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Cards sent from Australia to the USA, by standard post, will arrive before Christmas if they are sent by November 29th. This is the complete list: https://auspost.com.au/sending/christmas-sending-dates Just FWIW, in case you need a reminder. Postage isn't as quick as you think, even just for...

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Electric cars were killed before, apparently. Will they die again, and if so, is this permanent? This first video is really a podcast with stock imagery, so you can just listen. It's about Porsche's CEO, Oliver Blume, and how he is betting on e-fuel instead of electric motors: (8:53) This...

In and of itself, the F900, released in 2000, is a very good camera. It is a 3-chip camera for clean colour. It has a CCD which, I presume, is a global shutter by default. Base ISO is around 300. Frame rates are limited to 30fps progressive, and 60 field/sec interlaced. It's only an HD camera...

You can sync it to either iTunes or Finder, as long as you have the right cable adapters. https://www.makeuseof.com/use-original-ipod-in-2022/ Anyone who accuses Apple of planned obsolescence might want to reconsider their opinion.

It's a long one, but a good one. Not enough discussion about stereo rigs though. I liked Prometheus, but I didn't love it. It was one of the few films I have seen in cinemas over the past 15 years. Where I saw it, it was a film projection. Anyway, the Alien story has a very deep mythology. I...

I predict that Netflix will move from a centralised network, which is based on AWS, to a decentralised network, where every user will help store a small fraction of Netflix's data. Every user will have a device with, say, an SSD, which stores fragments of data. Users will get discounts for...

CNC machines could be used to replace conventional methods of making lenses, potentially resulting in better performance. Small batches would also be more economical. (7:11)

Here are my specs for the Tesla phone, a product which will probably not see the market: A triple camera, similar to the high end iPhones. Extremely well corrected lenses. Bayer cancelling multi-shot. Perhaps something different to the Bayer pattern altogether (I really don't like it). A...

I have never liked the Bayer filter. 50% of the photosites are green! So, why not make sensors with concentric photosites? That way, each output pixel is made up of the exact same surface area of R, G, and B filters. Bonus: no debayering necessary (I assume!). The effect should be almost the...

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This is a draft for a blog post that I meant to publish ages ago. I guess now is the perfect time to publish the draft text. Critiques welcome. There are lots of story franchises, for lack of a better term, which have permeated popular culture. Star Trek, Star Wars, Twin Peaks, and Jurassic...

It's a little hard to follow sometimes. But, worth a little look: (37:34)

This is one example of why I would never buy stock in software companies. One day, only one application has a feature. The next week, you can do it on the Web. clipdrop.co As with everything, there are limitations and caveats. This is not financial advice. Here's a source image: Here is...

Unless we get a revolution in electric cell technology, electric cars have no future. Lithium-ion is not going to cut it. Piston engines, OTOH, continue to improve. See Mazda's SCCI engine, which basically induces a controlled knock with a lean air:fuel mixture: (13:46) Then there are cars...

I've always preferred film, but as it got more expensive I shot less of it, to the point where I stopped altogether. But I have to admit that we're at a point where film has reached a dead end. It's over. I'm going to summarise my case: - Photographers have been able to completely replace...

People have been faking, and manipulating, photos since photography began. The famous Cottingley Fairies photos were 100% authentic photographs. So are a lot of UFO photos, both honest and dishonest. Hoaxes don’t require image manipulation. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-55187973...