Monthly Archives: January 2006

Quick trip to Northern Virginia

Posted on 2006-01-17 by frank

I’m in DC today, waiting a couple of hours for my meetings to start. Once they get going, it looks like they won’t slow down until late in the evening! I’ve run through my slides and my demo a number … Continue reading →

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Serendipity is under new ownership

Posted on 2006-01-16 by frank

A while back, I complained about this place not opening until 10:00 AM on the weekdays, effectively killing any chance of establishing a commuter clientele. Late last week, thanks to the overly-flashy digital sign for the strip mall on Washington … Continue reading →

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Waiting for the skinny on the Intel Macs

Posted on 2006-01-15 by frank

Apple announced their first set of machines based around an Intel processor, the MacBook Pro and the iMac. They’re claiming both machines significantly outperform the ones they’re replacing. Very easy to believe for the Powerbooks, since those were running 6 … Continue reading →

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Lightroom, Core Image, Quartz Composer, and Channel Mixing

Posted on 2006-01-10 by frank

Lightroom has a greyscale mixer, similar to the channel mixer in Photoshop and the GIMP, and adds HSL Tuning with a similar user interface, but instead of the RGB values I’m used to, it also provides access to CMY. I’ve … Continue reading →

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Georgia gets Share the Road license plates

Posted on 2006-01-10 by frank

Today I’m headed over to my County Tag Office to apply for Share the Road license plates for both our cars. The state needs to get 1000 registrations for these plates before they can be produced. It’s been open for … Continue reading →

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