mmlacak

Dreamed away

2011-12-23T01:07:00.001+01:00

Have you got that tingling feeling nothing really matters any more? Your dreams are over? And there is nothing you can do about it? Just go away ... From mmlacak

Nikon 1 system

2011-09-25T19:24:00.000+02:00

As you're already aware, a few days ago Nikon introduced Nikon 1 system. And, as always with breakthrough news, web all too readily filled with wild speculations. Will it cannibalise DSLRs directly or just by eating R&D resources away? Will it fail? Will it be winner? Nikon 1 system J1 camera From examples I saw, Nikon 1's images are clean, but only just because Nikon decided to wipe out

How to outfox Kolrami

2011-09-24T12:01:00.003+02:00

Some time ago I have read How to Defeat Kolrami, which sounded to me like a very reasonable proposal. This is why I removed all ads from my blog recently, even though they were there since beginning. However, today struck me maybe even better proposal. Why wouldn't I use Google AdSense to earn money from their affiliate program, and then give it away to people in need? I mean, I already have

New photo

2011-09-20T02:54:00.000+02:00

I was just foolin' around, and took some nice pictures at park. Since then I was looking at some galleries, one of which featured a lot of vivid B/W pictures. It was some trip documentary, but some were quite good. So I decided to have my take on it. Here: From mmlacak

Canon Powershots Gs, than and now

2011-09-19T15:02:00.000+02:00

In light of Canon's choice of 12 Mpixel BSI CMOS sensor for S100, I planned to write how I just hope Canon won't repeat itself with disaster known as G9 (search for "Real world examples"), which also had 12 Mpixels, and not very good ones, at that. Then I got interested in performance of CCD sensors found in G-series, so I compared output from old G7, which had 10 Mpixels, with newest G12,

Canon PowerShot S100

2011-09-18T22:20:00.001+02:00

Now it's becoming really interesting. You see, competition mounts more and more pressure on Canon's top dog among point-and-shooters, that would be G12. Just look at the field, we now have Panasonic LX5, Samsung TL500/EX1, Olympus XZ-1, Nikon P7100 and, best of all, Fuji X10 is about to come really soon now. And yet, Canon manages to undermine most compact among them (Panasonic LX5) with just

High ISO performance

2011-08-30T17:22:00.002+02:00

Ok, so I saw this time and time again and, as the saying is going, if you can't change the world, make another blog post. Sony A77 samples contain a series of images of colorful shirts at various speeds, including ISO 12.800. However, you can't use this series to assess image quality at night. This is because imaging sensors generally produces more noise if used at high speed in pitch-dark

Haskell FTW

2011-07-27T00:23:00.000+02:00

Even though I didn't write about it, I'm fan of Haskell for quite some time. In fact, that extends a few years ago, when I first met quite compelling reasoning why such a monstrosity as functional programming might be jolly good idea in the end (search for "Benefits of FP", it's quite slow read at the beginning). And if I'm fan, I'm not fan-boy, I was burnt quite a few times by strange type

The Great Pyramid

2011-07-24T15:03:00.003+02:00

Strange thing, that Great Pyramid. Elusive for millennia, and even today mysteries are yet to be unravelled. Some, we might never untangle. However, I found a few links, for your edutainment pleasure. This demonstration might be how Egyptians really build pyramids, if you can endure Frencish. Instead of cutting stone blocks from quarry, transporting them at amazing pace (approx. 800 tonnes per

Technorati claim code

2011-07-09T14:42:00.002+02:00

I have it on my site, but Technorati wants to see it in feed. So, here it is, Technorati! GR6DHT65BNVB

Drinking water

2011-06-29T23:21:00.008+02:00

With all those dieting advice floating around net, it seems to me that most important message about dieting got lost. Oh, sure, you'll read in 10-fast-and-easy-tips kind of posts very short "Drink some/a lot/often/regularly/2 liters a day of/... water" advice. But, why that much, why that often, why at all if I'm not thirsty? Well, all that has to do more with our habits then with our

Pentax Q: my take

2011-06-24T17:52:00.012+02:00

As you're probably aware, there goes another mirrorless, lens interchangeable camera, the new Pentax Q, about which you can find more detail in usual places, here and there. What's not so usual is that Pentax choose lesser sensor then most, 1/2.3" to be precise. Now, that's not even size to write home about even in point-and-shoot market, let alone in lens interchangeable camera. Even worse, as

Raw vegan: rewarding yourself

2011-06-19T23:07:00.002+02:00

I noticed, and probably you'll too, during the course of being raw vegan that most people react like "But it's hard to stick with this diet!", "Surely must be tempting to get back to bacon, pommes frites and such, at least once in a while?", "Don't you crave some normal food?", "Don't you feel deprived by eating like this?". And all this is true. Still, as you can imagine, problem is not raw

Blending The Rational

2011-05-26T01:34:00.000+02:00

Quite a few voices raised over apparently outrageous price of Sigma SD1, with most elaborate sample by Mike of Luminous Landscape. Before I continue, a standard disclaimer: I'm not affiliated with Sigma in any way, I didn't buy or use anything from Sigma at all, I don't think asking price for SD1 is not outrageous, all arguments Mike wrote in said post might be true. Still, that does not mean his

Debanding

2011-05-17T04:34:00.070+02:00

As you might noticed if you have looked at EXIFs of photos in my Picasa gallery, I switched to Olympus E-P1, quite some time ago. I'll comment on experiences later, for now it's just suffice to say that I'm very happy with it. One thing I found a little annoying was blue haze and pronounced banding in blue channel on higher ISO settings. Higher in this case is ISO 3200+, ISO 1600+ if you're nut

Lessie's coming home

2011-05-15T23:38:00.002+02:00

After 2 years on my WordPress.com blog, it just happened that I took a 2nd look at Blogger. I spent some quality time exploring all the things Blogger, and after a few customizations I saw that posting and designs available were improved a lot. They are now more then just good enough, and since everything else was already better with Blogger, I just decided to instill some new life into this site

New address

2009-03-01T19:27:00.007+01:00

I decided to stop fighting windmills, and so I transfered all content to my new blog at WordPress.com. This one won't be updated any more. It will stay up and running for a while, but I might just shut it down soon. Goodbye and thanks for all the fish! --

New image

2009-02-28T20:33:00.004+01:00

This one: And it's jubilee 200-th! :D --

Worrying about the planet

2009-02-08T23:33:00.002+01:00

Have you noticed sudden rush of worried physicists, anxious journalists, concerned individuals about prospect that not so evanescent diminutive black hole eats the Earth? It's the question that raises over LHC and experiments scheduled to happen there, of course. And nobody seems to be too confident about it either, including worried physicists. Probably, that's the reason why they are so worried

Uploaded image!

2009-01-08T21:39:00.005+01:00

Well, as you already noticed, this one didn't get "new" designation. Reason is simple, I removed one previous, not so very good, image for this one. Not that this one is somethin extraordinary, but still ... ;)

Pollution and its consumers

2008-12-25T22:37:00.002+01:00

As it is now modern, chic and in, everybody and his cow has their own opinion on pollution, its causes, possible solution(s), and probable ways to avoid own responsibility. Except when they don't. Which is, in a way, worse. It is so because, as space doesn't tolerate vacuum, it doesn't tolerate thoughtlessness as well. So, victims tend to pick up first thought, any thought, informed or otherwise,

A little change

2008-12-21T21:22:00.030+01:00

I just added blog links, it's a cool gadget. At first I thought to add ordinary links, because friend of mine just started a blog, and I wanted to link to it (not that my link will terribly help him, but anyway). And then I found blog links, in a true Google tradition, with minimum of options, but all crucial ones are there. I also added two blogs I read the most, Steve's and Erin's. So, there

B&W images

2008-12-14T12:39:00.015+01:00

Not exactly typical for me, I done B&W images during my night walk. It was funny, nice, with quite a few scenes to capture, but also cold, and I grow tired fast. Anyway, here are a few images from this series. Enjoy!

New image

2008-12-09T23:14:00.010+01:00

... after long pause. For some reason I didn't feel like photographing. No particular reason at all. At the beginning I thought to get some grip on visual language, color theory and stuff where I'm lacking in particular. Developers, just like ancient sailors desiring but also dreading of lonely sirens, get ailing of unfinished projects. And so I concluded that while I'm in search for a time to

Morgan Page Feat. Lissie - The Longest Road (Deadmau5 Remix)

2008-10-29T19:56:00.009+01:00

Normaly, I don't embed stuff from some other sites. But recently I got myself glued to progressive house. More specific, this vid: To really hear her voice, I recommend that you just minimize browser window. Enjoy!