Happy New Year" - StumbleUpon
Happy New Year / 30 December, 2009 [click for previous image: let it snow #3] Happy New Year / 30 December, 2009 [click for next image: ringing in the new year] Title • Happy New Year I've spent the last couple of days wondering what to post to close out the year and then came across this entry on momentaryawe.com (run by my good friend Catalin Marin): his twelve favourite shots from 2009, one from each month. As always, let me know what you think. On a different matter: don't forget that there are just a few days left in which to snap up a 15% discount on our Photoshop tutorials. And finally: Happy New Year for 2010 :)
QR Coins: Currency for the Future
Coin collecting has always taken aim for the elderly crowd. It’s a hobby that doesn’t take too much effort, fairly easy to maintain and can really pay off in the long run. However, the Royal Dutch Mint is out to bring the future to their currency. For the first time ever, Dutch coins will contain QR codes printed on them, scannable with most modern mobile devices. The occasion is the 100th anniversary of the Dutch Mint in Utrect. It is in question how well these will actually scan, since the larger of the two coins is still a mere 33mm in diameter. If anything, it is an interesting piece of technology and certainly shows where society as a whole is at the moment. There are plenty of ideas for marketing and tech-integration that a small idea such as including a scannable code on money can create. For more tech-money fun, check out the Dr. Via 2D Code
Living in My Head & Illusion & The Most Amazing Creations in Art, Photography, Design, and Video. - StumbleUpon
These are pen drawings and paintings by Pat Perry. You can view his photography at Flickr. Artwork and photos © Pat Perry Link via Abduzeedo
Shoot now, focus later with new camera tech
A new company says it can build cameras where you don’t have to decide how to focus the image until after taking a shot. The basic principle of Lytro is remarkably simple: the camera is set up to capture all available data from the light that can be captured by the lens, rather than putting particular emphasis on the part that is in focus. The user can then play about with the image later on and get the shot they really wanted. In effect, the concept is like recording multitrack audio and then mixing the music later on. If you’ve got Flash enabled on your browser, you should be able to see a demonstration of the concept on the image above by clicking in different locations to “refocus”: top-left and bottom-right show the differences most dramatically. It’s also claimed that Lytro cameras — which are scheduled for release later this year — will be priced in the same range as existing models. The technology developed out of Ng’s doctoral dissertation at Stanford University.
Artist Silvia Pelissero - watercolor paintings - StumbleUpon
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The British Library & Google To Make 250,000 Books Free Online [News]
Once complete, users will be able to peruse the collection on Google Books and The British Library’s website, with Google providing downloadable versions and the ability to conduct full text searches. The materials include pamphlets, books and periodicals from 1700-1870 in a variety of European languages. Chief Executive of The British Library, Dame Lynne Brindley said in a press release: In the nineteenth century it was an ambition of our predecessors to give everybody access to as much of the world’s information as possible, to ensure that knowledge was not restricted to those who could afford private libraries. Over the process of the digitization, around 40 million pages will have to be scanned. Source: The British Library
Rainbow Gathering
Après l’excellent Stranger Project, l’artiste Benoit Paillé a passé plusieurs années à suivre et photographier des personnes lors de Rainbow Gathering. Cette communauté, souvent éphémère se réunie dans des endroits en plein air afin de vivre en harmonie et en paix.
Tattoo Brighton
About Tattoo Brighton: Tattoo Brighton. I have so much respect for people whose vanity is such that they would indelibly mark their skin just to look good. I like to look good. I like fashion. I see tattooing as the ultimate fashion statement. I started this blog on a whim but have become more and more impressed by the art of tattooing. Please feel free to submit images to me for inclusion on this site. Tattoo parlors, shops and studios in Brighton. A Short History of Tattooing The firs recorded tattoos were found on the fossilised skin of early cave dwellers dated from around 50,000 years ago. X Pole I've got a new hobby and maybe I'll get quite good, but for now I'm just practicing. Next onto the tattooing scene were Babylonian fishermen.
