December 2007

Luminous Landscape

I don't know why I haven't seen this before, but this is a site written by a pro photographer, and it's full of tutorials, reviews, and other fantastic reading for photography buffs. Loads of good stuff here.

Posted on December 19, 2007 11:50 AM | link to this entry

Flickr adds statistics

Flickr added statistics as a feature for Pro users. While it's not as in-depth as I'd like, it's still a fantastic new tool. They'll get my re-subscription next year.

Posted on December 14, 2007 10:33 AM | link to this entry

DVD+R DL

Note to self: Memorex brand DVD+R dual-layer discs do not work with the SuperDrive on my MacBook Pro from Disc Utility: "The attempt to burn a disc failed. The device failed to calibrate the laser power level for this media." Looks like I have to switch media.

Posted on December 13, 2007 8:25 PM | link to this entry

Fetal Xmas ornament

"What if the fetus you were going to abort would grow up to be a soldier bringing democracy to a godless dictatorship?" Merry Christmas.

Posted on December 12, 2007 10:27 AM | link to this entry

MPAA's Spyware Taken Down

This is the sound of sweet, sweet irony sinking its razor-sharp teeth into a deserving ass: MPAA's University wiretapping product taken down for violating copyright. In essence (the information at the end of the link is murky), the MPAA used open-source code (GNU, a flavor of the *NIX operating system) to develop a sniffer to detect copyright violations on university networks, which they offered publicly. They used the code without honoring the attached license (the GPL), which states that full attribution and disclosure of the source code must be made public, and therefore violated the terms of the DMCA (legislation ~~their lobbyists~~ they helped draft). Under the DMCA, a member of the Ubuntu community sent their ISP a takedown notice, which the ISP complied with under terms of the DMCA.