Posted in Macintosh, Tech Stuff on Jun 30th, 2007 2 Comments »
John Gruber (Daring Fireball) gives us his iPhone First Impressions. Pretty darned good if you ask him. Great news.
I predict that all of the cool features of the iPhone, minus the phone, will be in a future iPod. That will be the Palm killer that we’ve been waiting for. The iPhone is a Palm Treo [...]
Posted in Politics on Jun 28th, 2007 No Comments »
Sidney Blumenthal writing for Salon:
Even as the spotlight shines on the opaque Cheney, the light reflects on others as well. By shielding Bush from alternatives, Cheney has locked in certain decisions that Bush stubbornly defends as his own. The president’s plight is not that of a removed ruler tragically kept from knowing what his government [...]
Posted in People, Tech Stuff on Jun 27th, 2007 No Comments »
Robert Krampf does science in a great way. He has videos of experiements that are simple, well produced and amazing. I just spend 20 minutes on this site and didn’t dent it. This is what the internet is all about. Great.
[via kottke.org.]
Posted in Tech Stuff, Video on Jun 27th, 2007 No Comments »
USA TODAY’s Ed Baig & Jefferson Graham talk about and review the iPhone. This is a real world useful review.
Posted in Macintosh, Tech Stuff on Jun 27th, 2007 4 Comments »
The Apple iPhone Keyboard Video shows how much technology is built into iPhone and it’s impressive. My guess is that some of these advances will make it into OS X.5 (Leopard).
One of the biggest worries from many reviewers and pundits is the lack of a physical keyboard on the iPhone. Many think it will be [...]
Posted in Macintosh, Photo Editing Software, Photo Printing on Jun 27th, 2007 No Comments »
This is a tip and/or reminder for anyone out there using Aperture.
Aperture has a feature called “Onscreen Proofing” that allows you to set the color-space (proofing profile) you’re doing your adjustments in; sRGB, Adobe RGB and any paper profiles you have installed.
Because I sometimes print direct from Aperture on Canon Fine Art Photo Rag paper, [...]
Posted in Macintosh, Tech Stuff on Jun 26th, 2007 No Comments »
WIRED’s Leander Kahney has an interesting commentary this morning: Apple, Take the Pain Out of Buying a Cell Phone — Please!
The buzz on the iPhone debut is deafening and I’m psyched, but part of me is like a parent watching his kid on stage in a play, tensly waiting for any sign that things will [...]
Posted in Photo Resources on Jun 25th, 2007 No Comments »
It’ll Be Photographer’s Choice on a Web Site From Corbis: “Corbis, the online stock photo company founded and owned by Bill Gates, plans Monday to introduce a Web site that allows anyone to upload photographs for sale.”
[via NYT > Business.]
Posted in Photo Resources, Places, Tools on Jun 25th, 2007 No Comments »
Kevin Kelly (Cool Tools) reviews Nelles Maps:
Nelles Maps are the best foldable maps for travelers I’ve seen. I favor them for six reasons: 1) They come at a good practical scale for traveling, fine enough to show most small rural towns. 2) Each map displays shaded physical relief of mountains, highway numbers and even ‘places [...]
Posted in People, Social Software, Tech Stuff on Jun 25th, 2007 No Comments »
TechCrunch Blogger Michael Arrington Can Generate Buzz … and Cash
Amazing how sticking to it can lead to something. I’m no big fan of TechCrunch ( Arrington can be rather full of himself) but it does provide interesting reading from time to time.
[via Wired News.]
Posted in Macintosh, Photo Editing Software on Jun 25th, 2007 No Comments »
Ric LePage, who has been around the Macintosh world since the beginning and is one of the better reviewers compares Aperture and Lightroom for photo editing and organization.
[via Daring Fireball Linked List.]
Posted in Photo Resources on Jun 24th, 2007 No Comments »
Canon Digital Photo Guidebook for Professionals: “Canon has made the Digital Photo Guidebook for Professionals available for download as a PDF (8MB).
This guidebook is designed to assist professional photographers in their switch to digital photography. In particular, the guidebook helps explain many of the creative options available when using digital cameras to produce photos for [...]
Posted in Places, Stories on Jun 24th, 2007 2 Comments »
A close shave at the Cairo barber’s: “Middle East producer Jon Donnison surprised on his first visit to a barber in Egypt.”
If there is one thing worse than an unfamiliar barber it is a blind one. But that is who greeted me at the door on my first trip to an Egyptian barbershop.
Incredible.
[via BBC News [...]
Posted in Photographers, Social Software on Jun 24th, 2007 4 Comments »
My friend Dilip has a nice story about how google got him some work:
Ok, so the story goes like this. There is this girl who is generally browsing the net for interesting pictures on flickr and thinks it will be cool to work on some portraits of herself with a Photographer who is more of [...]
Posted in Architecture, Places on Jun 23rd, 2007 2 Comments »
The Flatiron Building (New York City) in 1910.
Dang, check out the street scene. Plenty of horses and trollys on tracks. Great.
Here’s what Google maps has on the same scene. A few changes have taken place.
[via kottke.org.]
Posted in Tech Stuff on Jun 22nd, 2007 No Comments »
Popular Mechanics has a nice video of various research projects going on with surface computing, some of it using the multi-touch technology built into the iPhone. I must say, using a table surface like that looks like it might be cool but my back hurt watching these guys hovering over the table. Time will tell.
Update: [...]
Posted in Humor, Ideas, Politics on Jun 20th, 2007 2 Comments »
Read two great new words in Salon letters today: “Dumbocrats” and “Repuglicans.” Perfect.
Posted in Ideas on Jun 19th, 2007 No Comments »
Russ Berger describes two experiences where talking with the person next to him on a plane led to something good: Liberating Effects of Captive Conversation
What we generally hear about is the downside: sitting next to someone who’s trying to convert you to his/her religion, or next to crying babies who are throwing up. I’ve done [...]
Posted in Macintosh, Movies on Jun 18th, 2007 1 Comment »
iPhone New York is a fantastic although unofficial ad for the iPhone. The sign language at the end as the text appears on screen is beautifully done.
[via Daring Fireball Linked List.]
Posted in Movies on Jun 18th, 2007 No Comments »
Kottke has a nice review of the new Pixar movie Ratatouille. I can’t wait to see it.
You can learn more about the movie at their official site.
Here is Apple’s QuickTime Ratatouille Trailer.
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