back to photography
I decided to get a bit back into photography, here is some 35mm BW film, processed and scanned in; the area is a beach with probably a milesworth of fallen trees, a very surreal place!
interesting concept
http://5voltcore.com/typolight/typolight257/index.php?id=1&articles=69
Talks about a bonsai tree taking pictures of itself, downsampling the results into a small bitmap, then (if I read this right) shining light onto the tree so the growth patterns of the rings on the trunk of the tree are manipulated. I wish there was more information on this, other than the norwegian article– maybe my girlfriend will translate 
veterans day quote
“Nobody wins the next war, nobody”, Henry Allingham (2008, Veterans Day interview)
delta and linux
I was flying delta to and from LA, Cali. and I noticed that the media server kept restarting. I noticed it when first walking into the plane, but when I sat down I saw this screen on the headrest touchscreen, being restarted multiple times. Everything seemed mostly in order, running on what I think to have read as a geode with some flavor of redhat; including a proprietary package (non-opensource of course) installed for what must be the dvd movie rental and dish network service to run off of. cheers to delta for saving a buck and going an interesting route.
htc touch hd and google android
it’s only a matter of time. the underlying groundwork is almost identical to the dream (re proc, ram) perhaps there is a M$ battle with licensing of win mob. 6 on the initial touch hd but I doubt that; I think the G1 was released as a time-restraint product, they had to put something on the shelves and the dream fits the bill for pricing and availability (does anyone buy that thing?). with the touch hd soon to be avail, it is only mere coincidence that android is a solid fit. it’s a shame they couldn’t just be patient, but hey neither can we!
hopefully by q4 08 this will happen, but it may be closer to middle/end of q1 09, along with what I would assume to be a second gen software base. this would coincide perfectly with chrome’s official release and enough with this beta…
just in case..
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a friendly reminder that much of florida the country is unregsitered to vote!
go barrack for finding an outlet for ads that pinpoints the demographic (found on pandora), who’s your SEO?
google in beta?
Yea no kidding, always in ‘beta’…everytime they release something new it appears to be way ahead of the pack in delectable features and custimizations, but recodes to their software seems to take quite a while; example first release gmail, chrome(, android?). Chrome even shipped without full java/plugin support and a serious lack of computer custos. Ofcourse it is tough to get perfecto in one fell swoop, but it’d have been nice to see it ship mostly compatible at release (it’s competitors do). Sure I’ve done a 99% hard push towards chrome (it’s fantastic for the most part) but i still have firefox around, and even keep ie updated (hey its useful for web dev!).
So where does this leave google? I think they are buried in their reality, building some of the craziest shit ever. I mean:
never was so self-explanitory!
With their opensourcing at maybe half of their code, probably more soon to be, it will be a bit of its own future’s concern (will new comers like android fade off to the somewhat leet like the linux corner always seems to sit, will it fall into the ‘apps’ lifestyle, will live up to the hope and dreams of what many of us have seemed to invision– a real future for the next level of software?).
I for one guess Google is it, and it probably answers all three of those questions! I think google realized it takes two (a massive company willing to push mountains, and throngs of community supporters willing to add to the force for a peice of the pie). In all reality, Google has already surpassed the largest of these staple corporations, it will just take ’til it’s recode to really lay smack.
ascend acoustics
after looking into dozens of options for speakers, including the diy market (something I have dabbled in plenty of times before) I finally came to the conclusion that ascend acoustics offers probably what is the best bet for your buck; and this is after almost a year of updated research. David over atAscend offers some of the finest products under the sun, simply top notch quality and are exactly what you expect them to be. i have to say it really is quiet amazing. from the anticipatory possibility of sub hz from the company to their amazing line of bookshelf models, many should be satisfied well beyond what they expect from any manufacturer within the same monetary presumption.
I will get back with more personal and subjective comments as soon as I get a chance… 
but in the mean time, here is some shots!
increase resolution, part two
Ok, so after some thought on the concept of increasing resolution, and some research of companies performing similar functions I’ve come to perhaps a second part of all this (Here is the first part). By taking the light coming through a lens and splitting that incoming light using a beam splitter into two or more directions, each landing on image sensor chips.
Canon, and many other companies already use a similar system on 3 CCD/3mos cameras to acquire more color. Their systems are simple in that each chip receives a filtered level of RGB, and then combines the result back to one image in processing. The result is great colors (the colors would in theory increase 1/3 fold compared to a bayerfiltered single chip).
The concept I speak of is similar in that you combine the results together, but without the color filters. Instead of building up multitudes of color spaces, it would build up pixel information by having an increased density of pixels. Of course this cannot be a complete substitution of simply having a larger chip with increased photovoltaic cells, but I think it can come close with tweaks.
Comparison 1: High-Dynamic Range Photography uses a similar concept in that a bracketed shot is taken (three shots of the same scene with different exposure settings taken in rapid succession), and then each picture is overlayed; taking from it the best of the picture. The result is great lighting and contrast throughout the scene. Check this hdr site out.
Comparison 2: Image Stacking in Astronomical Photography uses a similar concept as well, it will film a scene with dozens of frames/images for each second for minutes on end. You may have over 1000 images of the same piece of sky. Once completed, software is used to combine all the frames of the video into a single still image– aligning them together and ultimately reinforcing the imagery by running the final set through a series of image enhancing filters. Once stacked image processing is complete, the results are much greater than the sum of their parts in that the image is strikingly clear and crisp– all due to the increased pixel information from the multitudes of pictures taken.
Comparison 3: Video Resolution Increase using frame rate halving. By halving or even thirding a frame rate of a video, the extra frames can be used to increase the resolution and overall picture with the extra information they hold. Here’s an example of what I am talking about. Obviously it is an imperfect system, and bests with slight motion of the scene, but still it gets the point across. I think this is similar to how your webcam can take a still picture at HD resolution using a small VGA sensor, coupled with interpolation of pixels.
Increasing the amount of image sensors will in essence increase the amount of total pixel information. Two images, or maybe more, taken from the exact same angle at the exact same time would result in the image pixel density of twice that original single sensor amount. Of course you could go one step further and have the incoming light split into exacting halves or quads, each hitting a perfectly aligned sensor. The result would be 2-4 times the amount of pixel resolution almost instantly, by simply combing each sensors buffer into a single image. Though I think simply splitting the incoming light into two duplicate beams of light to hit two sensors, would be much easier to create. The resulting duo image could then be adjusted and combined to a greater picture. Albeit the exposure settings would be the same (though I’m sure this can be built into the camera using filters for exposure). Foveon x3 chips mathematically do this, except with layered translucent-sensors.
