Here’s a very interesting interview with the Senior VP of Marketing in Salon about their success with subscription only content. Good read for anyone charging for content on the Internet. (via a.wholelottanothing)
photoSIG – Wet And Happy
s c i z z o . g i m p . o r g – lots of GIMP stuff!
s c i z z o has loads of GIMP stuff on his site – tutorials, links, etc. Hmm, His Paths Basics article is enlightening!
UF – Sensible Photos?
Hehe.. I like today’s UserFriendly comic, but who wants to take sensible photos? bbboooorrrriiiiinnnnggggg! 🙂
U.S. National Debt – Castro has the Trillion Dollar Bill!
Last night Sky showed that Simpson’s episode where Homer worked for the IRS to spy on his friends and eventually found out that Burns had a Trillion Dollar Bill given to him at the end of WWII to give to the French.
Looks like the U.S. National Debt could do with that bill now eh?
Let’s hope the Chinese don’t go looking for their money back soon!
Phishing Scams – 3 stories
3 scary phishing stories from the Washington Post:
Extended Depth Of Field Using Panorama Tools
Digital Camera Tips a.k.a. Using GIMP for Digital Photography
This short guide is useful if you’re starting out in digital photography. I’ll have to try his sharpening suggestions as I usually use the following when sharpening images for this site: Radius 0.1, Amount 0.50, Threshold 4
Professional Photographers Using Linux?
In this Ask Slashdot Question, like so many others, the question/headline is misleading. It asks about scanning slides, and no matter what type of OS you use, if you use cheap hardware you’re not going to get great results. Still, take a look at the comments for more.
Free Marlyn Monroe 2005 Calendar
Despite the title of this page saying “Calendar 2004” it does look like a 2005 calendar, only someone was a little too quick off the mark with their website editor!
Anyway, the important bit is that Ilford are giving away a Marilyn Monroe Calendar on their site! The only snag? It’s a PDF that you have to print! 🙂