Something Odd!

Will Digital Images Last?

Only this morning I searched through my 35mm photos for photos from my holiday in Barcelona and I had to smile or grimace as I flicked through several years of photos – Paris, Spain, Chicago, Ireland.. All memories, good and bad. That’s fine for a once in a while trip down nostalgia lane but searching my digital images is easier.
Lance Ulanoff asks, Will Digital Images Last? in this PC Mag article. My 35mm snaps all fit in a small box but my digital archive already requires 3 DVDs to backup. What do we lose by not having the tactile feel of photos?
(via Photography Blog)

Sed one-liners

Cool! Several handy one-liners for use in Sed, the stream editor.

# double space a file
sed G

# double space a file which already has blank lines in it. Output file
# should contain no more than one blank line between lines of text.
sed ‘/^$/d;G’

# triple space a file
sed ‘G;G’

# undo double-spacing (assumes even-numbered lines are always blank)
sed ‘n;d’

Ye Shall Pay!

Well, MT has gone to version 3.0 and changed their licencing terms and conditions as well as making the product more expensive. The backlash has already started but no doubt people will migrate away from MT, and when they do, Free Software like b2++ and WP will be waiting for them!

The Real Capital! (Sort of!)

Justin points out that Sky News Ireland needs a guidebook! Hehe.

Woo! Look at those wages!

So, where the hell can I go to be payed as much as the people surveyed in this report? What do I have to do? Sell my soul? (aka – use Windows ;))

Nick Berg

Here’s a harrowing and horrible description of the video of Nick Berg’s murder. I think once you’ve read it you won’t want to watch the movie. I certainly don’t. (via John)
Later… blogrunner has lots more to say.. (via referer links)
Later Still… Wikipedia Page about the man.

The Missing Digital Photography Hacks [May. 11, 2004]

Here’s a couple of interesting digital camera hacks. The first one, an explanation of how the camera histogram works, is something I kept meaning to learn about for a while now!

What you want to be leery of is when the graph information bunches up on one side or another. A graph heavy to the left usually indicates underexposure with the image appearing dark (move exposure compensation to +1). If everything is scooted over to the right, that often indicates overexposure with blown highlights and washed out shadows and midtones (move exposure compensation to -1).

Later… There’s another 10 hacks on the book sample page!