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Photography for the Joy of It
Photography for the Joy of It is a photography book that is all about taking photos not using cameras. It is excellent in its coverage of techniques in framing and composition. It discussed methods to capture difficult setting and uses actual photos to demonstrate the discussed techniques. You should be familiar with your camera before you read this, but otherwise it is aimed at a novice looking for tips.
Buy the book from Amazon.com
logged by Anthony at 8:51:46 PM LinkEnemy of the State
Enemy of the State is a drama thriller that follows Robert Dean, played by Will Smith, a labour lawyer. An old friend that studies nature, captures the murder of a politician on video. While trying to avoid being caught he passed the video to Robert Dean before being killed. Robert then has his life fall apart as the murderers try to get the video back using all the technology of the NSA. Dean is saved by 'Brill' Lyle, played by Gene Hackman. Brill is an ex-intelligence officer that worked in Iran and was 'dropped' when international relations collapsed. Ever since he has been living a secret life away from probing technology, but watching everyone else with technology. The movie presents the technology as being able to do anything, and while I don't doubt the computing power governments throw at keeping tabs on us, I feel being able to bring up a wire frame diagram of a building on demand is a little bit much. The drama is good and it is a not so scary thriller. Good looking for the geeks among us.
More information at IMDbBuy the DVD from Chaos Music HMV.com.au Amazon.com logged by Anthony at 8:11:05 PM Link
The Ring to Rule them All
The Ring to Rule them all.
Well the ring they will get married with at least. Matthew sent me a photo of his ring.
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Sapphire: A Liquid That Won't Get Things Wet
Kids.net.au
While talking about new search engines. A child friendly search has been launched in Australia. Kids.net.au - Search engine for kids, children, educators and teachers - Searching sites designed for kids that are child safe and clean.; It does allow you to limit your searches to your own country, not just Australia.
logged by Anthony Yager at 10:44:11 AM LinkA9.com - Search Technologies
Amazon have launched a search engine that allow you to search the web and the contents of books at the same time. It appears to have an even cleaner interface than Google has, which has always been one of Google's strengths. If you read the bottom it says it is enhanced by Google so it will never replace Google, however it has some extra features, so that if you log in you can look as past searches. Give it a try A9 - Amazon search engine
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