Post-Config
July 22, 2008
Post-Config, originally uploaded by William WM.
In relation to this post: Flickr: Firefox 3 is now Color Managed, here’s the post-change screenshot.
Pre-Config
July 22, 2008
Pre-Config, originally uploaded by William WM.
In relation to this post: Flickr: Firefox 3 is now Color Managed, here’s the pre-change screenshot.
FF3-ColorMgmt
July 22, 2008
FF3-ColorMgmt, originally uploaded by William WM.
In relation to this post: Flickr: Firefox 3 is now Color Managed, here’s the about:config screenshot.
Feit Electric Long Life
July 22, 2008
Feit Electric Long Life, originally uploaded by William WM.
I can’t figure it out - I’ve had tons of comments, favorites and views over the past couple of days, then suddenly, all the activity dried up. Maybe I need to read that post about how to comment on Flickr again.
Flickr: Firefox 3 is now Color Managed
July 22, 2008
This post to the Canon EF 28-135 IS group on Flickr is incredibly helpful:
noeltykay 
says:
- Type about:config in Firefox 3’s address bar and press Return. The configuration settings will appear.
- In the Filter field, type gfx. The list of settings will shorten to show just those related to graphics, ie gfx.
- If the Value for gfx.color_management.enabled is False, double-click anywhere on that line to toggle the setting to True.
- Quit and relaunch Firefox 3 and you’re in business. You can confirm that colour management is working by viewing the photos on this page. If all four quadrants of the first photo are a seamless match, then colour management in your copy of Firefox is up and running.
(thread here: Color Management PSA: Firefox 3 is now Color Managed.)
Update: In case you missed it, here’s the color profile test page:
http://www.color.org/version4html.xalter
dPS: How to Win Friends and Influence People - A Guide to Commenting on Other People’s Photos
July 22, 2008
Great post about how to effectively comment on Flickr photos. (I’ll admit, I’m guilty of the two-word-comment myself, so this is good advice for me, personally.)
One of the ten things I hate about Flickr is people who don’t know how to comment on photos. In a recent post to my blog, I lamented the number of comments I receive on my photos which consist of only one or two words: “Frankly, I don’t care if you think my photo’s “Awesome!”, I care even less if you think it’s a “Cool photo”. I’ve put a lot of work into it, I’d genuinely like to know what you think of it and why. If you’re going to comment, why not take the extra 30 seconds, engage your brain, and say something insightful.”
In the lively discussion that followed, it occurred to me that these commenters may not just be lazy. Some said they don’t feel confident enough, or have enough knowledge to feel worthy of making a comment. Others said they have a hard time expressing their feelings. And some simply don’t know what to say. I want to help fix that.
Even though a discussion about Flickr prompted this guide, and the examples I use are all from Flickr, it applies equally well to any online photography or art community, where people comment on the works uploaded by others.
(continued at digital Photography School)
Deco
July 22, 2008
PhotoChallenge.org » July Challenge
July 22, 2008
I’ve been working on this myself lately. Very cool challenge, and very cool website. =)
So it’s been a month since we finished the April and May Challenges, back-to-back. I kinda felt bored with my photography in June. Not only did I not get much done, I didn’t get out and shoot very much.
Now, I know that I need to take a break from the monthly challenges, occasionally. Every other month is the best pattern. I get a month to rest and develop the next exciting challenge, then off we go! Shooting all month long then becomes exciting and fun. Seeing what you’re all doing only challenges me even more. So far we’ve shot daily challenges and weekly challenges. We’ve even done one in the middle. I’d say that I actually prefer the daily challenges. It gets me out and shooting on a regular basis. Making the effort every day isn’t really that hard. When we’ve shot weekly, I find that I procrastinate until the end of the week, and I come up with lower quality work.
So, we’re going to shoot daily, again. Don’t like it? Too bad! (he, he)
For July, I want you to go out there and shoot all the lighting fixtures that you can find. Shoot desk lamps and floor lamps. Shoot street lights and head lights. Shoot flood lamps and brake lights.
Snow Driving Fail « FAIL Blog: Pictures and Videos of Owned, Pwnd and Fail Moments.
This happened about three blocks away from my office. =)
Fever Pitch
July 22, 2008
ZDNet: Windows “fight back” ads appear
July 22, 2008
It’s probably well past time for Microsoft to start an ad campaign to fight back against the negative buzz about Windows Vista (and boy, there’s a lot of it), and it may not help much at this point, but it’s a start…
If this is going to be the overall message of Microsoft’s much-vaunted new $300 million ad campaign, it might be money well spent. According to the folks at LiveSide, the first ads in the new campaign were previewed at Microsoft’s employees-only Global Exchange conference last week to rave reviews. As Tim Anderson astutely noted the other day, “Vista is now actually better than its reputation. That’s a marketing issue.” Microsoft’s biggest challenge is to get would-be customers to set aside whatever preconceptions they have and listen to its pitch for Vista. Aligning its most vocal Vista critics with the Flat Earth Society is a clever way to get people’s attention.
But the bigger job, that of actually changing people’s minds, will be easier said than done. Apple has largely defined Vista’s public image so far with its devastating “I’m a Mac, I’m a PC” ads. Responding directly to those ads is a losing tactic. Largely thanks to John Hodgman, the humor bar is set extraordinarily high. Any kind of response ad would legitimize the claims in those Apple ads and run the significant risk of being seen as lame and uncool.
(via blogs.zdnet.com)
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