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Tumblr: SHX - Le Stencil of the week: Evol

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:10:07 -0800

Evol has already been Stencil Of The Week before the summer for a picture that managed to emphasize the contextualization of his outdoor work. Today is a mural 13 meters long that has been…

Tumblr: Nothing Makes You Feel Insignificant Like a 648-Megapixel Image of Our Galaxy [Space]

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:10:07 -0800

Nothing Makes You Feel Insignificant Like a 648-Megapixel Image of Our Galaxy [Space]:

Physicist Axel Mellinger travelled 26,000 miles and pieced together over 3,000 individual images to create this, one of the most stunning panoramas of our galaxy every assembled.

Piecing…

Tumblr: Felice Varini Supersized

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:10:02 -0800

Felice Varini Supersized:

Felice Varini has done his magic again on this massive piece. Here are some finer details as well as a few photos of it being created and here’s a link to his latest book, which…

Tumblr: Almost Everything You Need to Know About 'Eliminate Pro'

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:19:44 -0800

Almost Everything You Need to Know About 'Eliminate Pro':

We felt somewhat obligated to review a game as huge as Eliminate Pro [App Store]. Following its epic development cycle, it’s hard to think of many other games which were as highly…

Tumblr: 2002 Vauxhall Corsa SXi at night: adcuz.co.uk/

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:59:47 -0800

2002 Vauxhall Corsa SXi at night:

adcuz.co.uk/

Tumblr: VennDiagram_jesus.gif (image)

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:28:18 -0800

VennDiagram_jesus.gif (image):

via http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MLXFXcbMy4Q/SsX25Q-0xCI/AAAAAAAACtk/PdZZCMBOB68/s1600-h/VennDiagram_jesus.gif

Google Shared: U2 - Bill Gates BirthDay - Vancouver

(author unknown) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:58:00 -0800

I favorited a YouTube video: U2 wrapped up their 2009 360 concert Wednesday, Oct 28th, on a rainy Vancouver night. Bill and Melinda Gates were in attendance. It was his Birthday.

Tumblr: Untitled

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:53:40 -0800

Tumblr: Elias Koteas, Cara Buono and Sasha Barrese Join Let Me In

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:23:22 -0800

Elias Koteas, Cara Buono and Sasha Barrese Join Let Me In:

Shared by Michael Heilemann
Listen to me, and listen carefully. If you do nothing else that I tell you to, see the original “Let the Right One In”. It is flat out the best film of last year. “Yeah…

Tumblr: View from The Rock: Empire Estate at dusk, view form...

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:06:48 -0800

View from The Rock:

Empire Estate at dusk, view form Observation Deck of Rockefeller Plaza

Tumblr: Days of the Dead - The Big Picture - Boston.com

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:31:07 -0800

Days of the Dead - The Big Picture - Boston.com

Google Shared: People waiting in line get free Zune HD

(author unknown) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:08:52 -0800

I favorited a YouTube video: Recorded on October 21, 2009

Google Shared: Eichborn Fliegenbanner auf der Frankfurter Buchmesse.

(author unknown) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:20:37 -0800

I favorited a YouTube video: Jung von Matt/Neckar lässt für Eichborn, den Verlag mit der Fliege, 200 mit Bannern bestückte Fliegen auf der Frankfurter Buchmesse starten. To promote their exhibition stand at the Franfurt Book Fair, Eichborn the publisher with the fly prepared 200 flies with an ultra light banner. The banner was attached with natural wax. After a short time the banner dropped off by itself. And the flies were not harmed. Agency: Jung von Matt/Neckar

Google Shared: 2009 Best Apple iPhone Costume ever!

(author unknown) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:44:57 -0800

I favorited a YouTube video: TAMPA, FLA., Reko Rivera (Left) John Savio (Right) -- World's first award winning "working" iPhone costume created by Reko Rivera and John Savio. Specifications are 42" Display, 1.5 Hours of Battery Life, 85 lb and the "real" iPhone can charge connected to the USB on the display. The two costumes have 3 batteries each with a total runtime of 4.5 hours before needing to be charged overnight. Please email us if you need any more information about the costume. BACKSTORY -- This all started two years ago Reko Rivera and Bobby Hartman created a wearable large iPhone costume with a real 37" lcd tv. An iPod was attached with a looping video of a real iphones screen in normal use. This time with the help of John Savio and John Matthews the team created yet another amazing rendition of the new iPhone 3GS. Savio loved the original idea but wanted to take it to the next level and make it thinner and actually work with user input! With some heavy researching and some solid determination Savio finally found a solution. He managed to modify the software on the iPhone to allow a live dual image output to the large 42" lcd tv while maintaining the image in landscape mode. Reko originally came up with the idea and really pushed to see his vision come to life two years ago. This year John and Reko plan to compete in most of the local and online contest to win back all the money they invested in the costumes. The team has about $2000 into the two costumes and has no regrets! Press Contact: guyphones@gmail.com (John) G4 Attack of the Show: http://tinyurl.com/yjv2vc4 CNET: http://tinyurl.com/ygnv2ed engadget: http://tinyurl.com/yjn4lez Gizmodo: http://tinyurl.com/ylmxbwd TUAW: http://tinyurl.com/ygajvnw St. Pete. Times: http://tinyurl.com/yj5cjwc MacRumors: http://tinyurl.com/yfc6gqo Digg this video: http://tinyurl.com/yktj4ed Please go to www.votesavio.com for a list of online contests you can help the guys with votes!

Tumblr: Avatar Feature Trailer - Trailer Addict

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:53:43 -0800

Avatar Feature Trailer - Trailer Addict

Tumblr: Movie Narrative Charts

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:10:12 -0800

Movie Narrative Charts:

Tumblr: A little teaser from the WIRED issue that is out this week.

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:10:12 -0800

A little teaser from the WIRED issue that is out this week.:

Tumblr: Let The Evidence Fit The Policy.

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:34:59 -0800

Let The Evidence Fit The Policy.:

I understand that there is a job going in a government advisory agency.

All you have to do is call yourself a scientist, and then agree with everything the government and the newspapers say -…

Tumblr: xstex-blog: Too many people eat on the streets

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:33:39 -0800

xstex-blog:

Too many people eat on the streets

Tumblr: malevolentorder: Every Playboy Playmate from 1953-2008. (And I...

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:29:21 -0800

malevolentorder:

Every Playboy Playmate from 1953-2008.

(And I thought I had a lot of time on my hands!)

Tumblr: Moi : shot by my personal photographer Dan Bennet, cross...

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 08:37:00 -0700

Moi :

shot by my personal photographer Dan Bennet, cross processed by me

Tumblr: There's a List for That

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:18:34 -0700

There's a List for That:

We’re putting the finishing touches on our new Lists feature and we’re really excited about the folks who have already taken a lot of time creating awesome lists. From the @time list of funny…

Flickr: Möbius

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:29:08 -0700

Flickr: clock'd

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:27:43 -0700

Flickr: shortened

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:26:07 -0700

Flickr: vp

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:24:59 -0700

Flickr: hi there

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:23:46 -0700

Flickr: away

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:22:40 -0700

Flickr: tower

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:21:37 -0700

Flickr: caged

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:20:28 -0700

Flickr: Crème de menthe

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:19:15 -0700

Flickr: cornered

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:18:27 -0700

Tumblr: Apple - Magic Mouse - The world’s first Multi-Touch mouse.

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:18:27 -0700

Apple - Magic Mouse - The world’s first Multi-Touch mouse.

Tumblr: Launch of the Ares I-X - The Big Picture - Boston.com

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:37:34 -0700

Launch of the Ares I-X - The Big Picture - Boston.com

Google Shared: Subscribed to SamTenAlps

(author unknown) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:55:07 -0700

I subscribed to SamTenAlps’s channel on YouTube.

Google Shared: Subscribed to quartaday

(author unknown) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:54:53 -0700

I subscribed to quartaday’s channel on YouTube.

Google Shared: Subscribed to Fr33manLow3ll

(author unknown) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:53:58 -0700

I subscribed to Fr33manLow3ll’s channel on YouTube.

Google Shared: Subscribed to mayzeetech

(author unknown) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:53:58 -0700

I subscribed to mayzeetech’s channel on YouTube.

Google Shared: Subscribed to gerardosilvamartinez

(author unknown) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:53:49 -0700

I subscribed to gerardosilvamartinez’s channel on YouTube.

Google Shared: Yahoo! Hearts Creatives

(author unknown) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:47:06 -0700

I favorited a YouTube video: As an agency creative, have you ever felt like this? We. Feel. Your. Pain.

Google Shared: Subscribed to pbrentsimmons

(author unknown) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:46:57 -0700

I subscribed to pbrentsimmons’s channel on YouTube.

Google Shared: Subscribed to justexhibitions

(author unknown) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:44:50 -0700

I subscribed to justexhibitions’s channel on YouTube.

Google Shared: Subscribed to brentsimmonsx

(author unknown) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:40:13 -0700

I subscribed to brentsimmonsx’s channel on YouTube.

Flickr: No closer

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:33:21 -0700

Flickr: Eye

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:32:24 -0700

Flickr: Stay away from that trap door, cos there's somethin' down there.

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:31:19 -0700

Flickr: OHP

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:30:14 -0700

Flickr: The Ritz

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:28:24 -0700

Flickr: Lillywhites

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:27:15 -0700

Flickr: Lookee here

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:26:04 -0700

Flickr: Sheen

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:25:27 -0700

Flickr: New AND old

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:24:23 -0700

Flickr: Dali

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:23:13 -0700

Flickr: Eye Eye

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:22:20 -0700

Flickr: You're in M'lady?

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:21:04 -0700

Flickr: The Goldman

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:58:42 -0700

Flickr: VP

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:57:14 -0700

Flickr: National grid

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:55:33 -0700

Flickr: FRATTON : Aperture

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:54:10 -0700

Flickr: FRATTON : LightRoom

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:17:34 -0700

Google Shared: Cassetteboy vs Nick Griffin vs Question Time

(author unknown) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 04:04:48 -0700

I favorited a YouTube video: Let's have a look at what he should have said...

Google Shared: True Blood Opening Credits

(author unknown) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:37:19 -0700

I favorited a YouTube video: The opening credits for HBO's new TV series, True Blood staring Anna Paquin. The song is Jace Everett, "Bad Things" For True Blood reviews, previews and more please visit my blog: http://romanianblogger.blogspot.com

Google Shared: Windows 7 - Family Guy - Movie Clip - Win741

(author unknown) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:14:22 -0700

I favorited a YouTube video: Another exclusive clip from the Microsoft Win741 site. This time Brian & Stewie get to introduce a movie at a university.

Google Shared: Windows 7 - Family Guy - Win741

(author unknown) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:08:35 -0700

I favorited a YouTube video: A short clip of Brian and Stewie from Family Guy using Windows 7 on a laptop and using twitter to let the world know he's twittering.

Flickr: Spike Milligan's Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:20:41 -0700

Flickr: Tele Kenisis

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:19:08 -0700

Flickr: Small Steps

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:04:36 -0700

Flickr: Hum Drum

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:03:22 -0700

Flickr: Glacial

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:02:08 -0700

Flickr: 28|26

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:55:17 -0700

Flickr: OgenTrogen

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:50:34 -0700

Flickr: pole position

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:43:03 -0700

Flickr: I think I've already titled a photo this name

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 10:25:11 -0700

Flickr: !!CENSORED!! for your welfare

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 10:20:49 -0700

Flickr: Say it aint so

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:26:38 -0700

Flickr: This is Red 5, I'm going in.

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:17:01 -0700

Flickr: HANG:CUTTHEFUCKOFFMYHANDS

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:01:06 -0700

Flickr: Leeeeeex!

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:53:20 -0700

Flickr: Liquid Pillows

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:46:40 -0700

Flickr: Zenith

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:52:12 -0700

Flickr: Daevid Allen #6

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:30:35 -0700

Flickr: Daevid Allen #5

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:29:07 -0700

Flickr: Daevid Allen #4

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:27:14 -0700

Flickr: Daevid Allen #3

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:25:50 -0700

Flickr: Daevid Allen #2

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:24:49 -0700

Flickr: Daevid Allen #1

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:23:22 -0700

Flickr: Schism

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 06:38:19 -0700

Flickr: Now its dark

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 06:37:09 -0700

Flickr: Gung-Ho

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 06:35:50 -0700

Flickr: 1000 Points Of Hate

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 06:34:15 -0700

Flickr: Room For One More

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 06:33:03 -0700

Flickr: Belly Of The Beast

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 06:31:34 -0700

Flickr: Just beyond

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 12:42:10 -0700

Flickr: Ro-land

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 05:41:37 -0700

Flickr: Wifi that binds

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 03:03:39 -0700

Flickr: Skye

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 03:02:07 -0700

Google Shared: Sarah Palin Portraits - “Going Rogue”

(author unknown) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:27:08 -0700

Shared by Matthew
What's with the orange?

I am pleased to announce I was hired by Harper Collins to photograph Sarah Palin for the cover of her new book “Going Rogue“. If you watched even just a few minutes of TV this week, or used the Internet, I am sure you have already seen the book cover. “Going Rogue” has not even been printed, and it is already the #1 best seller. It still feels a little surreal to me that my portrait of Sarah Palin is on the cover of her book, let alone that I was fortunate enough to work on this project. Just about every television network in the country has been airing the book cover and analyzing what it means. Why the clouds, why the smile… My favorite reference so far was on The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien, but only because he mentioned me… kind of. He talked about the portrait of Sarah on the book cover, and then quoted “the photographer”. It was a fake quote of course, and he didn’t actually say my name, but that is pretty close to being on The Tonight Show… (Here) is a link to the video. It’s in the first 3 minutes of the episode.

The photo shoot only happened three weeks ago, so this is all still very new and exciting for me. After much planning and scheduling, I put together a crew and flew up to Alaska for six days to photograph the former governor. It was supposed to rain the entire week we were there, but we ended up getting blue skies and puffy white clouds the entire time. After a few days of scouting and prepping, I shot for three days straight. The last day we went to Hatcher Pass which holds a lot of meaning for Sarah. I had already scouted the pass a few different times, and I knew exactly where we were going to shoot. Every last detail was in place. After shooting at the base of the pass near a river, we caravaned up to the top of the pass where we were planning to shoot the final location. Half way up, I noticed the beautiful light that was sweeping across the valley, and the clouds that were developing on the horizon. I told the driver to stop, we had to change our plans. This last minute change ended up being the final setup we would do with Sarah, and it also ended up being the cover image.

I feel very fortunate to have had the opportunity to work on this project. It is not very often that an assignment comes along to photograph one of the most polarizing figures in our country. Let alone the chance to photograph that person for her book cover. I would like to thank Harper Collins and Sarah Palin for working with me. This was a really big opportunity for me professionally, and I enjoyed it immensely. I am excited to see what happens next.

If you are a photo editor, art director, producer, etc. and you are interested in licensing images or seeing outtakes from this shoot, please call our studio at 206.274.7398, or you can email john@keatleyphoto.com.
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Flickr: You have control

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:37:03 -0700

Flickr: Step into

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:36:02 -0700

Flickr: Apprehensive

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:34:51 -0700

Flickr: What passes by

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:33:47 -0700

Flickr: Skrewed

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:33:13 -0700

Flickr: Grilled

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:32:19 -0700

Flickr: Seek

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:30:56 -0700

Flickr: Shall we play a game?

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:29:39 -0700

Flickr: Where's Dorothy?

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:29:16 -0700

Flickr: Who goes Primitive first...

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:28:39 -0700

Flickr: Warrior

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:27:58 -0700

Flickr: extDOF

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:26:39 -0700

Google Shared: SuperJail Psychedelic Clip

(author unknown) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:39:07 -0700

I favorited a YouTube video: This show is absolutely fantastic! One of the best cartoons I've seen on Adult Swim. Hilarious. check SuperJail out at: http://www.augenblickstudios.com This is all taken from episode 5

Google Shared: Superjail Opening Scenes

(author unknown) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:33:44 -0700

I favorited a YouTube video: Everyone from the 1st-last episode, enjoy! I like Jack, he makes funny noises.

Flickr: Ewok

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:15:00 -0700

Flickr: Moon tunnel

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:30:11 -0700

Flickr: Wall gift

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:29:24 -0700

Flickr: Cut with a knife

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 12:34:41 -0700

Flickr: Ian

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 12:03:35 -0700

Flickr: Early light's (fading) glory

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 11:57:20 -0700

Flickr: Self [again]

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 11:55:22 -0700

Flickr: Ripples

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 04:00:45 -0700

Flickr: Corrugated

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 03:59:45 -0700

Flickr: Sprung

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:04:53 -0700

Flickr: My n My Stencilistas

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:36:42 -0700

*BLOG: Best of September

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:55:19 -0700

My favourite and interesting photos from September.

Flickr: #lard

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:32:07 -0700

Flickr: Tanks indeed

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:31:07 -0700

Flickr: [sky] HEART

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:29:40 -0700

Flickr: Written in the signs

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:28:30 -0700

Flickr: Faux Flowered

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:27:31 -0700

Flickr: pcm'd

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:24:50 -0700

Flickr: Rodeo

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:22:18 -0700

Flickr: Confetti

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:20:47 -0700

Flickr: Collateral

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:19:19 -0700

Flickr: –i–

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:18:10 -0700

Flickr: $mds++ $win++

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:16:39 -0700

Flickr: mds+(paint+wood)=win

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:15:37 -0700

Flickr: mds win finale

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:14:15 -0700

Flickr: Kruisin' Knear Kens

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:13:16 -0700

Flickr: l'amour de la vie

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:11:51 -0700

Flickr: happy free art find

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:10:21 -0700

Flickr: pcm pwn church

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:09:11 -0700

Flickr: as good a religion as any

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:07:38 -0700

*BLOG: ès Game of S.K.A.T.E

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 03:02:21 -0700

I'd meant to post this a while ago but just plain forgot: some photos from the Bored sponsored ès Game of SKATE in Southsea.

So, here's some highlights with a slideshow at the bottom and here's the full deal on flickr.

*BLOG: Love Albert Road – Love Rock’n'Roll 14-9-8

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:33:05 -0700

A few weeks ago I got a photopass (thanks Mark ;) ) for the Love Albert Road Love Rock’n'Roll gig at The Wedgwood Rooms here in Portsmouth which I discovered (as many great things are by way of Strong-Island.co.uk.

It was a mere £3 entry fee and though sadly the night never got heavingly busy, the bands all rocked anyways and for my first photopassed gig outside of my usual haunt of The Fawcett Inn it was a very fun night, I even saw Geishaboy500 there (though I didnt know it at the time) who has some truly fantastic photos on Flickr. I since bumped into him Sunday at the ès SKATE comp down 'The Red' and the PCM event at Southsea Skatepark. With a bit of luck, this could open up the opportunity for more photographing more gigs - don't hesitate to contact me ;)

LITTLE LONDON

THE GOODTIME CHARLIES

THE LEVELS

THE ROBERTS

BIG SQUIRREL

Here are a selection of my favourite photos from the full set on Flickr and there's more to see too.

The Levels

Little London

More photos

*BLOG: Post-Free Art Giveaway 30-8-9

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 06:45:21 -0700

The PCM Free Art day went really well with lots of people turning up and some great free art, I had a good wander, grabbed some art and even saw some people take some of mine. Read on for a selection of my pics of the day.

MDS on the bowl

Give away area

Deckchairs

My stash

More pics

*BLOG: Free Art Giveaway 30-8-9

Sun, 23 Aug 2009 05:08:07 -0700

Portsmouth Creative Movement's Free Art Giveaway ✎ and Live Art Event, this Sunday 30th August 2009 at Southsea Skate Park ⁂.
Come along if you can, It'll be fun I even have a few of my own photos to give away.

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*BLOG: Been a while

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:07:11 -0700

Im mostly posting things I notice to my Tumblog, photos to Flickr or Twittering these days, which seems to be a rising trend amongst once relatively prolific bloggers (a group I can in no way count myself as part of). Twitter is a far more fitting receptacle for my brain farts - to which end I've been playing with making Tumblr my main site but just can't bring myself to make the move fully.

Anyway, that said for those still listening - read on for a few of my favourite photos from the past few weeks in case you've missed my Flickr stream.

Stonehenge Summer Solstice 2009

A field somewhere in Gosport

Volume dial

Spitbank Fort light show

The Levels at The Wedgewood Rooms

Little London at The Wedgewood Rooms

VDub with Porsche rims

és SKATE comp

*BLOG: WWDC 2009

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 01:52:39 -0700

It was, of course, Apple's WWDC 2009 yesterday - whilst I'm not too excited about the iPhone 3G S - iPhone OS 3.0 looks promising. I also note Safari 4 was released with some nice UI features. Joen mentions the removal of tabs on top: I hadn't noticed, but I think that's because tabs on top never felt right to me so moving the tabs back under the address bar is just so natural that I just didn't see it.

*BLOG: Bang! and there it is

Mon, 18 May 2009 13:49:25 -0700

This is time its turn of Ssscccccccccchhhhhhhhhh......... taken on the evening PAN went to Southsea Castle for Luminary.

As you can see for this one, fairly simple crop to make it wide-screen (a personal favourite cropping proportion), the usual vignetting around the edges and then a major blueing up (as it's called in the trade) so as it's almost monochromatic.

Second one over, leave comment if you have any of my photos you'd specifically like to read more about and see the original and I'll certainly consider it.

*BLOG: Habari Digg Bar Killer

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 19:08:43 -0700

Based on FarukAt.e?: JavaScript DiggBar killer (but not blocker) Ive written a little plugin for Habari, the Habari Digg Bar Killer. See it action here.

*BLOG: Making of Molten Cool

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:33:16 -0700

I thought it might be a good exercise to show some before and after images of my favourite photos. To start, here is one of my most favourite, taken on my Nikon D40, Molten Cool which is a lovely vintage car Diana brought for us at Flickr, Portsmouth at Night.

So firstly, thanks to all the guys at PAN for the lighting and Diana for the car. This photo has my customary slight vignetting around the edges to direct your eyes to the middle, a boosting of the contrast and saturation. The slight blue on the slight blue torch light wavering around on the ground around the car have had their blue dramatically boosted and enhanced to contrast with the orange car and sky. Finally I've cropped it square to remove the spurious torch light and give it a more pleasing view.

Well, that's it for the first one, leave comment if you have any of my photos you'd specifically like to read more about and see the original and I'll certainly consider it.

*BLOG: Designing for the Web

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:03:40 -0700

Earlier today I picked up Mark Boulton's book: Designing for the Web for a mere £12.

It's great value and I can highly recommend it to anyone interested in web or even print design.

It is certainly an immense tome!

*BLOG: All change, meep meep!

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:20:59 -0800

As you may (or may not if you don't visit often) have noticed this site has been very quiet recently with just the odd post of a photo or 2. Well that is mainly due to my new found hobby of photography since getting my Nikon D40, meeting up with the Portsmouth at Night Flickr group peeps every Wednesday and then more recently purchasing a Nikon D90.

So in short, it seems unlikely that I'll be posting anything intelligible or worthwhile (Did I ever? But that's another matter) or unrelated to photography in the short term. To that end my plan is to gear this blog more around photography.

The first stage is what you should be seeing above ☝ (If this post is still on the homepage). Simply my favourite photo's from Flickr in some sort of next/previous fashion - this is just the initial working copy I've thrown up in an hour or so (many thanks to h0bbel for the code ~~though I've noticed it doesn't work in Firefox - doh!~~ (fixed) I ~~might use~~ have for now changed to Flickr's own embedding system) and will be tweaked.

The next stage was setting the amount of posts on the home page to 3 (so it looks a bit odd at the moment) but I plan to grapple more with Habari, work out how to do excerpts and then have 3 posts in 3 columns under the current large photo as seen above.

Next will be tidying up the whole thing some more, probably removing the strip of Flickr images seen at the top (at the very least from the hope page) and actually writing something useful. My plans at the moment include details about how I geotagged my photos with my iPhone and before/after hints and tips on some selected photos from my Flickr.

This will, of course, all occur in my time honoured fashion of either taking ages or all done over a weekend.

*BLOG: Tesla test-drive

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 04:33:29 -0800

Robert Llewellyn test-drives a sporty little Tesla electric car (which I understand Lotus build and/or design the chasis for) and loves it, I'll bet it was hard to give back. If Tesla would like to give, or even lend me a Tesla I would never turn it down. ;-)

*BLOG: Google Quick Search Box

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:20:43 -0800

I've recently decided to retire the excellent but slightly flakey app launcher extraudinaire and more Quicksilver (which has now gone open source) in favour of the new beta and slightly less capable Google Quick Search Box.

Google Quick Search Box (Flickr)

I say "slightly less capable" however it really is early days, it seems to be fully set up for plugins and was created by Nicholas Jitkoff and Dave MacLachlan, Jitkoff was actually the man responsible for Quicksilver.

So far it seems to be going well, it has a clean, clear and simple interface. Preferences allow changing the colour of the box around the search, what you search and linking to a Google account (though it doesn't yet search Gmail) and a few other tweaks. My only complaint so far is that the default trigger short cut of double-taping the Command (⌘) key can sometimes invoke GQSB when you dont want to, so I have set it to my Quicksilver short cut of Ctrl-Esc.

If you're a light Quicksivler user give it a go, if you're a heavy user keep an eye on it.

*BLOG: BobbyLllew Top Gear EV car rant

Sat, 10 Jan 2009 05:24:31 -0800

Follow Robert Llewellyn on Twitter.

*BLOG: Virgin Atlantic 25 Years

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 11:53:24 -0800

*BLOG: Cage Fight!

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 11:48:05 -0800

*BLOG: What Christmas is.

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:42:43 -0800

Merry Christmas!

*BLOG: Espresso now in Public Beta

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:54:53 -0800

MacRabbit's (who brought you CSSEdit) new wunderkind code editor Espresso has gone into Public beta. I'm a committed Textmate, CSSEdit, ExpanDrive/Cyberduck (FTP) and now Versions (SVN) user, but if Espresso can combine all these into one über app then I'm in! I am aware of Panic's Coda but I've never been happy with Coda's CSS editing over CSSEdit's brilliant (but needs updating: come on with rounded corners and box shadows) capabilities.

*BLOG: Custom Dropbox Overlay Icon

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 08:36:19 -0800

I wasn’t loving the default overlay icons for Dropbox so made some new ones.

w00t! - GetDropBox rocks!

*BLOG: WP-Adminstrip now on Wordpress Plugins

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 05:44:43 -0800

I have finally made the venerable old WordPress Adminstrip, which Brendan had converted to a plugin, available on Wordpress Extend Plugins. This will mean that any updates will get caught by the clever plugin updating system built into Wordpress and that you'll be able to search for it.

This is of course the original version of the Habari version - hadminstrip.

You can see a screen grab here.

What you can deduce from this is that I finally kind of understand SVN and might have to buy Versions to continue. Why oh why are SVN apps so damn complex to use with shocking UIs?. I'd really like to see it work like DropBox, or maybe DropBox could even integrate SVN .. now theres an idea.

*BLOG: Tweetie on iPhone rocks!

Sat, 13 Dec 2008 07:29:01 -0800

After a glowing recommendation from Sam of Fruitbytes I did something I never thought I would - I paid for an iPhone Twitter app.

Tweetie is by far the best application for twitter on the iPhone that I’ve used...

The app in question is Tweetie from atebits and it's well worth the £1.79 (or $2.99) entrance fee: A clean, clear interface; Easy to navigate and multiple Twitter accounts. What's more, as you can see on atebits site, Tweetie is fully Stephen Fry endorsed.

So what are you waiting for, go buy Tweetie and follow them on Twitter.

*BLOG: Flying Cow

Sat, 13 Dec 2008 06:53:57 -0800

*BLOG: 3 red Biffa

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:52:04 -0800

*BLOG: Habari

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:48:27 -0800

Giving Habari a test on the live site.

*BLOG: image test

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:11:37 -0800

*BLOG: testing in progress

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:11:35 -0800

well, heres an early version styled similarly to my main blog. Thanks to the beauty of CSS it took all of half an hour to get this. yes yes, its not quite right and some is illegible but wtf, its not bad hey

*BLOG: experimenting

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:11:35 -0800

I may well try to make this look like a simplified version of my main site. I plan to just try it and see at the moment.

*BLOG: Beastie Boys - New Album Summer 04