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Our Writers’ Monthly Critique

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:37:46 +0100

Hello and welcome to another month’s critique. This month’s photo comes from Lynne Daley who mentions, “I came to serious photography a bit later in life than most photographers as I was busy with…

HJHOP Podcast 15: Duets

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:18:53 +0100

HJHOP Podcast 15: Duets:

Hi, folks. 4 hours before I have to be up to teach a damned class, and I’m finishing a podcast. Why? Honestly, I teach better when I’m exhausted. Seriously. I don’t know why. I’m a morning person who…

Smith on Parfit: 12 of 15: The Emptiness of Desire-Independent Reasons for Action

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 06:30:48 +0100

Smith on Parfit: 12 of 15: The Emptiness of Desire-Independent Reasons for Action:

In this series of posts I am commenting on an article sent to me by a member of the studio audience. These are, in a sense, notes written in the margin as it were as I highlight passages in the…

Local Community Radio Act on fast track to approval

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 06:22:22 +0100

Local Community Radio Act on fast track to approval:

I just got this in my inbox today. I keep tabs on my ol’ Davis station, KDRT, and I’ve been hearing about legislation designed to help Low Power FM stations get on the air and stay on the air….

Gin and Tonic

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:45:34 +0100

Gin and Tonic:

Something to read while having it. Why do people still drink it although there are no malarial mosquitoes where it is now had (such as, by me right now in Amersham)? Well, what can we say except…

Ancient Germania

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:13:32 +0100

Ancient Germania:

As I have spent the last few weeks on my travels across Europe, I found this and thought it would be an appropriate map to share.

Ancient Germania - (Roman Knowledge)

Fortunately,…

Liberal Puritan Hippies...

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:12:47 +0100

Liberal Puritan Hippies...:

You thought that the Puritans were unpleasant, myopic control freaks? Dude, they were dope-smoking dropouts compared to the following unenlightened primitives. Anyone up for a good ol’ fashioned…

ENVIRONMENT: Weekend Photography Challenge

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:09:18 +0100

ENVIRONMENT: Weekend Photography Challenge:

Image by nosha

It’s time for another weekend photography challenge. This weekend the theme of the challenge is ‘environment’.

Feel free to interpret it as you wish - you might want…

12 More Photography Quotes You Should Know

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:27:48 +0100

12 More Photography Quotes You Should Know:

A couple of months ago here at DPS we ran a post with 10 photography quotes from famous photographers that photographers should know.

Below I’ll share more photography quotes worth knowing but…

What Happened to Global Warming?

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:16:13 +0100

What Happened to Global Warming?:

The day after I mention that global warming denial is one of the most morally contemptible idiocies on the planet, I get a nice example of global warming denial.

In a BBC article, we hear people…

Smith on Parfit: 11 of 15: No Beliefs Entail a Desire

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:36:59 +0100

Smith on Parfit: 11 of 15: No Beliefs Entail a Desire:

In this series of posts I am commenting on an article sent to me by a member of the studio audience. These are, in a sense, notes written in the margin as it were as I highlight passages in the…

7 Digital Camera Predators and How to Keep them at Bay

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:42:14 +0100

7 Digital Camera Predators and How to Keep them at Bay:

The Digital Camera has a number of natural predators - things that in just a few seconds could snuff out it’s life and render you camera-less. Learn to identify your camera’s predators and take a…

Good classes today...

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:41:26 +0100

Good classes today...:

I was in fine lecture form, I think. Probably one of my best teaching days ever. I started with a girl laughing in Tanzania, went into the meaning of laughter, and from there went into a long talk…

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Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:07:29 +0100

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Lensbaby Composer (Review)

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:25:04 +0100

Lensbaby Composer (Review):

The debate still rages regarding what effects you can achieve digitally in post production and which ones you have to get from specialized glass. Tools like Photoshop have certainly come a…

Immunization Denial

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:07:03 +0100

Immunization Denial:

Immunization denial is one of the most morally reprehensible idiocies in the idiocy bin. It would not rank as high as global warming denial, but it certainly is worse than holocaust denial, 9/11 and…

Discovery Channel: Ghost Lab? You're kidding me, right?

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:56:13 +0100

Discovery Channel: Ghost Lab? You're kidding me, right?:

I wrote to the Discovery Channel, home of Mythbusters, to complain about about the presence of Ghost Lab in their lineup. This is what I got in return.

Dear Viewer:

Thank you for contacting…

H1N1: Get Your Damned Shots!

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:56:12 +0100

H1N1: Get Your Damned Shots!:

Go here.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113746160&ps=cprs

There, I have saved dozens of lives.

HJ

Working on a podcast...

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 06:07:14 +0100

Working on a podcast...:

I can only do so much at a time, folks, so in lieu of an actual post tonight, I thought that I would introduce you to someone who will actually believe anything. Anything. The prerequisite seems to…

Product Review - The Album Cafe Photoshop Templates

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:51:56 +0100

Product Review - The Album Cafe Photoshop Templates:

Before discovering pre-made templates for Photoshop, I spent hours on end creating new blank layers and painstakingly lining up images to create collages. At some point, I fell across The…