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Cockatoos weeding onion grass.

Dave — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:12:27 +0000

These helpful chaps decided to snack on some starchy onion grass bulbs inn the front lawn.

Oh Schmidt . Sting Pain Index

Dave — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 04:19:24 +0000

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schmidt_Sting_Pain_Index

The descriptions of the various pain indexes are like wine descriptions.

When The Arctic Ice roads fail, send in the Blimps.

Dave — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 02:27:33 +0000

Discovery Air and HAV have signed a tentative deal that both companies hope to finalize in 2012, followed by the first delivery of airships in 2014.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/08/26/nwt-discovery-airship.html

A British manufacturer hopes to build a fleet of airships for Yellowknife’s Discovery Air to supply remote communities and enterprises in the North, the two companies say.

The futuristic giant blimps from Hybrid Air Vehicles would cost $40 million each, Discovery Air Innovations, a Quebec-based subsidiary of Discovery Air, announced after signing a tentative deal with HAV.

The aircraft use a mix of non-flammable helium and air power to fly and can land on almost any surface, HAV says on its website.

They’ll be able to carry up to 50 tonnes of cargo to mining camps and remote communities, HAV says.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12110386

Coffee Jerks

Dave — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 14:49:52 +0000

A series of 1950s/60s-era coffee commercials edited down to just the moments when the guys were the biggest jerks to their wives about coffee.

Garden

Dave — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 21:05:06 +0000

Roman Calender

Kirstie — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:29:22 +0000

‘The lovely people on my LibraryThing group solved my missing calendar problem super-quick!\r\n\r\nThe calendar was supported by Penn State and is no longer active However, it does still exist in a web archive here. So today is Ante diem VII Kalendas April, or, 7 days till the Kalends of April. If we were in ancient Rome, today we would be celebrating the Festival of Joy, which marked the end of a period of fasting in honour of the Eastern goddess Cybele. Much of March was also dedicated to the war deity Mars.

New Avatar: The last Airbender Series focusing on the character of Korra.

Dave — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 06:41:20 +0000

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend_of_Korra

Christopher Nolan (Director of “The Dark Knight” ) on 3d and prime lenses.

Dave — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 02:00:55 +0000

http://theplaylist.blogspot.com/2010/06/christopher-nolan-tested-3d-conversion.html

While Nolan told the audience that “I’m not a huge fan of 3D,” he did go on to reveal, “We did tests on “Inception” to look at the post conversion process, and they worked very well. It’s quite easy to do, in fact. But it takes a little time, and we didn’t have the time to do it to the standard that I would have been happy.” Furthermore, the director won’t shoot in 3D — he prefers to shoot on film, and using prime lenses (fixed focal length lenses), which aren’t possible with 3D cameras. But don’t worry about the film lacking visual pizazz. As was revealed earlier this year, Nolan has already used a variety of film formats on “Inception” to try and create a grand, immersive experience shooting in 35mm, 65mm and VistaVision.

But even if Nolan toys with 3D for the next installment of the Batman franchise, he has some fundamental issues with the format he’ll need to get over, saying that “on an experiential level, I find the dimness of the image extremely alienating” and that “the truth is, I think it’s a misnomer to call it 3D versus 2D. The whole point of cinematic imagery is it’s three dimensional… You know 95% of our depth cues come from occlusion, resolution, color and so forth, so the idea of calling a 2D movie a ’2D movie’ is a little misleading.” Which is perhaps the best defense of traditional projection we’ve heard in a long time.

Photojojo » Get Greater Depth of Field with the Brenizer Method

Dave — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:03:20 +0000

Photojojo » Brenzier Method Tutorial.

CC Image by mccun934@Flickr.com

Photo taken with the Brenizer Method.

The top link is to an article on how to create an image with an extremely shallow depth of field.

Webcomics to read..

Dave — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 03:18:31 +0000

Sam and Fuzzy Ninjas, Mafia, Sidekicks.

Platinum grit Supernatural Scots.

Scary go Round English muffins.

Return To Sender : A dead webcomic that is nonetheless quite interesting.

Hark a Vagrant A historic account of ficitional accuracy.