Nov 09, 2009

Boing Boing Lucas Martell's new animated film, Pigeon Impossible: "A rookie secret agent is faced with a problem seldom covered in basic training: what to do when a curious pigeon gets trapped inside your multi-million dollar, government-issued nuclear briefcase." (Thanks, Joaquin Baldwin) . (Read More)

3 days ago

Download Squad Filed under: Windows, Office, Open SourceAdobe has done a lot to improve Reader in recent versions. I'm more than happy to run an open source alternative, however. Sumatra PDF is ridiculously small (a 1.2Mb download), lightweight, and handles the PDFs I throw at it without skipping a beat.Today, Sumatra has finally hit vers (Read More)

3 days ago

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4 days ago

Digital Photography School In a recent post, I referred to studio photography with a white background and bright lights as being ‘high-key’and got quite a bit of flack about it. While calling this style ‘high-key’ may be a deviation from the original definition, it’s a heck of a lot easier than always calling it ‘photography with a white background a (Read More)

5 days ago

Six Revisions : Web Development and Design If you’re reading this article, it’s likely that you spend a fair amount of time online. However, considering how much of an influence the Internet has in our daily lives, how many of us actually know the story of how it got its start?Here’s a brief history of the Internet, including important dates, people, projects, sites (Read More)

4 days ago

H5N1 Health officials around the world are stepping up vaccination efforts and are closely tracking the progress of the H1N1/09 virus (often referred to as "swine flu" in the media). World Health Organization officials recently noted that the virus has spread to virtually every country in the world, reaching as far as remote tri (Read More)

Nov 09, 2009

Submitted by Pawoli from Google Reader: I love it when a round suddenly makes it to 82 pictures !1. 2.3. 4.5. 6.7. 8.9. 10.11. 12.13. 14.15. 16.17. 18.19. 20.21. 22.23. 24.25. 26.27.  28.29. 30.31. 32.33. 34.35. 36.37. 38.39. 40.41. 42.43. 44.45. 46.47. 48. 49. 50.51. 52.53. 54.55. 56.57. 58.59. 60.61. 62.63. 64.65. 66.67. 68.69. 70.71. 72.73. 74.75. 76.77. 78.79 (Read More)

Nov 10, 2009

Submitted by Pawoli from Google Reader: Photography resources can be found in every corner of the Internet, but not all are created equal. There’s free, expensive, outstanding, terrible, and everything in between when it comes to these websites. Recently, I had the opportunity to explore an outstanding (and moderately priced) subscription website built around e (Read More)

Nov 09, 2009

Strobist Normally, I try to balance lighting technique, trends, gear and a smattering of general silliness on this site. Apologies for fact that that Strobist is in somewhat of a gear-oriented spate of posts. There is a reason for that -- namely that I have gotten a little ahead of myself.A few On Assignment posts are in a holding c (Read More)

Nov 08, 2009

gHacks technology news Do you use Google for your collaboration tools? Gmail? Google Documents? Contacts? Although the Google suite is a very nice suite of tools that has grown exponentially in popularity, there is something to be said about keeping your collaboration tools in-house. There are plenty of tools that will allow you to set up such a (Read More)

Nov 06, 2009

Submitted by Pawoli from Google Reader: 36 Pictures for this round, don’t forget to vote !1. 2.3. 4.5. 6.7. 8. 9. 10.11. 12.13. 14.15. 16.17. 18.19. 20.21. 22.23. 24.25. 26.27. 28.29. 30.31. 32.33. 34.35. 36. ADIDAP Flickr Round [2009-08-23] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 (Read More)

Nov 04, 2009

Submitted by Pawoli from Google Reader: Impoverished Ethiopians search a city trash dump site for food and items that they can sell or barter in the capital city of Addis Ababa.I am in Ethiopia working on several projects, including one on the lives of the impoverished people of this country. The government goes to great lengths to keep stories like these from be (Read More)

Nov 05, 2009

Submitted by Pawoli from Google Reader: Marcel est une figure emblématique du génie de la Bastille. Touche à tout de l'art il est à la fois photographe, conteur et performer. Je l'ai connu grâce à un ami lui aussi un peu artiste qui l'avait invité à participer à une performance pour le Génie des Jardins. Personnage aussi étonnant qu'attachant, la silhouette de Ma (Read More)

Nov 04, 2009

Submitted by Pawoli from Google Reader: Alternative TLRsWe’ve covered the most popular TLRs out there, however, there are 100’s of other TLRs that are incredibly capable and most are a lot cheaper than their popular-cousins. As already mentioned, while researching, I was astounded by the amount of cameras with ‘flex’ on the end of their names!  There is not enoug (Read More)

Nov 04, 2009

gHacks technology news The Google Chrome browser provides access to a feature to pin tabs in the web browser by default. Pinned tabs will be moved to the left side of the tabbar where their tab will be changed to a smaller icon that is showing only the favicon of the website in question. The benefit of this approach is that the tabs take less spa (Read More)

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