Photografica Blog
A strange warning, WordPress 2.5 and K2
a little strange Hmm. was it all a dream? No, my blog is looking weird, it's not a dream. It all started with a very strange email I got the other day from someone going by the title Anonymous Security Specialist. There was no reply email path, and [...]
Joomla
Joomla is a CMS (Content Management System) that I've known about for over a year but never really explored. Until the weekend. I downloaded the latest version (1.5) and within an hour or so had installed all the neccesary components for an offline installation and got my first web site [...]
Stumble Upon
In the last two days I have discovered more cool web sites than I have in the previous six months. If you haven't already stumbled upon it, stumble upon is a great way to discover new sites. I am a regular net user, and I spend a lot of time [...]
Erwin Olaf’s Grief
One of my absolute favourite modern photographers is the Dutchman Erwin Olaf. His eye for composition is truly outstanding, and the subtlety and delicacy of his work is breathtaking. OK, some of his stuff is not at all subtle - some of his "gay" work is right in your face [...]
Upgrade or die!
I'm one of those people fascinated by technology. Particularly with its implementation in consumer electronics. If I was a wealthy man, I would have a very, very nice sound system, a top of the line computer or three, an extremely expensive digital SLR, plus any number of gadgets (ipod, mobile [...]
Led Zeppelin are back!!!
If you have lived in denial, then there is no nowhere to hide. Led Zeppelin's comeback concert, which over 20,000,000 attempted to get tickets for, has confirmed that indeed, they were and still are bigger than The Beatles, Elvis, or anyone else you could care to mention. The world has [...]
Workflow Musings
I have been thinking more about workflow. I am a DAM and a DNG convert, and have been slowly trying to turn these approaches and tools into an efficient system. There are several workflow solutions, and it would appear that one of the most popular is the Bridge / iView [...]
1250 shots in two days…
Now tell me you could do that in the old days of film. Digital certainly has its advantages, and the ability to cut loose with the shutter is one of the main ones. If you take 1250 shots in two days as I just did, and assuming you are at [...]
A cautionary tale about backup
With computers, the bottom line is that you can’t have enough backup. I have learnt this many times over the last 14 years. But I still keep learning it… On Saturday my daughter was allowed her half hour on my computer to look at kids websites / games. She was [...]
Noisy bloody koalas
I wish I knew how to shut them up. One of them is up in a tree outside my window, grunting like a .... well, grunting like a koala on bloody heat. Or is it the male that gets all noisy? I forget. Either it's a horny male trying to [...]