February 2009
9 posts
“What frickin' year is it at Oscar headquarters?” →
Old-school film institutions and their problems with new media: The Academy and their out-dated YouTube channel.
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Hitech piece of plastic for photographers →
“Gray Cards within the WhiBal system have both *a and *b Lab channel values of less than 1 at D50 and are spectrally ‘flat’. The WhiBal RAW Gray Card is spec’d at less than +/- 0.5! And each card is individually measured to certify this spec”. Works well and fits into every pocket.
“Good, fast, cheap. Pick any two.”
– Old software engineering aphorism
“This guy is badass at Marble Madness” →
Whatch out for the philosophical traits of Marble Madness between level 4 and 5: “EVERYTHING YOU KNOW IS WRONG”.
Releasing PaintGrade for Aperture →
We just released Pomfort PaintGrade: The PaintGrade for Aperture edit plugin offers an innovative approach to color correction of photos and graphics. Color correction is as simple as painting directly on the image with common tools such as “Brightness”, “Saturation” and “Contrast”. The plugin makes use of dynamic color keying with interactive modifications of...
“Mindfuck Movies” →
What a great list (includes many trailers / teasers / scenes for instant cravings): “It’s like a deep-tissue massage for your brain—afterwards you may hurt like hell, but you’ll also feel strangely invigorated.” [themorningnews.org]
SomaFM streams for the iPhone →
The San Francisco-based SomaFM internet radio offers two iPhone-compatible streams for each of their excellent radio channels (one for WiFi, one for EDGE). You can even continue listening after closing Safari and continue reading Classics.
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Techniques for deconstructing third-party apps on... →
…including debugging tips for inter-process-communication and class dumps for frameworks.