. You’re really quite wrong. Keep using the product. Add some feeds… read some articles… and you’ll start to appreciate the work that has gone into this application.