On Blown Highlights and Digital Grading
Since getting intimate with Photoshop, I’ve noticed how various digital effects affect imagery. I’ve especially started to become very aware of the digital grading that happens with nearly all video produced for television or the big screen. From Wikipedia: Digital grading is a process through which celluloid film is transferred into a computer, manipulated by [...]
Atomic Swing is Back!
Atomic Swing are gloriously reuniting. Veiled in clouds of secrecy, plans are being laid out for a ginormous comeback with a new album of epic qualities and a massive tour whose likes have not yet been seen. (Roughly translated from the Swedish story) I for one, cannot wait. Atomic Swing is incomparably the best band [...]
9 x 4
Andrew and Dave passed on a formal invitation to join the generically addictive meme-game. In this case, nine questions with four answers to each. This is viral marketing on a non-profit weblog level. So why buy in? Because the responses are actually interesting, and are compromising personality give-aways. Four jobs I’ve had in my life [...]
Clarke's Laws
When digging around in old tomes and scriptures stored on my computational device, I noticed an article I had saved long ago. It contains three laws formulated by one of the most brilliant science fiction authors of our time, Arthur C. Clarke, author of such books as Rama and 2001. The laws are as relevant [...]
Tioman Island, 2005
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4 New Futurama Movies!
Will the show be uncancelled? Here’s hoping!
Firefly Season 2 Want's You!
Captain Mal and the crew of Serenity need your help to stay flying. The Network “Alliance” wants to deny us of our beloved show, so the battle has begun. Fill out a survey saying that you’d like to see a season 2. The production studio is called Brilliant Screen, and looks legit to me. Update: [...]