The GPL has been described as a virus by many pundits in the past, and it now looks like Clamav thinks so too! hehe. (Thanks Padraig for posting that link!)
Author Archives: Donncha
How to make skin "shine"
Someone asked for a photoshop plugin to make skin shine and instead got something more useful – a description of how to do it. I’m going to grab some portraits and apply this to them!
Generation Perplexed – Technology Waves and Undertow
How Does One Keep Up? – how many computer languages and concepts have you learned and abandoned in your career? How often do you think you’ll do the same in the future?
Unless you work on Cobol then you’re probably like me and Tom and you’ve gone through several iterations – 6502, 8×86, 68000 Assembly, Pascal, C, C++, PHP, etc etc..
It scared me at one stage but now it’s fascinating.. all this new stuff to learn and find out about! Woo!
This article on technomasochism is more relevant to all you UI watchers.. how much pain will users put up with? Quite a lot in my experiences!
WPMU Static Pages
Ryan Boren has created an excellent “Pages” interface for WP 1.3 but up until now it was useless for WPMU.
This afternoon I built on top of that work by adding support for displaying those pages.
Simply create a page, give it a name and then call your blog, appending “/pages/name” to the end of the URL, where “name” is the title of the page. Here’s a simple test page to test out.
Expect a new release on Friday sometime with this lot included!
Master Retouching Tips
Plenty of tips here! Everything from turning your photo into a painting to getting rid of those skin blemishes and awful shadows… must read!
Free Red-eye Correction Web Service
HP Research is asking people to test their Free Red-eye Correction Web Service at RedBot.net!
I haven’t tried it, but HP want to use the feedback they receive to improve their own cameras so it’s worth a go as everyone wins!
I'm all tired out!
But not for long, he was up and running about within seconds!
WPMU Theme Switcher
Real Chicago: Chicago-Sun Times Photo Essay
Lods of photos of Chicago, from the 1940’s onwards. I can’t wait to get back there next year!
Say Hi To The World Snoopy!
My friend Niamh’s sister got a puppy a few weeks ago. Here he is, Snoopy, the cute little thing! Really hard to get a good shot of a fast moving, almost non-stop creature. Thankfully he stopped to chew on an autumn leaf !