Jungle Disk uses Amazon S3

What is Jungle Disk?

Jungle Disk is an application that lets you store files and backup data securely to Amazon.com's S3 ™ Storage Service.

• Store an unlimited amount of data for only 15¢ per gigabyte
• No monthly subscription fee, no startup fee, no commitment
• Your data is fully encrypted at all times
• Data is stored at multiple Amazon.com datacenters around the country for high availability
• Access files directly from Windows Explorer, Mac OSX Finder, and Linux

JungleDisk - Reliable online storage powered by Amazon S3 ™ - Jungle Disk

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Show Studio Live

Once again Nick Knight is webcasting his photo shoot with Naomi Campbell. Just like any other shoot, it's a flurry of activity interpurted by several long stretches of waiting for hair and makeup! Neat to watch him and his assistants roll around the 8X10 and shoot film. Each shot is taken on an 8X10 piece of film. The rez is unrivalled.

SHOWstudio: Live

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Dumpr museum template

Dumpr museum template
Originally uploaded by ianmcc.

Pick a snap and see what it would look like hanging in a major museum

Some amazing work by desiree dolron

desiree dolron

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Mac Users you need this.

With Windows Media® Components for QuickTime, by Flip4Mac™, you can play Windows Media files (.wma and .wmv) directly in QuickTime Player and view Windows Media content on the Internet using a Web browser.

Windows Media® Components for QuickTime

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DV Guru: Gates says TV gone in 5 years

At the World Economic Forum on Saturday, Bill Gates forecast the demise of television in five years with the increasing popularity and greater flexibility of online video. "I'm stunned how people aren't seeing that with TV, in five years from now, people will laugh at what we've had.." While not exactly an earth-shattering prediction, it is still brave to suggest that TV will be irrelevant. While there is certainly something of a benefit to be had in being able to choose viewing content on the internet, there is still a gap to be bridged between traditional television and online video. In addition to this, online content needs to mature before it can "take over" television, and Download Squad makes a good point in saying that a "convergence device" (read: something like the Apple TV) will be needed to really merge internet video and TV. But then again, there is also the issue of bandwidth. So, maybe it's not that simple... what do you think? What will become of television over the next five years?

TV irrelevant in five years, says Gates - DV Guru

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Brits pillage stuck container ship

Ignoring health warnings and threats of prosecution, hundreds of people foraged among containers washed from a stricken cargo vessel on the southern English coast on Monday, hauling off booty that included BMW motorcycles, shoes, diapers, beauty cream and carpets.

The scavengers descended on beaches at Branscombe after rescue tugs towed the 62,000-ton cargo vessel, the Napoli, to a sandbar just offshore to prevent it from breaking up at sea and spilling thousands of tons of oil and cargo. The cargo includes hazardous chemicals.

Television footage showed people inside shipping containers or carrying away items such as gearboxes, steering wheels and Bibles. Local people were seen using gurneys to carry away their haul. The police said 15 new BMW motorcycles were taken away, one of them by people using a small tractor as

Boing Boing: Brits swarm cargo-beach for BMWs and toxic waste

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Weird Lego Homage to Photography

Marcos Vilariño - Foto 9

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Hang on, the upgrade path could get bumpy.

The Joy of Tech comic... laughter is the best tech support.

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Joost

Joost™ - Blog

This time next year, we're all be talking about Joost. From the masterminds behind Kazzaa and Skype, the next big thing is Joost. What a surprise, it's all about video.

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Basement Mac collection.

It's people like this that pack the hall during the Macworld Keynote. They are the people hooting and cheering for what ever Steve Jobs says. I like Macs, but not like this! :-)
My basement Mac collection - a photoset on Flickr

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The transit shelter

MB-Opportunites.jpg
Originally uploaded by ianmcc.

Opportunites MB

A series of imges I did for the Province. These are from the website, while you'll see it used in print, transit, and TV as well. Great fun, great group of people!

MB Opportunities | www.opportunitiesmb.ca

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Get your Web 2.0 names and logos for FREE!

The Web 2.0 Company Name Generator is a cool and amusing little site. As the site says:

Need a name for your Web 2.0 company? Try this handy name generator.

Here’s the one I settled on and then I went and made a logo here:

 ImageTool.NET

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Where's Uptown

All my fave stops to snag the latest Uptown are bare. I actually checked the wbesite to see if it's still around and it is but under the locations where you can pick it up, you get this message. How else do you get Uptown?! :

The pickup locations for Uptown Magazine are temporarily unavailable. Sorry for any inconvenience.

Uptown Magazine Online - Media Kit

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Cult of Mac speculation on iPhone

 For those who aren't that geeky, let me explain. The real geeks were dissapointed that you won't be able to just load any old program on these new iPhones. This artilce makes the point that with Web 2.0, who cares! I have to agree. As I use more and more Web 2.0 apps as long as  I have a broswer, I am happy, regardless of platform.

In the rush to file my column on Tuesday about iPhone lockdown and why Apple won't open up to non-Apple software, I forgot to mention the most interesting thing: what does it matter, when users can run third-party software as web apps?
Instead of making software to be installed on the iPhone, like on a computer, developers could turn their wares into web apps and put them on the web, in the data cloud.
Take Google's online word processor and spreadsheet: surely these will be just as accessible to iPhone users as Google Maps? Why install Microsoft Word when you have Google Docs available anywhere, anytime.
Maybe Google has a whole bunch of web apps for the iPhone and future smartphones like it -- take that Microsoft!Is this what Eric Schmidt was talking about when he joined Steve Jobs onstage at Macworld and talked about a Google/Apple "merger."The iPhone would use Apple's OS locally, when it is acting as an iPod, and the much-anticipated Google's OS (or GooOS when online.Of course, there may be problems with latency and delay.
Web apps are never be as snappy as their desktop equivalents. And many people don't like the idea of storing spreadsheets or first novels online.But maybe the iPhone could turn out to be a hybrid, dual-OS device?

WIRED Blogs: Cult of Mac

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Ziyi Zhang sightings start NOW!!

The Coming Wave of Made-in-Manitoba MoviesWith the Sundance Film Festival ongoing and the Oscar nominations announced Tuesday, everyone is talking movies.Why should we be different?
Early last week (on the coldest days of the winter so far, wouldn't you know it) the advance team from the independent thriller The Horsemen was expected in town to do the prep work before shooting starts at the end of the month.

Director Jonas Akerlund has to brave the wind chill in Winnipeg for two and a half weeks before the stars arrive, Dennis Quaid and Ziyi Zhang. Well, you knew it was a dangerous job when you took it.

The one saving feature is that the movie is sure at least to break even.Ziyi Zhang--- yes, she of Hidden Tiger Hidden Dragon, Flying Daggers, and Memoirs of a Geisha---is such a star in the East that she'll carry the flick by her lonesome over there.

Zhang, it's said, plays Kristin, "a dangerous and manipulative young teenager" who forms a small gang with four boys to avenge the victims of injustice. Dennis Quaid plays "a bitter and hardened detective", still grieving his dead wife, who discovers a shocking connection between himself, the suspects of a series of murders and, believe it or not, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Some have described the movie as in the same vein as "Se7en". Ziyi has said its more like "Silence of the Lambs".

The Black Rod: The Coming Wave of Made-in-Manitoba Movies

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Mailings

Mailings is a full featured application for batch emailing that delivers any web page or plain text document with attachments to multiple recipients for marketing, news announcements, product updates etc.Mailings facilitates the task of delivering regular bulk email distributions with such features as logging, progress monitoring, scheduling, error recovery, throttling, personalization and much more. Integrates with your mail client, browser and Address Book to simplify its functionality. The one window user interface makes the program a breeze to learn and fun to use.

Limit Point Software | Mailings

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The meaning of life?

Le Grand Content

I don't understand it all but its facinating to watch. Apehx Twin as soundtrack doesn't hurt either.

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Flagr

Flagr :: Sharewhere!

A user based google map site, members add flags to maps to provide some sort of theme or guide. Mutliple users can build up a map. There are all sorts of themes. This one example is someone's take on the Kensington Market. You can even send input from mobile phones, in the USA of course.

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Heaven and Hell

When I was into metal, I really dug RJD. The two albums he did with Sabbath, the stuff he did with Rainbow and his solo stuff. I have both of those Sabbath albums on my iPod and listen to them occasionaly when I want to rock out! I am SO GOING TO THIS SHOW!!!

DIO / RonnieJamesDio.com - Official Site of Ronnie James Dio

Putting to bed the longstanding rumors of a reunion tour, Heaven and Hell have announced their first tour dates for 2007. The tour will feature 11 Canadian shows, along with an exciting one-night-only performance at one of the most prestigious venues in the world, New York's Radio City Music Hall. Heaven and Hell reunites Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Vinny Appice for the first time in 15 years.

Currently there are 12 scheduled stops, starting on March 11 in Vancouver and ending on March 30 in New York City. The Heaven And Hell world tour will continue until the end of the year with shows in the US, Asia and Europe. Additional dates will be announced shortly.

Multi-platinum recording artist Megadeth will be joining the tour, previewing never before heard material from their upcoming release on Roadrunner Records, United Abominations. The tour also brings the return of Down, featuring Philip Anselmo and Rex Brown from Pantera, as well as Pepper Keenan of COC.

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Crashplan

CrashPlan

While video interviewing people at Macworld, I can't say real claim to take in all the information. Too busy worrying about compositions, wondering if I might have to whip the camera around to train it on Kev as he cracks a funny one, I really don't HEAR what the interviewees are saying.

So last night when I watched the Crashplan spokesperson explain what Crashplan IS, a lightbulb went off over my head. " Hey that's brilliant!"

A small app that running in the background, you desinate what you back up and where. The ideal situation is you and a friend or your work machine and home machine trade back ups. Swap USB drives and aim back ups at each others machines. Mac Win or Linux cross compatible. It all happens inthe background atuomatically, when you want it.

They even offer an off site solution but in their FAQ they try and talk you out of it:

Why shouldn't I backup to CrashPlan Central?

There are three good reasons you shouldn't backup to an on-line backup provider like CrashPlan Central:

• A typical machine can hold 150GB of data these days. From a typical home ISP, it can take 12 days to get all your data back! During those 12 days, you can forget about using your Internet connection or PC. Did we mention it'll take 2 months for your data to get backed up in the first place?
• We're going to charge you $15/month to store that data. That's $180/year! You can buy a USB drive for less than that.
• Let's face it: even though our data center is in a bank vault, you still don't know where your data really is, do you? You can't point to it and say, "that's my backup."

So if you don't have a lot of data, you've some spare Lincoln lying around, and you're ok with your data being stored in a vault in Minnesota, CrashPlan Central is the destination for you!

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Rodgers to carry iPhone? Maybe,who knows, who cares

Follow the link to reader the comments. Basically everyone in Canada hates their cell phone carrier, and or another one they used to be with. Compared with Europe Asia and even the US, the market here is dreadfull. Some more competition is needed to really drive this thing. Operating a "smart phone" in this country is far too expensive.

From Infinite Loop...

Rogers to carry iPhone in Canada? Maybe, but...This week must be the week of post-Macworld rumors. The most recent iPhone-related theory is that Rogers Wireless will be the carrier for the iPhone in our northern neighbor of Canada. The rumors have been sort of loosely floating around for a while now, especially considering that Rogers is currently the only GSM carrier in Canada.One potential iPhone lover started pestering Rogers Wireless himself about whether or not they'd be carrying the iPhone, and got a response from the company.

You were wondering about iPhone..Lots of speculation out there. Beyond the fact that Rogers is the only GSM carrier in Canada, we have not issued any statements as to whether or when the iPhone would be available at Rogers.

Of course, this is a typical corporate response to a question that they cannot legally answer yet, but the whole "we're the only GSM carrier in Canada" thing does indicate that they're aware of their position in the market, in that respect. This would kind of make them a shoe-in for the iPhone, unless Apple decides to release another version of the iPhone before they launch in Canada.

Considering that Apple will have to do so for some other international markets (such as, say, Asia), it's not outside the realm of possibility that the iPhone will no longer be GSM-only by that time.

Okay, for you "no double negatives!" types, that translates to: By that time, the iPhone could be available as CDMA, or even something else. So basically, no one has any idea of whether this rumor has any weight or not. But for now, Canadians can sleep easily thinking that maybe, perhaps, possibly Rogers will be the carrier for the iPhone. For now.

Infinite Loop: Rogers to carry iPhone in Canada? Maybe, but...

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NMM JanMeeting

NMM JanMeeting
Originally uploaded by ianmcc.

The video's, the swag, the cool ticketdrum software(NOT!),... It was all great fun!

The Only Art on the Moon

The only piece of art on the moon (depending, we suppose, on one’s definition of art) is a 3″-tall aluminum sculpture titled “Fallen Astronaut.” It was created by Belgian artist Paul Van Hoeydonck and installed by Apollo 15 astronaut David Scott, along with a plaque bearing the names of the 14 astronauts and cosmonauts who died in the service of space exploration.

In 1972, against the crew and NASA’s wishes, Van Hoeydonck created 950 signed replicas of “Fallen Astronaut” and sold them for $750 a piece.

* “Articles Carried on Manned Space Flights,” a NASA press release

* For more on isolated art, see The Last Tree of Ténéré. What are some other examples of art in out-of-the-way places? Smithson’s Spiral Jetty… what else?

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Brave New Waves RIP

George over at the Hour blogged this. Like spending hours in record stores staring atrecord covers,BNW was a great source of of music. Sign o the times I guess.

An awful development to mention on the radio front. The CBC is going to cancel Brave New Waves. Terrible. People who love music owe a debt of gratitude to the show. Before myspace and all that, Brave New Waves was how you got to hear undergound bands in this country. The show will be missed.

The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos on CBC Television

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Are photographers cool again?

With PBS's recent American Masters profile of Annie Lebowitz, and the Documentary channel's showing of two docs this month about photographers, Sally Mann and Robert Capra,(pictured below)are photographers cool again? Could it be now that everyone who wants a camera, has one, people have started to discover it's not the gear but the people behind it that make the images that last? Oh I hope so.

Ten years after directing the Academy Award nominated Blood Ties, director Steven Cantor revisits renowned photographer Sally Mann and her family, the subjects of her controversial photographic series.

Never one to compromise, Sally Mann reflects on her own personal feelings towards death as she continues to examine the boundaries of contemporary photography. Her willingness to reveal her artistic process as it unfolds allows the viewer to gain exclusive entrance into her world.

Robert Capa, the world’s preeminent documentarian of 20th century war, photographed five epic conflicts on three different continents. A handsome, dashing figure, Capa was a life-long pacifist who wore military uniforms, rode in tanks, jumped out of planes, dodged bullets and marched in the front lines. His images have affected the lives of those who may not even know his name. The only photographer who touched land with soldiers at Omaha Beach on D-Day, his shocking pictures inspired Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan more than 50 years later.

Documentary Channel - Documentaries

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Parody of the Dove commercial

You know that Dove commercial everyone emailed a few months ago about all the retouching done for a photoshoot? Here's the not so nice rebuttal.

YouTube - Anti-Dove))) Parody

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Product Design Data Base

Through the Lomo blog I found this link, a data base of some cool old tech brochures from Japan. Featuring scans of the original brochures for the Olympus XA I blogged awhile ago, and this other photo fetish item, the Nikon 35Ti which along with the 28Ti is covetted by photo freaks. I SO WANTED ONE back in the day! The site features all sorts of tech, stereo gear, cars, cameras etc.

Product Design Data Base

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Winnipeg Foundation Annual Report

The Winnipeg Foundation

one of the more rewarding projects I work on. The Saturday Free Press has the newspirnt supplement version. The full version will eventually be online

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All Getty All the time

Getty Images Live

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Bad winter driving

Watch this  video of people trying to drive during a ice storm. the first car in the video is the best. At what point do they decide driving in this weather isn't a good idea, after the 3rd collison or the 6th? I mean thats crazy!!

Ice is Dangerous, even in Portland

YouTube - Ice is Dangerous, even in Portland

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MOO HQ

MOO HQ3
Originally uploaded by richardmoross.

Those wonderful Moo cards I ordered come from here! This is the future of workspaces. Room to expand it everything takes off, if not they can play soccer. It's in the UK.

PhotoInduced

WEEKLY GIVEAWAYS!? sign me up! This week is a new Apple Tv, when they are available

So what is PhotoInduced.com?If you have ever taken a photograph, this is the place for you.
PhotoInduced.com is the first stop for all of your photographic needs. Whether you need help taking a better snapshot of your kids or you need reviews on the latest professional software.We’ll help point you in the right direction for the answers.While digital innovations in photography continue to provide us with amazing ways to share our lives, they can often be somewhat overwhelming to approach and use.PhotoInduced.com will give you the means and knowledge to use these technologies.Why wade through scores of search pages to find the information you need, when you can go to one main source?We do the searching for you and put it all in one convenient location.

Photoinduced.com

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Pocket Mod

Kev demo'ed this one on his spot on the new show Living Winnipeg. Low tech PDA solution.

The PocketMod is a new way to keep yourself organized. Lets face it, PDAs are too expensive and cumbersome, and organizers are bulky and hard to carry around. Nothing beats a folded up piece of paper. That is until now. With the PocketMod, you can carry around the days notes, keep them organized in any way you wish, then easily transfer the notes to your PDA, spreadsheet, or planner.

The PocketMod is a small book with guides on each page. These guides or templates, combined with a unique folding style, enable a normal piece of paper to become the ultimate note card. It is hard to describe just how incredibly useful the PocketMod is. It's best that you just dive in and create one.

PocketMod: The Free Disposable Personal Organizer

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Every Radiohead video EVAHR!

Now this is Fan boy dedication!

This is our collection of Radiohead's music video history. Stretching from 1993's Pablo Honey all the way to 2003's Hail to the Thief, we spent hours hunting through hundreds of poor live recordings and earnest fan-made videos on YouTube to find these originals for you. While this is not an entirely complete list (a series of shorter productions from Kid A are missing), it represents every major release as well as a few videos that only the most die hard fans will have seen.

Obtusity: Depth of Focus: Radiohead

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Some days it's just so rough being a kid

Pouty face
Originally uploaded by ianmcc.

Then mom walks up and takes pictures to add it all!

Truth in Advertising

Truth in Advertising
Truth in Advertising 2
The Reel Truth Part 1
The Reel Truth Part 2
A series of painfully truthful looks at what it's REALLY like to work with in the Ad Agency system. Definitely watch the language, but try not to laugh too hard! Hilarious!

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cool painting with light shot!

This one's for Bruce. Lots of sparklers I guess

25_pics on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

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Flock Day two

Flock — the social web browser

For those who are addicted to  using Flickr, and blogging, you really need to try this out. You simply right click on something on apage to start a blog post. Drag and drop any image and scale on the fly. Very nice RSS reader in here too. I had a few bumps on the setting up of the blog, the setup dialogs don't stick so you think you're done meanwhile things are blank But once it's up and running, it works like a charm. I am not throwing out FireFox yet, but possibly ver1.0 I'll consider it.

technorati tags:net, related

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Spam email

If you were wondering how things are going in my industry, take a look at this site, which came to me in a spam email. This is who I am competing with. Brian Moore, you must die! :-)

Hello, my name is Brian Moore and I’ve been making money online using the power of my digital camera for over two years now and I’m here today to tell you that to start earning money with your digital camera you don’t need any special training, diplomas or aptitude.You don’t even need any photography experience at all.All you do need is a digital camera and access to the Internet.That's it!If you have those two things, you can begin to make REAL money online today (either part-time or full-time, it’s up to you)! Well I guess you do need just one other thing...a real mailing address so you can receive your paychecks in the mail...but that's it!

In all honesty, it's the best way of making money I've ever come across. In fact, it is so good, I was able to leave my high-paying corporate job and now make my living taking digital photos and submitting them onto the internet.It’s a career that allows me: * To take vacations to wherever I want, whenever I want, for as long as I want! * To have total job security! * To determine how much money I want to make instead of relying on a boss! * To decide what my work hours are. If I want to knock off early one day, it’s my decision! * To finally escape the competitiveness, the backstabbing and the long hours of the rat race! * To spend much more time with my family! * To live the wealthy lifestyle that I’ve always dreamed of! It really is great! I wouldn't even call what I do a business. Digital photography is actually fun to do and even more fun when you see all that money being deposited into your account day by day.

Camera Dollars.com - Make money taking pictures with your digital camera.

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Noun by Oliver

Noun by Oliver Oike

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Another good blog, by local designer Oliver Oike

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Rogue Amoeba: Should I Exhibit At Macworld?

This article might explain why some didn't show...

Macworld San Francisco 2007 just ended, and I've recently heard the same question many times: "Should I exhibit at Macworld?". The answer is simple and concrete. That answer is, of course, "Weeeeell, it all depends".

Stuck in the 70's Flickr pool

Found this within the 70's pool of images on Flickr, amongst trhe bad
hair clothes and interior design. Its the Gucci edition of the AMC
Hornet Sportabout, which was my first car. Mine was a golden sunshine
yellow that matched well with the brown rust. Ahhh the good old days


Flickr: The STUCK in the 70's Pool

David Lynch Doc

This is one blog to keep an eye on. No sign of when we'll see this or Inland Empire in these parts of the world.

Over the course of two years we were allowed to film David Lynch as he worked on his latest film INLAND EMPIRE. Over 700 hours of footage was gathered both on location and in David's home. This film will give the most current perspective on one of cinema's greatest directors and will bring to life his creative process and joy for living life to its fullest potential.

DAVIDLYNCHDOC2007

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Flock!

Flock Tour

trying a new web browser out, Flock.  It has blogging tools and flickr support built in to it. It runs on the Firefox engine so it should be compatible. I just right click on something to blog about it.

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Photoshop CS3 Quick Selection tool

PS3 Quick Selection tool
Originally uploaded by ianmcc.

One of the new tools in Photoshop CS3 demo'ed at the Adobe User Group Breakfast was the Quick Selection tool. A smarter magic wand it allows for very accuarate selections. Then when you go to Selection>Refine edges, you get a dialog that allows you to tighten, feather, and enhance the selection to make quit close cuts. It's really quite slick!
While we're talking close cutting, the other impressive tool demo'ed at the show was the Vertus Fluid Mask These kind of things need to be demo'ed live to really understand how fast it can be!

Arvo Part: Kanon Pokajanen

years ago Avro Part's Te Deum was, for a moment, the trendy choral album you just HAD to own. It was about the same time Enigma was putting dance beats to Gregorian chant.(seems so quaint now doesn't it?) Anyway I pulled out Te Deum the other day and it left me wanting more. The raves for this album, the Kanon Pokajanen, were plentiful, so I thought I'd try it. It's a wonderful recording that illustrates the sheer power of the human voice. If you've often wondered if you'd enjoy liturgical music, and I mean who doesn't at some point, then this is a good place to start!

Moo Moo!

Moo Moo!
Originally uploaded by ianmcc.

My Moo cards came today! They are very "cute"! Sorry no other way to describe them. A little on the dark side but whatevs. You can see the snaps of them here The stain finish on there is wonderful to touch but it does decrease contrast a bit. So the moodier shots look a bitdark. But the punchy colourful ones look great! You really need to choose images that work with this scale

Macworld attendees getting Wifi anywhere

Macworld attendees getting Wifi anywhere
Originally uploaded by ianmcc.

The hallway to between the Expo floors is lined with attendees surfing on the free wifi

greenpeace protest at the Apple store

greenpeace protest at the Apple store
Originally uploaded by ianmcc.

This was the first thing we saw when we got to Downtown San fran. Protesters were trying to turn the store in to a shade of green.

Kev digging the Shalamar

Kev digging the Shalamar
Originally uploaded by ianmcc.

Shalamar is an amazing Indian resturaunt. Last year we ate there TWICE. This year we had to do it the first night, and it was amazing.

Anit War protest in San Fran

Anit War protest
Originally uploaded by ianmcc.

They timed it well, to walk by Macworld as it closed at 6pm. Bloggers from around the world took photos, and will probably spread the message that not everyone in America agrees with the current policy

The Arctic Butterfly

The Arctic Butterfly open
Originally uploaded by ianmcc.

With a name and shape that suggests all sort of other things, The Arctic Butterfly was my big purchase at Macworld. Made by a company in Edmonton, Visible Dust, its designed to remove dust from Dslr sensors. I purchase the original one years ago for an insane price, so the owner gave me the upgrade price on this one, regular $100 she sold it to me for $28!Yeah its photogeeky, but I was pleased.

33 1/3 books

The 33 1/3 series are smallish little books written about one album. Thats right, one book about one album. What a concept! The list of titles is pretty diverse The one I bought was for The Stone Roses, one of my desert island albums. I haven't finished it yet but so far so good. I am waiting for the one about My Bloody Valentine's Loveless. With the "iPod age of music upon us, these little books kind of remind us of a time when a collection of songs by one artist, listened to pretty much at the same time, had an effect on us.

Nasa lost the tapes

A heart breaking article in this month's wired about the image quality of the broadcast of the first moon landing.
Not long ago, Lebar learned why the footage had looked like mush: The transfer and broadcast had degraded the image badly, like a third-generation photocopy. "What the world saw was some bastardized thing," says Lebar, now 81. "Posterity deserves more than that." Good thing the engineers in Australia recorded the raw feed. Now Lebar and a crew of seasoned space cowboys are trying to get that original footage and show it to the world.

There is just one problem: NASA has lost the tapes.

Macworld 2007 Panoramas

The link takes you to a page of 3600 QuicktimeVR panorama's taken at Macworld. The next best thing to being there, you really get a feel of a few enviro's. Crumpler's unique booth with the CEO in his cream suit and crocs (he is a bit nuts), the 600 F4's mounted at the Nikon Booth, the sheer size of the Apple booth, and of course the iPhone under glass. You can now live it all in 360!

Bon Cop Bad Cop

Just watched this one tonight.Imagine Lethal Weapon but on the Ont/Que border. Fun made in Canada buddy cop flick. Enough jokes about the French, the English and Canada in general keep you amused (and to fly over heads south of the border.) It was a top grossing film in Quebec.

Macworld 2007 DONE!

Well another expo done. The link takes you to Macworld's best of show list. Personally I was a little dissapointed with the product mix on the show floor. While traditionally the Mac was the "graphics guys" platform, it's bounce back means the product mix is more consumer oriented. Don't get me wrong, that's great for the Mac, but just not as many apps that speak TO ME. The iPod, and soon the iPhone will further this and make MACworld probably consider a name change soon, just like Apple took the word Computer offically out of their name. AppleWorld? Eworld? iWorld?