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• Innovation, Media

  High Dynamic Range Imaging

  04.11.07 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Image by Yongfook A couple of former colleagues, Peter Jenkins and Lloyd Shove, left comments about the photo yesterday indicating that it looked like the photographer had used a technique called High Dynamic Range Imaging (HDR.) Not being much of a photographer myself, I didn’t know about this. The image above is composed using the […]

• Media

  Kudos to EMI

  04.02.07 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  If the early morning web stories are true, then EMI, which has the 3rd largest music catalog after Universal and Sony, will make a public announcement that they will distribute their media without digital rights management (DRM.) This shows foresight and courage on EMI’s part, unlike the stupidity and laziness exhibited by Viacom in dealing […]

• Energy, Media

  I Don’t Like Al Gore

  03.27.07 | Permalink | 6 Comments

  There, I said it. I find him to be one of the more annoying public figures of the last couple of decades. Why? Can’t really put my finger on it, but I think it has something to do with morality backed by copious ego. To be fair, there aren’t many politicians I could claim I […]

• Media

  How do you know it’s a good movie?

  03.25.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on How do you know it’s a good movie?

  When your 4 year old says after the movie ends “Again!” That’s what’s happened today with Flushed Away. This is one of the better kids movies I’ve seen in the past year, the kid was entertained, I was entertained – what more can you ask for. If you have a little insight into English culture, […]

• Business, Media

  Luddites attack power loom

  03.15.07 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Seems like a headline from another age, right? Well, replace Luddites with Viacom and power loom with GooTube and you’ve got the present day headline. It’s an instructive model of technology is disintermediating a group whose living depends on the “old way.” Garden Variety Hand Loom For those not quite up to speed on Luddites, […]

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