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David Ziser learns the beauty of shooting RAW instead of JPEG.
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The API returns web addresses of public pages and publicly declared connections between them.
Mike Cohen
Photo of the day
Dragonflies seem to be swarming since yesterday. Luckily this one remained still long enough that I was able to get a few good shots of it.
Photowalk in Fort Lauderdale
Paulo Jordao is planning a photo walk in Fort Lauderdale some time next month. The details haven’t been finalized, but most likely it will be on June 21 or 22. The location is yet to be determined, possibly around Las Olas.
Excellent customer service from Apple
Last week I ordered a new battery for my MacBook Pro, since my current one is losing capacity. It was supposed to be delivered last Thursday, but FedEx didn’t even attempt to deliver it because it was damaged in transit.
After FedEx tracking showed that it was delivered to Apple’s warehouse today, I called Apple’s customer service line to see what happened. My first pleasant surprise was that I didn’t have to wait on hold. My call was picked up immediately. The very nice lady I spoke to took care of everything, entering the return request for the old battery and shipping a new one overnight at no charge. I should have it tomorrow or Thursday.
Mystery Solved
My great aunt was able to identify the people in the photo I posted a few days ago. It was taken in New York in 1909 or 1910. The girl at the top left is my grandmother.
links for 2008-05-19
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How to use subtle HDR effects for a realistic appearance.
Copycat splogs
I checked my Akismet queue and as usual I found a large number of splogs copying my posts. One interesting thing I noticed is that many of them use exactly the same template. Either one person is running all of these, or there’s some standard software being sold or distributed for stealing content. I’m sure this post will end up in a splog before the end of the day.
Yes, that’s Nick Danforth in the top left, whose video they used without his permission.
Mystery Photo
This is an old family photo I found and scanned. I have no idea who any of these people are but I know it’s from my mother’s family. It could have been taken either in New York or Odessa.
links for 2008-05-17
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The group does an acoustic performance of Neon Bible & Wake Up in an elevator and into the crowd.
links for 2008-05-16
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Lots of photoshop info and great tutorials.
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Collection of photography podcasts.