Friday, November 17, 2000
Dynamic Range in RAW mode, see Measuring Dynamic Range for methodology and more figures.
Wednesday, November 15, 2000
so, i managed to get through a few hundred mail messages. not close to being caught up, but i think i've got to a bunch of important stuff. hmm. man, if only there was a way to stop time around me so i could get some stuff done in between...
my friend has started writing again. the difference from me being that he actually writes well.
for all those lazy coders who used ie's proprietary document.all collection to access dom elements, here's a reminder of a quick fix to make your scripts moz compatible.
my sennheisers came back in from warranty today. it's so much better now. it's sort of weird because i'm readjusting to the neutral sound - i've been using my grado sr60s on my computer in lieu of my sennheisers, the grados were much better matched to my pc output- it's brightness and the low impedence really gave it an extra punch. all the same, i'm glad i have my sennheisers and that their back in working condition. an x-cans hp amp would be awesome, but um.. that would require spending money.
clinton declares self president for life
Proclaiming Nov. 14 a new national holiday as "Day One of Americlintonian Year Zero," Clinton issued a directive of total martial law over "all territories formerly known as these United States, from now on to be called the Holy United Imperial Americlintonian Demopublic (HUIAD)." He added that all election results are "hereby invalidated under Demopublican provisional law."
mmm, repaints. i should be sleeping.
Tuesday, November 14, 2000
ontrack's easy recovery software is a lifesaver. found my photos on my cf card that w2k obliterated when i put the card in the reader.
the sky pilot mozilla skin is so awesome. it's feels like a strategy game interface. so, browsing w/ this skin is just like playing a video game all day! er... or something like that
for mozilla users who want the new ns6 themes, get em directly from the ftp site
Monday, November 13, 2000
baz luhrmann talks about moulin rouge: how do we understand that da-da da-da-da-da da-daÉ [he sings the famous Offenbach can-can tune] was the most hard-core techno of the time?
in other movie related business, it looks like i might go see 13 days after all. apparently the lotr trailer is gonna be attached to it. oh, it'll be neat to see craig mullin's matte painting of the white house as well.
speaking of painting i have a huge one i will will slopping on and finishing tonight/tomorrow... the interesting thing is that i was reading through a random thread on sijun's digital art forum, and found a link to anders zorn, a swedish painter, whose pallette consisted of four colors, black, white, golden ochre and redwarm red, taking advantage of optical illusions for the rest. i really like the watercolor, Impressions de Londres that was pointed out - the great thing is that a lot of his work has a direct relationship w/ color issues i'm working on w/ my current assignment. isn't it too bad i'm not learning any of this in class?
it's amazing how much great stuff is in those forums. doing a 30 day search for anything posted by spooge demon or fred flick stone (craig mullins, and ron lemen) turns up massive amounts of useful information. hmm, i think i need to take some time off and finish up my km tools. although first i need to find some time to finish all the crap that i've accumulated over the past few months. it'll all fit if i cut sleep out of the schedule...
fun w/ darth vader - craig mullins talks about highlight shapes.
Guitar Player: Part 1 - Edge Interview
Guitar Player: Part 2 - Edge Interview
Bass Player: Part 1 - Adam Clayton Interview
Bass Player: Part 2 - Adam Clayton Interview
gi joe movie on dvd. w/ 25 of those awesome public service announcements - knowing is half the battle!
from mefi posts: amazon.com palm beach interface, interesting editorial of the presidential race from the uk, nytimes article on how palm beach voters were confused, but that precinct workers were directed not to help them, and other stuff.
Mr. Weisman, the county administrator, said voters who needed help were supposed to receive it. "No one is supposed to be denied," he said.
Mr. Weisman said he that he had heard that at least one voter who had marked his ballot incorrectly had been refused a second ballot. Under state law, he said, voters who punch their ballot cards incorrectly are supposed to receive a second or third ballot so they can try again.
But that apparently did not happen in every case. Bernard Holtzer, who lives in The Fountains retirement community near West Palm Beach, said that when he unintentionally marked Patrick J. Buchanan's name on his ballot, he asked for another and was refused.
i got back from boston about two hours ago, and was just going through some of the photos i took (about 150 total). i should be able to salvage some shots in photoshop. unfortunately, even w/ 144mb of flash memory i ran out too quick.
to summarize, i had a lot of fun, caught up w/ some old friends, visited some sites, had some chowda.
oh, nifty link for the day:digital surface photogrammertry for creating 3d models in san jose. $25/scan + $5/game engine model. not bad. this is pretty similar to the avatarme i think, except it's in san jose instead of the uk.