Archive For January, 2003

Good thread on photography the …

Good thread on photography theory If your digital camera has a “histogram” feature, make friends with it. Ansel Adams’ “Zone System” is all about manipulating contrast curves to capture the shadow detail and the highlight detail, and when the scene was too high contrast, to consciously decide what throw away. If it doesn’t have a [...]

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Anti-gravity and us – smh.com. …

Anti-gravity and us – smh.com.au Webdiarist Malcolm Street has a unique theory on why Britain and Australia are backing Bush on Iraq. Welcome to the anti-gravity arms race.

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Spring, 1989-2003

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O'Reilly Network: Top Ten Dig …

O’Reilly Network: Top Ten Digital Photography Tips – can’t remember linking to this but I’ve used some of the tips here. The trick with the sunglasses didn’t work too well, but then I didn’t understand that the sun had to be behind me! *doh*

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ZDNet Australia, Builder inter …

ZDNet Australia, Builder interview with PHP creator, Rasmus Lerdof.

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A matter of trust I never thou …

A matter of trust I never thought I’d see the publisher of Windows issue an official document saying, “You shouldn’t trust Microsoft.”

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No ClockI can’t do this anymor …

No Clock I can’t do this anymore. I can’t, I just can’t… I used to have a home life; now I have a home office.

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Independent: The human cost – …

Independent: The human cost – ‘Does Tony have any idea what the flies are like that feed off the dead?’

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Three top tips for surviving o …

Three top tips for surviving open source projects

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The Trouble With Superprogramm …

The Trouble With Superprogrammers

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