Archive For September 10th, 2004

PictPress – WordPress Gallery Plugin

Oooh, PictPress looks nice but I’ll have to put some restrictions on usage here as convert is such a dog on any system! Hmm, it’ll need some sort of upload facility in the backend too as it’s impossible to create directories in the images folder right now.

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Yes, this is showing off..

Yes, this desktop screenshot is just showing off! Who wants a transparent movie?

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Loose F717 Lens Barrel – How to fix!

I noticed for a while that the lens on my Sony F717 was getting just a little loose. It didn’t have the same firm feel to it that it had when I bought it a year ago. I didn’t think much of it except to presume that it was normal wear-and-tear. Then 2 weeks ago [...]

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Removing Haze from Photos

The Gimp Guru continues his series of tutorials with an excellent one on removing haze from photographs. (He copied the technique from Luminous Landscape but the more GIMP material out there the better!) I really like his explanation of Unsharp Mask, it’s the first one I’ve understood!

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UTV – Cheap Call Challenger

UTV very recently started an ad campaign to publicize their unbeatable local and national call tariffs – FREE! Unfortunately, their mobile tariffs don’t compare well to Tele2 or Vartec who I looked at earlier. The same goes for international calls (outside of the UK which is free evenings and weekends too) which are only 10% [...]

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Photography Mag Updates

Mark reports that both Range Finder and Nature Photographers have updated their magazines. Some light reading later perhaps?

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Last of the Summer Colours

Last Monday I noticed for the first time this season, the Autumn colours creeping into the hedge-rows and trees. Hopefully we’ll have as spectacular a display as we had last year! This year I’ll attempt to record it as best I can! I went out with my camera yesterday to capture some of those changes.

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The Digital Journalist – September

The September issue of The Digital Journalist is out and it’s packed with great stuff. I just had a quick look over the Olympics article but there’s lots more there too.. Underwater cameras with remote control could be used for the swimming contests, diving and synchronized swimming – a first for Olympic Games. After some [...]

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