Online Magazine of Inspirations, Information, & Distractions for Digital Artists
After 4 years of hard work, IBM's Watson is finally scheduled to appear starting tonight on Jeopardy. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC3IryWr4c8 Find out more about Watson, visit the IBM Watson webpage. Nova's episode about Watson. (In Houston, set your DVRs to record at 11:30 pm on Local CBS Station KHOU) … [Read more...]
I recently visited the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, to view an exhibit of Ansel Adams works titled Ansel Adams: Eloquent Light. The show ran from May 29 through November 7, 2010. In total, I made four trips to the museum to see this exhibit. Ansel Easton Adams was born in early 1902 to parents Charles and Olive Adams in San Francisco, California. As a boy, his family traveled to Yosemite (which had become a national park in 1890) when he was about 14 years old, an experience which … [Read more...]
A Review of the Flip Slide HD by Eron Howell Flip into action, shoot your quick video, flip it up to utube or share with a friend on the easy to use Flip Slide HD, 16 GB, video Camera. Yes, the new Flip HD video camcorder is easy to use, has good HD quality for such a small camera, but has some serious drawbacks. When shooting your video you have little to no controls, very few settings, so it’s basically a point and shoot camera. It can shoot up to 4 hours of HD quality video. The … [Read more...]
Homemade Spacecraft from Luke Geissbuhler on Vimeo. Video from an iphone attached to a weather balloon that rose into the upper stratosphere and recorded the blackness of space. Visit www.brooklynspaceprogram.org for all the info. … [Read more...]
It's never easy to narrow down a season's worth of images to just five, but here are the five that either I liked the best, or that you liked the best, taking Google Analytics stats into account. Most of them came from Grand Teton National Park, with the exception being the grizzly bear with four cubs up in Yellowstone National Park. Now that the crowds are dying down as well, I'm thinking about heading back up there and seeing if I can find them one more time before they head in for the winter. … [Read more...]
Ah, the wonderful rays of summer sun falling on beatific scenes. The sweet smell of fragrant flowers, the gentle hum of bees busy about their work. The sudden sound of a camera motor whirring to re-cock the shutter. And perhaps the one I like best... the sound of not having to reload my camera with film. Kind of like the sound of one hand clapping, isn’t it? Yep, I like digital. I’m thoroughly entrenched in the world of CMOS and CCD, compact flash and lithium ion batteries. Bigger hard … [Read more...]
It should come as no surprise to anyone who knows me that I watch cartoons. When I was younger I watched Looney Tunes in the afternoon and Saturday morning cartoons late into my college years. Later, weekdays 4:30pm was "time for Animaniacs" and my zeal for Yakko, Wakko and Dot infected the whole office causing the daily afternoon work stoppage. Now its Family Guy, South Park, Wallace & Grommett, and ,yes, Shaun The Sheep. So I was immeditely drawn (***groan**) to the recent(ly found) … [Read more...]
"Serendipity" is the way to describe a recent interaction between myself and a colleague of mine. It produced several interesting photographic days for me. You know: ser·en·dip·i·ty [ser-uhn-dip-i-tee] n. pl. ser·en·dip·i·ties the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way: a fortunate stroke of serendipity | a series of small serendipities. I had just written to Britt Stokes to comment upon the Lensbaby article that he had written and his … [Read more...]
Ran across a new app for both your computer and iPhone that will allow you to share and experience all high quality media for free! That means: no price tags and no limits on how much HD media users can share with friends and family. I love this, as many of my media sharing apps put limits on how much I can upload and how large my files can be. Freedom is great, especially when it's free! … [Read more...]
Broadway Goes Mobile! Wicked, Chicago, Lion King, Mamma Mia! Whether you live in the city or just visiting, we’re all suckers for a little Broadway action! I’ve been amazed at seeing the mile long lines just waiting to get discounted tickets to one of these shows. Now, you can get reviews, showtimes, dates, ticket prices and even discounts in seconds with this handy app. Check out the following press release for details and a link to your copy of iBroadway. Zumobi Launches … [Read more...]
I got an interesting e-mail today... a promotion e-mail from an architectural photographer named Dan Poyourow (www.danpoyourow.com). Dan is based in Maryland, and his work is well worth looking at. At the bottom of his e-mail, he included this tidbit... “Photography thought for the week: Contrary to what some creatives may tell you; shooting digital and reading a book on Adobe Photoshop does not make someone a professional photographer. There is still no substitute for experience, … [Read more...]
Have a little thing for the “Man in Red”? Wait no longer, die hard Marvel fans, with a little help from Zumobi, there’s an APP for that! Although there are members of my household, dying to get their hands on this bad boy, I have not yet had the pleasure of testing it out. However, I was able to get a little sneak peak into the highly anticipated game and we are definitely looking forward to it’s release. Here’s what Zumobi has to say about it... Marvel Launches Iron Man … [Read more...]
