Comments for Never Say Devil http://blog.nsdev.org Get a hoop, I feel like jumping! Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:18:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on Rogers and the Squashing of Personal Freedom by Rogers Canada: how NOT to sell Android » Fabian Rodriguez http://blog.nsdev.org/?p=233&cpage=1#comment-895 Rogers Canada: how NOT to sell Android » Fabian Rodriguez Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:18:06 +0000 http://blog.nsdev.org/?p=233#comment-895 [...] Rogers and the Squashing of Personal Freedom [...] [...] Rogers and the Squashing of Personal Freedom [...]

]]> Comment on WPF Gray Menu Item Woes by captainspiffy http://blog.nsdev.org/?p=181&cpage=1#comment-894 captainspiffy Sun, 23 Dec 2007 17:35:53 +0000 http://blog.nsdev.org/?p=181#comment-894 Woah...I'm a colleague - I'm honored :) Woah…I’m a colleague – I’m honored :)

]]> Comment on Voxilla Not Fraudulent by thor4231 http://blog.nsdev.org/?p=177&cpage=1#comment-752 thor4231 Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:22:03 +0000 http://blog.nsdev.org/?p=177#comment-752 I've had the same problem with Voxilla. Order items three weeks ago in late October 2007. Got one item, a card thrown in a static bag but not the voip phones or adapters that I ordered. Called them repeatedly. Tried email. All I get from them is a form saying the items are being sent. No ETA after repeated emails. Avoid them at all costs. I’ve had the same problem with Voxilla. Order items three weeks ago in late October 2007. Got one item, a card thrown in a static bag but not the voip phones or adapters that I ordered. Called them repeatedly. Tried email. All I get from them is a form saying the items are being sent. No ETA after repeated emails.

Avoid them at all costs.

]]> Comment on Rusty M by Canuck Plumbr http://blog.nsdev.org/?p=169&cpage=1#comment-703 Canuck Plumbr Sat, 06 Oct 2007 04:12:40 +0000 http://blog.nsdev.org/?p=169#comment-703 Bravo. I would also propose that we can (in part) rest a portion of the blame on the digital age. Everyone is a genius with the advent of the internet. We live in a society of instant gratification. No one wants to wait for something great. Photography has not been spared either. New camera systems make just about anyone an excellent photographer (with a little practice). The only way an artist (or anyone for that matter) can make a name for himself/herself is to be bold, loud, and very public. I guess it begs the question then; how far can/should the artistic fringe be pushed to be new and fresh? Bravo. I would also propose that we can (in part) rest a portion of the blame on the digital age. Everyone is a genius with the advent of the internet. We live in a society of instant gratification. No one wants to wait for something great. Photography has not been spared either. New camera systems make just about anyone an excellent photographer (with a little practice). The only way an artist (or anyone for that matter) can make a name for himself/herself is to be bold, loud, and very public.

I guess it begs the question then; how far can/should the artistic fringe be pushed to be new and fresh?

]]> Comment on Rusty M by thorinside http://blog.nsdev.org/?p=169&cpage=1#comment-697 thorinside Fri, 14 Sep 2007 14:22:11 +0000 http://blog.nsdev.org/?p=169#comment-697 I think I'd have to start making large paintings to really make my mark in the world. But, I'm also interested in seeing if, in the long run, photography can also make money. It'd be nice to make 20 grand on a sofa though, that'd be a welcome addition to the bank account! I think I’d have to start making large paintings to really make my mark in the world. But, I’m also interested in seeing if, in the long run, photography can also make money. It’d be nice to make 20 grand on a sofa though, that’d be a welcome addition to the bank account!

]]> Comment on Rusty M by rybu http://blog.nsdev.org/?p=169&cpage=1#comment-653 rybu Fri, 20 Jul 2007 19:04:38 +0000 http://blog.nsdev.org/?p=169#comment-653 There are opportunities to live off your artwork. A friend in NYC reupholstered a couch and sold it for $20,000. It helped that he had a gallery showing his work. Contemporary Chinese art is very popular nowadays and is going for a lot of money in some places. Maybe I don't know Flickr well enough but to me it doesn't seem like the kind of place to advertise if you want to live off commissions. I've always taken it to be a "serious hobby" type webpage. There are opportunities to live off your artwork. A friend in NYC reupholstered a couch and sold it for $20,000. It helped that he had a gallery showing his work. Contemporary Chinese art is very popular nowadays and is going for a lot of money in some places. Maybe I don’t know Flickr well enough but to me it doesn’t seem like the kind of place to advertise if you want to live off commissions. I’ve always taken it to be a “serious hobby” type webpage.

]]> Comment on Stop Global Warming by tomgray http://blog.nsdev.org/?p=161&cpage=1#comment-538 tomgray Sat, 21 Apr 2007 19:50:09 +0000 http://blog.nsdev.org/?p=161#comment-538 Agreed. Thanks for the post. Regards, Thomas O. Gray American Wind Energy Association www.awea.org risingwind.blogspot.com Agreed. Thanks for the post.

Regards,
Thomas O. Gray
American Wind Energy Association
http://www.awea.org
risingwind.blogspot.com

]]> Comment on I’ve been published… by thorinside http://blog.nsdev.org/?p=151&cpage=1#comment-523 thorinside Fri, 06 Apr 2007 19:41:31 +0000 http://blog.nsdev.org/?p=151#comment-523 <p>That must be true. I don't usually perform well under pressure. So that'd likely be your first 'data point' for your next simulation of reality.</p>

That must be true. I don’t usually perform well under pressure. So that’d likely be your first ‘data point’ for your next simulation of reality.

]]> Comment on I’ve been published… by rybu http://blog.nsdev.org/?p=151&cpage=1#comment-522 rybu Sun, 01 Apr 2007 22:01:27 +0000 http://blog.nsdev.org/?p=151#comment-522 <p>I wonder if it's a behavioural tick that I've picked up in mathematics, or if I was always like this. I'm challenging you mostly because I'm lazy. I see you have a skill that I might find useful. But I can't convince myself to dive into the pool without seeing an expert swim and seeing what he does (because I don't want to drown). So I'm trying to push you into the pool to see what you do.</p>

I wonder if it’s a behavioural tick that I’ve picked up in mathematics, or if I was always like this. I’m challenging you mostly because I’m lazy. I see you have a skill that I might find useful. But I can’t convince myself to dive into the pool without seeing an expert swim and seeing what he does (because I don’t want to drown). So I’m trying to push you into the pool to see what you do.

]]> Comment on I’ve been published… by thorinside http://blog.nsdev.org/?p=151&cpage=1#comment-521 thorinside Sun, 01 Apr 2007 21:09:48 +0000 http://blog.nsdev.org/?p=151#comment-521 <p>Well, Ryan I'd certainly love to take a photograph of the same location. What I'd likely do is set up my tripod, set for a long exposure, and try to reduce the amount of noise in the photo. I generally only enhance what is already in the photograph. Adding things isn't easy for me even still. </p> <p>I also use some excellent software from France, called DxO which models the deficiencies of my lenses and camera and corrects for what it can. That includes noise, distortion, chromatic abberation, and a whole host of other things. It also includes a bunch of models of real film types... but I find it interesting to push things even farther than that sometimes, messing with contrast, colour and adding noise back in to increase perceived fidelity.</p> <p>I am not archiving what I see. I am trying to do something artistic... creating something that wasn't there in the first place.</p>

Well, Ryan I’d certainly love to take a photograph of the same location. What I’d likely do is set up my tripod, set for a long exposure, and try to reduce the amount of noise in the photo. I generally only enhance what is already in the photograph. Adding things isn’t easy for me even still.

I also use some excellent software from France, called DxO which models the deficiencies of my lenses and camera and corrects for what it can. That includes noise, distortion, chromatic abberation, and a whole host of other things. It also includes a bunch of models of real film types… but I find it interesting to push things even farther than that sometimes, messing with contrast, colour and adding noise back in to increase perceived fidelity.

I am not archiving what I see. I am trying to do something artistic… creating something that wasn’t there in the first place.

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