At work, we came into possession of a dead 800Mhz eMac G4, so we did what all good technicians would do - we took it apart and then rebuilt it with only the structural components.
Category: Photography
‘Click to Fade’
A nice collection of photos during Earth Hour.
Yellow and Black: The Study of a Bulldozer
I came across a bulldozer this afternoon:
‘Smooth Grain’
Kirk Mastin, on printing an photo taken with an iPhone at 12x18:
Of course if you view the image closer than 2–3 ft you can see the grain in the image. However, most photos of this size are usually viewed at a distance of at least 4–6ft away. In this case, the photo looks amazing. The grain in an iPhone photo is irregular. iPhone photos have much smoother grain than many digital point and shoot cameras, which is a great thing: iPhone photo grain mimics analog film grain.
100 Amazing iPhone Photos
Photocritic.org has put together a collection of 100 great shots taken with Apple’s iPhone.
Needless to say, I was surprised to see one of mine on the list:
![Tier 4 Damages [035/365; 02/04/2009]](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3504/3254937704_e9c777b631_b.jpg)
The shot was like many I’ve taken with my iPhone: I simply didn’t have one of my cameras with me (I normally shoot with a Canon Powershot G9 or a Canon Digital Rebel XT) and hoped that the rather wimpy iPhone camera would get the job done. On this shot, it did.
iBooks and More Get CT Scans
A friend of mine tweeted about “ Radiology Art” today. Here’s a bit from their “About” section:
Scans are acquired as DICOM images using a GE CT scanner, then processed in Osirix software on a Macintosh iMac computer. Colors are assigned based on the varying densities of materials present throughout the object. Depending on the spread of densities within a particular subject, black or white backgrounds are chosen. Images are further processed in Adobe Photoshop for proper contrast and balance.
Photos of the Australian Brushfires
Excellent shots over at boston.com, but they are real hard to look at when you realize how many people have died or (at the least) have lost everything they owned.
iPhoto 09’s Flickr Support Seems Half-Baked at Best
Fraser Speirs is the developer for the wonderful FlickrExport tools for iPhoto and Aperture (I use the Aperture plugin every day) and Darkslide, an iPhone app that allows an excellent Flickr experience on the handheld.
When Apple announce iPhoto 09 was going to have a built-in Flickr exporter, I was worried. Often times, when Apple “adopts” a technology that was available as a 3rd party add-on, usually that 3rd party add-on goes away, but Fraser Speirs’ own look at iPhoto ‘09 may prove that sometime the 3rd party guys get it right:
First Attempt at Tilt-Shift Photography
I took a photo this morning from my bathroom and played with it in Photoshop to make it all look tiny:
![Snowy Village [028/365; 01/28/2009]](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3351/3234172390_08ebf014d3_b.jpg)
Lifted From the Hudson
The New York Times has posted some stunning photographs of crews pulling the Airbus A320 that crashed in the Hudson River last week out of the freezing water. Looking at the underside of the plane, it really is a miracle nobody died.
The Hardest Job
Time has posted a photo slideshow of Presidents - when the enter office and when they leave. Gray hair seems to be popular amongst world leaders. And I thought my time as a Mac Genius was hard.
Genesis
Last year, I played with the idea of posting my photos here each day (as well as my Flickr page) but never came to a conclusion. Now I have.
Today is the start of a new year. 2009 will be difficult, without a doubt. A new President will take office. The economic collapse will continue to effect people across the world. Our son will have his first birthday in November. Personally, I have several goals for 2009, which I’m sure will filter into Project 365: 2009. [001/365; 01/01/2009]