why don’t they all look like this?

OK, maybe not in the Art Deco style, but why not have durable and attractive reusable cases. Board and power supplies are getting smaller, I think we have reached the lower bound on the size and number of removable media ports. And those could be hidden behind a cover of some sort.

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This is a nice way of taking your PC back to the 1930s Art Deco designed world. Maybe it will also make us think back to the time when consumer electronics weren’t just pocket-sized gadgets that can be thrown away after a couple years of use.

The Art Deco PC Mod – [via] – Link

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our story begins

In 1782, thirteen human bodies, some of them fresh and of unusual size, and a stone coffin, were found in a limestone-quarry, about two feet below the surface.

…This just sounds like something from a gothic novel (or something Neil Gaiman would write).

In 1782, thirteen human bodies, some of them fresh and of unusual size, and a stone coffin, were found in a limestone-quarry, about two feet below the surface. [From Yaddlethorpe – Yazor | British History Online ]

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current reading

“Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things” (William McDonough, Michael Braungart)

“Bucky Works : Buckminster Fuller’s Ideas for Today” (J.

“Winsor McCay : His Life and Art” (John Canemaker)


“Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things” (William McDonough, Michael Braungart)


“Bucky Works : Buckminster Fuller’s Ideas for Today” (J. Baldwin)


“The Tao of Photography: Seeing Beyond Seeing” (Philippe L. Gross, S.I. Shapiro)

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Nikon RAW (NEF) isn’t camera raw?

Found some sample files and it looks like the RAW format my E5400 writes is not what you get from a Nikon D70 (or newer) .

Good thing about standards is there are so many of them. Trying to open some NEF files and it’s not working. iPhoto, Preview both choke on the file. Found some sample files and it looks like the RAW format my E5400 writes is not what you get from a Nikon D70 (or newer) .
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I was hoping to see what this RAW stuff was all about. Converting them to TIFF format doesn’t look good: the color shifts markedly for some reason.

I guess I can bellyache to Nikon about this and see what I learn.