Netflix is secretive, article. Pretty interesting, finding one of their sorting warehouses is like Finding Waldo for adults. Really well hidden, on purpose.
Netflix (and, I imagine, the UK equivalent, LoveFilm) is a huge business. And I can understand why. So far I have not been tempted to replace my DVD rental with over-priced and time-limited online rental services (I've watched exactly one rented movie via my Apple TV). But it's hard to imagine this will not have changed dramatically in ten years time. One way or another. The PO and scratched discs are simply unnecessary expenses.
Friday, August 07, 2009
Iceberg
TC gal found this "cool" picture.
I guess if they are normal where you live, you get used to icebergs like anything else, but it is picturesque.
My guess is, though, that the photographer has used a long telephoto lens (which compresses perspective), and the iceberg is a lot further away than it looks on the picture. The reason being that nine/tenths are under water, so the water must be very deep where it is.
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By the way, it's excellent that the web gives an outlet for all the great pictures which were limited before by shelf space.
Admittedly, it also makes obvious why being a photographer is not exactly the most financially promising career these days: digital technology has made it possible for anybody can carry a Elph or a Coolpix camera to call himself a photographer, and to sell the pictures for whatever price he likes. For example I hear that Time paid $30 for the use of this cover picture illustrating the "new frugality"... if that is not illustrative...
By the way, it's a highly interesting article. One of my friends who runs a huge porn site told me that years ago they paid $25 per picture, now the price is more like $1 per picture (which is typical). It's supply and demand. Just because the site could pay a lot more, and some photographers are finding it hard to make ends meet, does that mean that the site should still pay the old prices when lots of photographers are willing to sell much cheaper?)
I guess if they are normal where you live, you get used to icebergs like anything else, but it is picturesque.
My guess is, though, that the photographer has used a long telephoto lens (which compresses perspective), and the iceberg is a lot further away than it looks on the picture. The reason being that nine/tenths are under water, so the water must be very deep where it is.
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By the way, it's excellent that the web gives an outlet for all the great pictures which were limited before by shelf space.Admittedly, it also makes obvious why being a photographer is not exactly the most financially promising career these days: digital technology has made it possible for anybody can carry a Elph or a Coolpix camera to call himself a photographer, and to sell the pictures for whatever price he likes. For example I hear that Time paid $30 for the use of this cover picture illustrating the "new frugality"... if that is not illustrative...
By the way, it's a highly interesting article. One of my friends who runs a huge porn site told me that years ago they paid $25 per picture, now the price is more like $1 per picture (which is typical). It's supply and demand. Just because the site could pay a lot more, and some photographers are finding it hard to make ends meet, does that mean that the site should still pay the old prices when lots of photographers are willing to sell much cheaper?)
Thursday, August 06, 2009
Giving up my iPod for a Walkman
Giving up my iPod for a Walkman, article.
"My dad had told me it was the iPod of its day. He had told me it was big, but I hadn't realised he meant THAT big. It was the size of a small book."
... Well, one has to admit it's a stone-age model. The last Walkman I bought ten years ago was hardly bigger than the tape, and looked really nice.
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
Camera/projector
Nikon has made a camera with built-in projector. I can see how that can be useful, for example for a quick show of pictures you've just taken at a family party.
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
Book sequel
Here's a good one from aforementioned show Gavin And Stacey. It had me rolling on the floor.
We cut to a quiet middle class home. Two women (stable characters) are sitting reading. One of them are reading this book.
She closes it with finality, and they have a brief chat about the satisfaction of finishing a book. The other woman is reading the Satanic Verses, and she says it's tough going.
Then the first woman says: "well, I think I'll get cracking on the sequel." And she picks up this book. She says "Same author... he's had a terrible time of it."
We cut to a quiet middle class home. Two women (stable characters) are sitting reading. One of them are reading this book.
She closes it with finality, and they have a brief chat about the satisfaction of finishing a book. The other woman is reading the Satanic Verses, and she says it's tough going.
Then the first woman says: "well, I think I'll get cracking on the sequel." And she picks up this book. She says "Same author... he's had a terrible time of it."
Sappy rainbow
I don't normally pass along sappy inspirational crap, but the happy ending of this one speaks to me... (warning, link not Safe For Work.)
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