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Retouching fun

It's kinda fun to see what happens to the images I retouch. This is a image by photographer Patrik Giardino. The top is the image after I was done with it. The bottom is the ad layout.

animation

At Least It’s Not the End of the World

Yep

"Today's sensors are being held back by yesterday's lenses."

The Apple Product Cycle

"An obscure component manufacturer somewhere in the Pacific Rim announces a major order for some bleeding-edge piece of technology that could conceivably become part of an expensive, digital-lifestyle-enhancing nerd toy.

Some hardware geek, the sort who actually reads press releases from obscure Pacific Rim component manufacturers, posts a link to the press release in a Mac Internet forum."

And begin.

Wow

"FEINGOLD TO INTRODUCE RESOLUTION
CENSURING THE PRESIDENT
Feingold Says Congress Must Condemn the President’s Violation of the Public’s Trust Through Illegal Wiretapping Program"

"The President’s illegal wiretapping program is in direct violation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). The FISA law makes it a crime to wiretap Americans in the United States without a warrant or a court order. The Bush Administration has obtained thousands of FISA warrants since September 11th and has almost never been rejected by the FISA court. FISA even allows wiretaps to be executed immediately in an emergency as long as the government obtains a warrant within 72 hours."

Good news for a change

stuff

Spent my Saturday night doing a new mailer for my retouching gig, check it out.

Was a lot of fun and I learned a bunch. For instance, from now on I will sketch out this damn things before I just jump in willy nilly. Having green screen (which I just bought) would have saved me a ton of time too.

This is a cool idea.

"J. Shoes has created a new line of fashion footwear that I can dig: a limited edition collection of tattooed shoes."

But I would want my leather coat hit instead.

Dear Mr. President:

Dear Mr. President:

As a young man I was honored to serve our nation as a commissioned officer and helicopter pilot in the
U. S. Navy. Before me in WWII, my father defended the country spending two years in the Pacific aboard the U.S.S. Hornet (CV-14). We were patriots sworn “to protect and defend”. Today I conclude that you have dishonored our service and the Constitution and principles of our oath. My dad was buried with full military honors so I cannot act for him. But for myself, I return enclosed the symbols of my years of service: the shoulder boards of my rank and my Naval Aviator’s wings.

Until your administration, I believed it was inconceivable that the United States would ever initiate an aggressive and preemptive war against a country that posed no threat to us. Until your administration, I thought it was impossible for our nation to take hundreds of persons into custody without provable charges of any kind, and to “disappear” them into holes like Gitmo, Abu Ghraib and Bagram. Until your administration, in my wildest legal fantasy I could not imagine a U.S. Attorney General seeking to justify torture or a President first stating his intent to veto an anti-torture law, and then adding a “signing statement” that he intends to ignore such law as he sees fit. I do not want these things done in my name.

As a citizen, a patriot, a parent and grandparent, a lawyer and law teacher I am left with such a feeling of loss and helplessness. I think of myself as a good American and I ask myself what can I do when I see the face of evil? Illegal and immoral war, torture and confinement for life without trial have never been part of our Constitutional tradition. But my vote has become meaningless because I live in a safe district drawn by your political party. My congressman is unresponsive to my concerns because his time is filled with lobbyists’ largess. Protests are limited to your “free speech zones”, out of sight of the parade. Even speaking openly is to risk being labeled un-American, pro-terrorist or anti-troops. And I am a disciplined pacifist, so any violent act is out of the question.

Nevertheless, to remain silent is to let you think I approve or support your actions. I do not. So, I am saddened to give up my wings and bars. They were hard won and my parents and wife were as proud as I was when I earned them over forty years ago. But I hate the torture and death you have caused more than I value their symbolism. Giving them up makes me cry for my beloved country.

Joseph W. DuRocher

learn something new everyday

Photoshop CS2 pauses when you paint quickly (Mac OS)

Issue

When you paint quick strokes with the brush or other tools, Adobe Photoshop CS2 pauses for 5 to 20 seconds before painting your stokes to the screen.

Detail

You have more than 4 GB of physical RAM installed on your computer.

Solution: Reduce the amount of RAM on your computer to 4 GB or less.

Background information

Apple is aware of this issue.

Yeah, I just had to pull a gig of ram out of my comp. Ouch.

Costa Rica

Went down to Costa RIca for a shoot about two weeks ago and just got around to putting up some pics here.

Since I left I have been in a self imposed media black out and let me tell you, ignorance is bliss.

I don't have any idea what is going in in the news anymore and it's been fantastic!