Trees reaching up from the ground to the sun soaked hills.
Top 10 Secrets They Don't Want You to Know About the Debates
Top 10 Secrets They Don’t Want You to Know About the Debates – fairly damning if they’re all true, but then did anyone expect a non-controlled debate that wasn’t orchestrated?
Of course, at least the US gets to choose who they want to be president.
(via Matt)
Garret has a well written summary of the debate. Go read!
Later Still.. John pointed me at this movie featuring your favourite speaker and mine, George Bush! woooohooooo!
Much Later.. Someone left a lengthy rant on Proinnsias’s blog when he posted the same movie! *gulp*
Cartoonizing Photos With The GIMP
This is fun! After reading this tutorial on making cartoons from photos I tried to emulate his technique in the GIMP. The dialogs are slightly different but here’s what I did..
- Layer->Duplicate Layer
- Select the new layer, Filters->Edge-Detect->Edge, select Sobel, Amount should be 2.0, and Black should be checked.
- Invert the edge-mask layer, it’s in Layers->Colors->Invert
- Back in the Layers Dialog, change the Layer Mode to Divide
Play around with Layer mode settings, desaturate the top layer, blur or otherwise mess up the bottom layer. Endless fun can be had! Feel free to post links to your own creations in the comments below!
Later.. on advice I got rid of the portrait, I’ll upload another tomorrow!
Nice Slideshow Effect
This is a nice effect and described well too. Check out the demo! He has another slideshow too! Cool!
Bollox!
Apparently, Colm Meaney said, “Bollox!” on Star Trek! He said it after being beamed down somewhere according to the man himself while he was, “Hanging With Hector”. He told the production crew that, “It was one of those things an Irish person would say in this situation”.. hehe.
Tips for Traveling with a Digital Camera
Common sense tips from Shirley. When I travel I tend to bring along as much memory as possible, batteries and a charger, and if I get the opportunity, I’ll burn my photos onto several CDs, carrying one on my person/hand luggage and another in stowed luggage. But that’s just paranoid me!
Free Software People in Car Accident
As reported here, there has been a car accident outside Paris. Richard Stallman was in the car but was dropped off in the city before the accident. Hans Bakker was killed in the car accident. It’s a sad day for him and and his family. Read the link above for updated news.
Digital Camera Myths
Megapixel Myths is an introduction of digital cameras, probably useful for someone new to the genre and looking for a new camera.
This Megapixel Myths site is a lot more involved – the author goes over many aspects of digital vs film photography, including the costs of each..
Let’s look at two scenarios to see how the cost of digital and traditional photography balance out over the first year. Notice that I said cost, not value. Cost is the total amount of money you spend. Value is what you receive in return. Cost is empirical; value is subjective.
My camera has probably halved in value in the year that I’ve owned it, but if I had a nice 35mm film camera it may not have gone down in value so much! (That said, film cameras are getting cheaper as digital becomes more popular!)
Up The Tree
While the girls ate sandwiches and drank tea I wandered off with my camera..
Stand up and be counted: Edinburgh's 50 best jokes
The Independent lists the 50 best jokes at the Edinburgh Comedy Festival. Considering Bono’s appearance at the Labour Party Conference yesterday I thought this was appropriate:
How many members of U2 does it take to change a light bulb? Just Bono… he holds it and the world revolves around him.
(thanks Donal for sending those on!)