Open desktop mechaniccat /dev/random | strings | grep "For being ignorant to whom it goes I writ at random, very doubtfully"HDR Images with Qtpfsgui- May 24, 2008 I've been experimenting with tone mapping RAW images with the Qtpfsgui OpenSource tool. It's always difficult to get the sky and foreground things (like spring tree leaves or cherry blossoms) to be simultaneously exposed properly. In the chemical photography days, you'd have to dodge and burn in tiny areas of the photo to properly compress reality's tonal range onto the limited dynamic range of paper prints. I'd like to build Qtpfsgui for OpenSolaris, but it looked like the GNULinux...http://blogs.sun.com/bnitz/entry/hdr_images Google streetview goes to Wisconsin- May 23, 2008 View Larger Map Google's GPS equipped cars visited Southeastern Wisconsin last summer, during some of the best weather Wisconsin has to offer. They visited my home town during one of the brightest days. It's amazing how thoroughly they've covered southeastern Wisconsin, practically every road and even the blue sky above in photos that are much sharper than those I've seen taken nearer to Google's California headquarters. It's strange to be sitting over 3000 miles away and see...http://blogs.sun.com/bnitz/entry/google_streetview_goes_to_wisconsin Spring in Wisconsin- May 14, 2008 I recently returned to a visit with the family in Wisconsin. After more than 100 inches of snow in what was one of the snowiest winters since 1979, very few people were happy to see April snow showers. But we were. After a few grey wet Dublin winters, we enjoyed the April snowfall. The snow only lasted a few hours and spring came back in full force a few days later with temperatures in the 70s.http://blogs.sun.com/bnitz/entry/spring_in_wisconsin Linux crash at 35000 feet (what happened to QA)- May 2, 2008 The Aer Lingus Airbus 330-300 that my family took to the U.S. a few weeks ago was equipped with video screens on every seat. Each passenger had the choice of several video games, songs, TV shows and movies. My wife watched Cecelia Ahern's tearjerker "P.S. I love you", and after checking the options, I started the same movie about 30 minutes later on my screen and started a SnoopyCharlie brown cartoon on my daughter's screen. It's pretty impressive when you think about it. The Airbus 330-300.http://blogs.sun.com/bnitz/entry/linux_crash_at_35000_feet |