I have recently discovered the amazing beauty of HDR (High Dynamic Range) images. The amazing vibrancy of the colours seems to fire of the neurons deep in my brain.
And tonight, I found a photographer who is experimenting with HDR pictures of Victoria, BC [here]. The places I know, exploding my crazy mind, reminding me of the vivid way I see the world.
Check it out. See Victoria the way my mind sees it.
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Every day, the Digg search measurement times explode.
Maybe they need to look at that code again…
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You may have noticed some subtle changes in the GrabPERF interface over the last few days. I have been tweaking the layout, of only beause I have a weird screen size (1280X800) and some of the text was falling off the bottom of the short screen.
One part of the update you may miss if you aren’t looking is in the top right-hand corner: I have changed the copyright statement to reflect the new owners of GrabPERF
In April 2006, Dave Sifry and the team at Technorati, who have been hosting the service and supplying the hardware since November 2005, bought the service.
I want to thank Dave and his team for putting up with me (I can be a real pain in the ass, especially from 3,500 miles away) and supporting GrabPERF in such a positive way.
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I have been very quiet lately, simply because I haven’t had much to say.
As well, I have been in the middle of a post-holiday depression. I love bipolar.
Tags: depression, bipolar
Everyone should have a personal logo.
Here’s mine.
I have been watching Sketches of Frank Gehry in a piecemeal fashion over the last two weeks (kids, in-laws, Christmas, etc.). Despite what you think of Gehry or his buildings, you have to admire the process that a true architect goes through to create a new building idea.
As Bob Geldof says in the film, quoting Auberon Waugh: “If you ever meet an architect at a party, you should punch him in the face”.
I work in a building that sucks. As Kathy Sierra states: “I want a space that matches my enthusiasm”. This space drains me. And when I look around me, I have no hope for any of the other buildings out here in suburban hell.
How can an architect reach the point where generic is good enough? Where looking the same is the best that can be done?
Thanks Hugh.
I have set up a test to check the performance of the CoralCDN network against that of the origin server. You can view the comparative results here.
The tests used the base HTML document of this blog as the target.
The results so far indicate that there is a slight performance penalty when using CoralCDN in an ad hoc manner. They do offer continuous CDN services, and these likely provide better overall service under normal conditions.
However, it is likely that in situations where server load or traffic volumes increase substantially, the distributed performance system, even in an ad hoc manner, would save your bacon.
I will watch these tests over the next few days to see if any unique performance patterns appear.
Have I told you why I love my wife?
For Christmas, she bought me The Complete Calvin and Hobbes.
Swooooonnn!
Oh, and there were some other presents as well.
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