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Software for High Dynamic Range photographs, which take bracketed images to merge the dynamic ranges across several photos to bring out the best tonal range across an image.
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"One way to think of HDR is as a glorified neutral density filter. On a scene where the contrast is so intense that both highlights record as pure white and shadows as pure black (i.e. where the dynamic range of the sensor is too low to properly record the scene), its effect will be to darken highlights and brighten shadows so that details can be retained in each area. Two of its advantages over tradition ND filters are that it is a post-processing technique, necessitating no additional gear at capture time, and that the border between the darkened and the brightened areas can be much more complex than a simple straight line." An excellent article talking about the HDR technique and how it's achieved. The article also explains how to do this well and pitfalls with the technique.
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"If Amazon is Santa, 400 folks living in RVs outside the Coffeyville, Kansas fulfillment center this winter are the elves.
A few years back Chris Dunphy and Cherie Ve Ard flipped the bird to their desk jobs, packed their belongings in a custom 17-foot solar-powered fiberglass camper, and hit the road to live "at the intersection of Epic and Awesome." A couple months ago, while staying with friends, they noticed that Amazon was luring RVers to Coffeyville, Kansas, the site of the retail giant's original and largest fulfillment center." -
A site that allows you to choose a number of applications, mostly free but some trial versions, to download for installation.
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An online community for people in North America who own RVs (recreational vehicles like motorhomes and campervans) but who aren't the typical group of retired snowbirds.
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A nice list from Gizmodo on new features in Snow Leopard such as address book syncing from the built in Mac address book and how to backup your Mac with any Networked Attached Storage.
I had a request on Twitter for pictures of the cats, Grabbity and Sir Mewton, romping through the crumpled bits of discarded Christmas wrapping paper. The two little kittens have been a bit skittish because we’ve brought them down to Suw’s parents’ in Dorset. They have three other cats including a huge cat Fflwff (Welsh for Fluff) who can be a bit grumpy at the best of times. Cousins Cassie and Polly have been grumbling too, and Grabbity and Sir Mewton have been hiding in our room for most of the first two days.
Finally Grabbity has come out and is sitting under the Christmas tree. So here the little girl is, framed by tinsel.
Suw and I went to the Christmas Market at Borough again. If we’re ever suffering from lack of holiday cheer, this usually gets us in the mood. Mulled wine, holiday food and even brass bands playing Christmas carols such as this Salvation Army band really help us feel in the holiday spirit.
After waking up, waking us up and having the first of her two breakfasts, this is how Grabbity likes to spend her morning, cuddled up in Suw’s robe. Sometimes she stirs to watch what Suw is doing on her MacBook, but on a chilly morning like this one, she’s content to curl up for warmth.
Christmas lights in Islington, originally uploaded by Kevglobal.
I’m determined to update this blog a little more, and seeing as there is rarely a day that goes by when I don’t take a picture, a bit of photo blogging seems to be the answer.
Here is the festive scene in Islington outside of the antique and furniture shops. It was really quite pretty. The only thing that would have made the scene is a little snow. Alas, rain is usually what we get here in London, especially in the lead up to Christmas. Moaning about the weather…maybe I am becoming a Londoner after all.
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"Three Republican lawmakers have asked the Department of Homeland Security what can be done to bar or criminally penalize whistleblower sites that reposted a sensitive airport-screening manual that was published on the internet by a government worker." This looks to target long running site Cryptome and Wikileaks.
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A simple way to create a bootable Windows 7 flash drive. Microsoft provides a simple tool.
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Stephen Baker was recently laid off after 23 years writing for BusinessWeek magazine. I like this soul searching post as he considers the next steps in his life.
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Kevin: A nice presentation by the New York Times. "Since the Great Depression, presidents have tried many methods to fight recessions. Three economists explain what worked and what didn’t."
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Kevin: "The multi-faceted role of the online journalist is rapidly evolving. These 8 skills will be essential for landing the journalism jobs of tomorrow." Jay Rosen suggests a ninth skill: 'flexible ideas of what "journalism" is.'
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Make graph into GE to illustrate your presentations, papers, etc.
Good tool for Geography educators
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A very interesting and quite clear-headed look at the differences between research and development, funding and enterpreneurial culture in the US, India and China. One of the key things that Vivek Wadhwa sees is between the early stage venture money available in India.
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