Tag Archives: Geek

Seashore Open Source Image Editor

Posted on 2006-01-28 by frank

Thanks to a post on the DPReview Forums, I’ve got a link to an Open Source image editor for Mac OS X. According to their website, Seashore is substantially based on the GIMP, but clearly doesn’t include all of the … Continue reading →

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The easy part of hacking my old 1G ipod

Posted on 2006-01-23 by frank

Several months after the first ipod was released on the world by an unsuspecting Apple, whose stock price was at the time teasing the lower teens and sparking talks of a buy-out by various parties, I bought one brand-new on … 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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Ten minutes to a good cappuccino with 1/3rd the mess

Posted on 2006-01-06 by frank

A typical process for making a cappuccino, say at a cafe or a Starbucks, goes like this: Foam the milk in a special milk-steaming vessel Pull the shots of espresso in to special espresso shot cups Pour the milk in … Continue reading →

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