MacNN has up to the minute WWDC coverage. The new Apple site is up, showcasing the new toys. /. has two stories so far: on the new G5, and on Jaguar/Panther.
The keynote won’t be streaming until later this afternoon
My other machine is your linux box. – heehee. (via brad)
Just watched the keynote stream (yes, the whole thing), and I don’t think there’s any question, that bar none, the new G5’s are the best PCs coming out on the market. Now, if only it could play Half-Life 2… [Well, that’s what the AMD’s are for…]
[yes, I’m fully aware, and don’t care about the GCC SPEC results; the Panther features and media performance make a compelling package]
Torvalds Speaks Out on SCO, Linux:
SCO alleges that you need to focus more on getting clarification as to where the code that goes in the Linux kernel comes from. Do you have any plans to change the current Linux development model?
No. I allege that SCO is full of it, and that the Linux process is already the most transparent process in the whole industry. Let’s face it, nobody else even comes close to being as good at showing the evolution and source of every single line of code out there. The only party that has had serious problems clarifying what they are talking about is SCO, and now when details start emerging like with RCU, it’s clearly about IP that they had nothing to do with, and don’t even own. I’m sure that they are confident that they own the collective work of Unix, but that’s a separate thing entirely legally from being the actual copyright owner of any specific section of code.
Heh, this actually got a real laugh out of me:
Unix-lover Heaven
Panther will include a final X11 client for Unix-based applications, improved NFS/UFS, FreeBSD 5 innovations as well as support for popular Linux APIs, IPv6 and other important acronyms.
I spent the afternoon working on panoramas in w/ Panorama Tools and Photoshop (Canon’s PhotoStich software didn’t give me enough (well, any) control in fixing problem areas and color balance of a beach party I went to yesterday (much fun).
All this photostiching reminded me of some stuff I’d seen a while back:
- NYCMosaics – J. Brian Caldwell took some stupendous NYC images post-9/11 (tutorial)
- Max Lyons Digital Image Gallery – probably the most well known guy who’s been doing this kind of high-res photostiching (tutorial)
Hmm, next up, taking some of my leftover images and trying out some blended exposures
I got a last minute request from a friend to shoot some photos at the premiere and after-party of Charlotte Sometimes, an absorbing psycho-drama. Double kudos considering its shoe-string budget—$20,000. (definitely a labor of love for all involved) The writer-director, Eric Byler, spoke a bit in the QA that besides making it possible to shoot on that budget, shooting DV also affected the way the actor-character-scene interaction played out as you weren’t changing reels every 10 minutes. A good case of how changing the medium very dramatically influences the content and process.
As far as shooting the after-party event, that was pretty hectic. I don’t usually do that kind of stuff, so I was glad to get some usable shots at the end of the day. Still, rather uncomfortable dealing with lack of equipment (wrong lens, no speed-lite, difusser), and the whole ‘say cheese’ thing, especially when your camera isn’t cooperating.