Rabu, 26 Februari 2014

Sachin

Sachin Farewell Speech

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfCBWUkWzXM




Chase your dreams but make sure you dont find shortcuts.

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Jumat, 21 Februari 2014

I went out for a brief walk, quite literally around the (very long) block, yesterday at lunch time. I thought I would see how it felt to be limited to the GF3’s paltry 28-84 effective focal lengths. I didn’t mind it that much, although I was immediately faced with a shot that would have benefitted from some reach.

But I am ahead of myself.

The Flyer Force has been around, I notice as I step to the edge of my large step form the porch to the walkway.


panasonic gf3 + 14-42 pz vario power ois  @24mm  160iso  f/4.9  1/160  -1/3ev

I heard a small plane going over my head, and by the time I got the zoom and focus established, it was vanishing. This is not a strength of contrast detect auto focus (CDAF) as used in mirrorless cameras. CDAF requires a bit of time to confirm focus that phase detect auto focus (PDAF) in mirrored systems and some newer mirrorless systems (e.g. Nikon 1) can use to go directly to perfect focus.

Anyway, I snapped it and thought it was too late. And remember, 84mm is very slight magnification … not even 2x, so the plane is tiny. This is a 100% crop, pixel for pixel sensor to screen, and I am fairly impressed by how clean the image came out. This sensor is quite old, but still has the chops for some purposes.

panasonic gf3 + 14-42 pz vario power ois  @42mm  160iso  f/5.6  1/1000  -1/3ev

And then, right across the street, a pair of black squirrels were running around and fighting over nuts or something :-) … so I grabbed a snap shot. This is again a very strong crop, yet the detail is pretty magnificent. I surely cannot complain about the little camera …


panasonic gf3 + 14-42 pz vario power ois @42mm 160iso f/5.6 1/1000 -1/3ev

Wandering along, I was pleased to see that some flowers are still blooming as we approach October. Very nice …


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Next door, they appear to have a rather unusual lawn gnome :-)


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Rounding the end of the block, I see this scene for the second time and I just have to capture it on film …


panasonic gf3 + 14-42 pz vario power ois @14mm 160iso f/3.5 1/2000 -1/3ev

Only one comment …

The fall foliage is just getting into full swing. My neighbourhood is starting to look pretty nice, I must say.


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panasonic gf3 + 14-42 pz vario power ois @24mm 160iso f/4.8 1/1000 -1/3ev

As I approached these two bushes separating two properties, I thought that they were probably Hansa, or a similar species of native Rose bush. There are a few blooms visible, but what is also visible is how scraggy these plants get over time. Mine is pretty nasty looking, but is buried inside a lot of other large bushes, so I tolerate its eccentricities.


panasonic gf3 + 14-42 pz vario power ois @14mm 160iso f/3.5 1/1600 -1/3ev

A short while later, I notice two large trees on the front yard. They’ve added a Black Maple tree to the original tree. The contrast is lovely, but the crowding is severe and really obvious. What were they thinking?


panasonic gf3 + 14-42 pz vario power ois @14mm 160iso f/3.5 1/320 -1/3ev

Rounding the next corner, my back yard next door neighbour has put a big rock and some stones in the middle of a dead patch in the front yard. I do like the stone garden against the fence and parking area … not sure about this though. We’ll see what happens as the grass starts to fill in.


panasonic gf3 + 14-42 pz vario power ois @14mm 160iso f/3.5 1/640 -1/3ev

Along the side of our property, right at the dividing line, Bell Canada (or a subcontractor more likely) dug a huge hole and did some work. I am hoping that they were laying fiber in preparation to offer us Fibe TV and 50/50 Fibe Internet (balanced 50mbps service, which would be incredible.)

Anyway, they filled in the hole and dumped some seed on it. We got lots of rain and wow … it worked perfectly. Lovely patch of lawn amid the desert that is the side yards. Obviously, it can be done.


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Rounding the last corner, on my own yard, you can see the grub damage. Fatal Sad smile


panasonic gf3 + 14-42 pz vario power ois @14mm 160iso f/3.5 1/320 -1/3ev

And that’s that. The little GF3 handled itself very nicely. I am really taking a shine to this thing, despite the fact that the J1 had more range and probably had a slightly better lens. Plus, I had the long lens. Still, this thing handles more like a midrange camera, and that’s what is exciting me about it I suppose.

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Kamis, 20 Februari 2014

Just when I left the New Manila area, a new mall opened!

"MANILA, Philippines – Gokongwei-led Robinsons Land Corp. on Monday opened its 32nd shopping mall in the country – a four-level retail complex located along Aurora Boulevard corner Doña M. Hemady Avenue." (Source)

The new Robinsons Magnolia mall opened August 13, 2012. From the looks of it, they are catering to the mid to high market. Although no ultra-luxurious brands like Gucci, LV etc are inside, the brands are pretty much not what you see inside most of the malls around town.

Robinsons Magnolia Store List
Stores to expect:
Topshop/Topman, Mango, Miss Selfridge, Dorothy Perkins, Muji, Warehouse, Anne Klein,Tommy Hilfiger, Fred Perry, Lacoste, Penguin, Perry Ellis, Ecco, Nine West, Promod, Miss Sixty, Gap, Cotton On, Aeropostale, Springfield, Cache Cache, Superga, Steve Madden, Bench, Penshoppe, Bayo, Plains and Prints, Celine, Folded and Hung, La Senza, Samsonite, Philip Stein, Charriol, Beauty Bar, Healthy Options, Howards Storage, True Value hardware store, Gourdo's, Bow and Wow and a Power Mac Center.

Entertainment stuff to expect:
10 state-of-the-art digital cinemas with 2 3D cinemas, Tom's World and Gymboree

Restaurants to expect:
Tao Yuan, Thai Bistro, Conti's, UCC, Sumosam, Clawdaddy, New Orleans, Elias, Uncle Cheffy, and Buffet 101. Dessert shops such as Patchi, Red Mango, Happy Lemon, Mary Grace and Jamba Juice

Mall services:
WiFi enabled, PWD-friendly, has babycare facilities, a Customer Pay Lounge, Valet Service, and monitored taxi service.

For those visiting, they are also having promos:

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Rabu, 19 Februari 2014

It is certainly a novel (in the sense of fictional) explanation, from D.C.s delegate to Congress. From December 30, 2013 Mediaite:
“The goal as has been said, it’s seven million people signed up by the end of March,” Lui observed. “Can that happen?”
“Oh, sure,” Norton replied. “When that fine is going to kick in, you’re going to see people trotting to sign on like you’ve never seen it before.”
“What we have been battling now is, first, every time the House couldn’t think of anything else to do, it had a big debate on repealing Obamacare,” Norton continued. “So, there are millions of people out there who think it was repealed.”
I have been pretty harsh on low information voters -- but now a Democrat is essentially saying, "Our constituents are so stupid and ill-informed that they mistook Republican criticism of Obamacare as being a repeal."  The only good news for Norton is that none of her constituents are well enough informed to realize how stupid she thinks they are.  Welcome to Idiocracy.
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If my memory serves me right, the Fish and Co concept came from Singapore and first thing that comes into our minds when you hear Fish & Co is of course, seafood! They have good seafood there! Since this is the Philippines and majority of us here are rice and meat eaters, they came out with their latest offerings -- Plates of the Caribbean!


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Selasa, 18 Februari 2014

Sounds like science fiction, fantasy, or a wing-nut conspiracy theory, right?

Well, perhaps … but read this paper and you tell me whether these guys are just wing-nuts. Doesn’t read like that to me.

Thanks go to Peter Croft, my friend from Perth Australia, for pointing out the article on his blog. Fascinating reading. I can’t find myself getting terribly worried about it because it will target everyone if it really happens, and no one gets to plan for that or duck out of it.

http://arctic-news.blogspot.co.nz/p/global-extinction-within-one-human.html

The warning about extinction is stark. It is remarkable that global scientists had not anticipated a giant buildup of  methane in the atmosphere when it had been so clearly predicted 10 to 20 years ago and has been shown to be critically linked to extinction events in the geological record (Kennett et al. 2003). Furthermore all the experiments should have already been done to determine which geoengineering methods were the most effective in oxidising/destroying the methane in the atmosphere in case it should ever build up to a concentration where it posed a threat to humanity. Those methods need to be applied immediately if there is any faint hope of  reducing the catastrophic heating effects of the fast building atmospheric methane concentration.

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Senin, 17 Februari 2014

What is a TLB file

What are tlb files?

A TLB file is a small file to help accessing a DLL. This is true for COM or DCOM object. You will use TLB files if for example you make a DLL with Visual Studio 2010 (C# or VB) and want to make if COM visible.
And the best example is when you make a DLL from Visual Studio using any new Framework such as NET 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0 or 4.5 and wish to make if useable inside any VBA editor (from Excel , Autocad, MicroStation, …)


How to create a TLB file?


First you need a DLL (COM or DCOM DLL). It is not important how you made your DLL (C# or VB). For example:
C: emp est.dll

Now, to create a TLB file and to be able to use it, you have to start a command line and run something like this if your DLL is a x86 type:
C:WindowsMicrosoft.NETFramework<VERSION>REGASM.exe C: emp est.dll
/tlb:C: emp est.dll


If your DLL is a x64 type:
C:WindowsMicrosoft.NETFramework64<VERSION>REGASM.exe C: emp est.dll
/tlb:C: emp est.dll

How to unregister or delete a TLB ?


This will only work if you previously register your DLL/TLB correctly. You also have to call the same Framework.  Adding the “/u” will do, check this example:
C:WindowsMicrosoft.NETFramework<VERSION>REGASM.exe /u C: emp est.dll
/tlb:C: emp est.dll

Or
C:WindowsMicrosoft.NETFramework64<VERSION>REGASM.exe /u C: emp est.dll
/tlb:C: emp est.dll

If your TLB is still available, try to delete it from the registry using REGEDIT. Normally, the entry is inside HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.

You just need to search for “C: emp est.dll”

What do I need to know?

Well this text doesn’t say everything but I hope is helped a few of you.


References :

From MSDN :
COM, DCOM, and Type Libraries

Regasm.exe (Assembly Registration Tool)




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A Closer Look at Womans Bestfriend

This article might not seem appealing to men, but you might want to finish this read especially when you're about to look for the perfect proposal ring  to your soon-to-be-wife. I'm not an expert in this, but seeing a lot of women wear these shinning shimmering stones made me curious, so I did a little bit of research on the hardest mineral on earth - Diamond. This might actually be the reason why this specific stone is used in jewelries people wear everyday (wedding ring, proposal ring or her ordinary "bling-bling") because it is "scratch-proof" compared to the other precious minerals/stones that could be easily scratched when worn. Diamonds can only be cut by their own kind.
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Minggu, 16 Februari 2014

I’ve been poking around with the GF3 for a while now and shot a few miscellaneous images in darkish light. Here are some of the result … all hand held.

Down in the basement, I have my album collection from the 70s … just waiting for me to set up my turntable in a nice usable area. Hopefully one day.


panasonic gf3 + 14-42 pz vario power ois  @14mm  800iso  f/3.5  1/8  -2/3ev

I’m at a alight angle there, which is why the edges are softer. Very clean for 800 ISO in the dark, though. The lighting down there is very low and is compact fluorescent, which means that I was forced to adjust white balance by adding a lot of blue.

An even sharper angle …


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For fun, I shot an image of the lens cap for the power OIS zoom as a macro. I got this insane magnification by holding my Pentax K 50mm 1.4 in reverse against the front of the zoom’s lens. It leaves a microscopic depth of field, which looks kind of cool here. The red X appears to be floating off the page …


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A bathroom portrait Smile


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I made some smokin’ terrific crispy baked chicken last night. Everyone liked it. Simple recipe … dip chicken breasts in beaten eggs, then coat with: Panko break crumbs (Japanese light and fluffy variety), red pepper flakes, Piri Piri spice and black pepper. Place on pan (I use perforated pizza pans and bake with convection) and sprinkle each with more Piri Piri after drizzling with melted butter. Mmmmmmm …. then bake. Seriously easy and amazingly tasty.


panasonic gf3 + 14-42 pz vario power ois @42mm 800iso f/5.6 1/10 -1/3ev

You can see that I finally noticed that I had been shooting at –2/3EV and switched it to –1/3EV. That seems the best overall setting so far. Pretty classic for a RAW shooter.

Delivered the boys to their friends’ houses for parties and on the way I stopped to shoot my Sensei’s place of business in the neighbourhood. His name is Tony Greco and he has built a strong fitness business that includes Karate (a blend of Chito Ryu and Shotokan styles originally from Dr. Chitose in Okinawa and passed along through several masters in Ontario until Sensei Tony taught it to me. I got my black belt in 1996 from Sensei Tony and am still proud to call him sensei.) Sensei Tony is now training some heavy duty NHLers and other celebrities and appears on YouTube in numerous videos on personal training.

So … back to the building … this is the first real flaw I have found in the power zoom – a tendency to flare badly with severe purple fringing. The lighting at the top of the building is really extreme, but still …


panasonic gf3 + 14-42 pz vario power ois @26mm 800iso f/5.1 1/10 -1ev

Note the –1EV exposure compensation. Preserving lights at night is very tricky, but shooting at –1 or –2 EV is pretty much mandatory if you are to have any chance to retain some detail.

The image is mostly ruined by flare, but it can be somewhat mitigated by desaturating the bright blue somewhat …

Back inside, I shot this image of the Tamron 19-35 3.4-4.5 lens that I am pondering selling. I have been thinking about a total switch to the m4/3 system, as I really like the size of the cameras and as the Olympus OM-D has image quality now on par with my D7000. Of course, I have some great lenses for the D7000 and two excellent flashes, so it is really a major decision.


panasonic gf3 + 14-42 pz vario power ois @42mm 1600iso f/9 4/10 –1/3ev

A surprisingly clean image, considering that the shutter was open for nearly half a second and this is hand held. I like the 800 ISO images I have been getting, but I need at least 1600 as the limit, so I raised it and found that the image was quite good. Especially since it is bathed in low, but very blue, light. And the subject is black, which means that it is nothing but shades of shadow. There is grain in the background, but it is very fine grained and not objectionable at all.

And finally … I have supported the Harvest House Ministries for decades. They do good work giving people with addiction or other issues a chance to regain some balance in their lives and go on to achieve a level of normalcy that the usual medical programs cannot manage.

This drive resulted in my getting a couple of very nice calendars and a letter opener. The opener is hand carved by one of the fellows at the center, and the must have been disappointed to see the mistake made by the stamper on the website. Bummer, but my gain.


panasonic gf3 + 14-42 pz vario power ois @42mm  1600iso  f/9  1/15 –1/3ev

So … I pronounce the GF3 quite usable in low light in RAW and with Lightroom 4.1. The clarity is very impressive and the noise is very unobtrusive. Super fine grained, just the way I like it.

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Sabtu, 15 Februari 2014

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Lg Elec: BD370V - 7.16.665
Lg Elec: BE06LU10 - YE05
Lg Elec: GH22LS40 - LL01
Lg Elec: GH22NS40 - NL01
Lg Elec: GH22LS30 - 1.02
Lg Elec: GH22LP20 - 1.03
Lg Elec: GH22NP20 - 1.03
Lg Elec: GH22NS30 - 1.02
MSI: P45D3 Neo-F AMI 4.1 Vista
MSI: P45D3 Neo-F AMI 4.1 Vista 64
Panasonic: Lumix DMC-LS86/DMC-LS86K - 1.1
Netgear: DGFV338 3.0.4-19
Netgear: XAV101 - 2.0.0.3
Samsung SE-S084B - TS01
Archos: 5/7 - 1.5.08
Panasonic: DMP-BD30GCS 2.3
Panasonic: DMP-BD30GN 2.3
Panasonic: DMP-BD30EE 2.3
Panasonic: DMP-BD30EG 2.3
Panasonic: DMP-BD30PL 2.8
Panasonic: DMP-BD30PP 2.8
Panasonic: DMP-BD30PP9 2.8
Panasonic: DMP-BD31PL 2.8
Panasonic: DMP-BD50EG - 1.6
Panasonic: DMP-BD50PP - 1.8
Panasonic: SC-BT100GCP 1.8
Panasonic: SC-BT100P 1.8
Panasonic: SC-BT100PC 1.8
Panasonic: SC-BT100GCP 1.8
Panasonic: SC-BT100P 1.8
Panasonic: SC-BT100PC 1.8
Panasonic: SC-BT100GC 1.5
Panasonic: SC-BT100GCS 1.5
Panasonic: SC-BT100GN 1.5
Panasonic: SC-BT105GN 1.5
Pioneer: DVR-116D DVD-RW 1.09
Samsung: SE-S084B TS01
Nikon: COOLPIX P6000 1.2
Razer: Mamba - 1.00
Shuttle: M2000 VGA
Shuttle: M2000 Wireless LAN
Digital Everywhere: FireDTV/FloppyDTV 5.0.6056
Digital Everywhere: FireDTV 5.0.6056 Win7
Digital Everywhere: FloppyDTV 5.0.6056 Win7
DLink: DIR-330 1.12
DLink: DIR-635 1.09
DLink: DIR-451 1.03
DLink: DIR-450 1.03
DLink: DIR-130 1.12
M-Audio: Torq 1.5.1
Nvidia: GF Driver 182.08 Vista64
Nvidia: GF Driver 182.08 Vista
Nvidia: GF Driver 182.08 XP64
Nvidia: GF Driver 182.08 XP
3Com: 3CR990B-FX-97 NIC 4.1
Sony: BDP-S300 - 4.50
Sony: BDP-S350 - 015
Sony: BDP-S500 - 4.30
Sony: BDP-S550 - 015
Sony: BDP-S5000ES - 015
Sony: BDP-BX1 - 015
Sony: BDP-S1 - 4.40
Sony: BDP-S301 - 4.50
Sony: BDP-S2000ES - 4.30
Sony: BDV-IS1000 010
Sony: BDV-IT1000ES 010

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Driver Firmware BIOS Updates Junho 2008

 

 

Asrock: X48TurboTwins-WiFi - 1.20
Asrock: X48TurboTwins - 1.10
Evga: nForce 750i SLI FTW - SZ1E
Evga: nForce 780i SLI 775 A1 - P06
Xfx: GeForce 8300 - 1.1
Xfx: GeForce 8200 - 1.1
Xfx: nForce 630i GeForce 7100 MG-63MI-7159 - 1.20
Xfx: nForce 630i GeForce 7100 MG-63MI-7109 - 1.20
Xfx: nForce 630i GeForce 7100 MG-630I-7159 - 1.5
Xfx: nForce 630i GeForce 7100 MG-630I-7109 - 1.5
Xfx: nForce 610i GeForce 7050 MG-61MI-7059 - 1.20
Xfx: nForce 610i GeForce 7050 MG-610I-7059 - 1.5
Xfx: nForce 780i 3-Way SLI - P06
Xfx; nForce 790i 3-Way SLI - P05 V2
Asus: P5KPL-C/1600 0316
Asus: P5KPL-CM 0512
Asus: P5KPL-C 0302
Intel: D945PLRN 0057
Intel: D945PVS 0103
Asrock: X38TurboTwins 1.00
Asrock: P43D1600Twins-1394 1.20
Asrock: P43R1600Twins 1.20
Gigabyte: GA-EP43-DS3L 1.0 - F4
Gigabyte: GA-EP43-DS3 1.0 - F5
Gigabyte: GA-EP45-DQ6 1.0 - F6
Gigabyte: GA-EP45-DS5 1.0 - F6
Gigabyte: GA-EP45-DS4P 1.0 - F4
Gigabyte: GA-EP45-DS4 1.0 - F6
Gigabyte: GA-EP45-DS3R 1.0 - F6
Gigabyte: GA-EP45-DS3P 1.0 - F5
Gigabyte: GA-EP45-DS3L 1.0 - F5
Gigabyte: GA-EP45-DS3 1.0 - F5
Gigabyte: GA-EP45T-DS3R 1.0 - F2
Gigabyte: GA-EP45T-DS3 1.0 - F2
Gigabyte: GA-EP43-DS3R 1.0 - F5
Gigabyte: GA-EP43-S3L 1.0 - F4
Asrock: X48TurboTwins INF 9.0.0.1007
Aopen: nMCP68St-LA - R1.04
Aopen: nMCP68PVNt-HD - R1.02
Magic Pro: MP-S755-Twin W03
Magic Pro: MP-K8VM-800 M12
Asrock: P45R2000 1.00
Asrock: P43R1600Twins-110dB 1.00
Asrock: P43D1600Twins 1.00
Gigabyte: GA-EP43-DS3 (rev. 1.0) F4
MagicPro: MP-7VIP-DR4+ M07
MagicPro: MP-7VIP-DR4+ M06
MagicPro: MP-7VIP-DR4+ M05
Evga: nForce 750i SLI FTW
Evga: nForce 780i SLI 775 A1 - P05P
Asrock: X48TurboTwins-WiFi 1.10
Intel: DQ965CO 6070
Asrock: X48TurboTwins-WiFi - 1.10
Asrock: P43D1600Twins-1394 1.10
ASRock: 4CoreDual-SATA2 R2.0 2.00
ASRock: 4COREDUAL-SATA2 2.00
Gigabyte: GA-MA790X-DS4 MS UAA 5.10.0.5010
Gigabyte: GA-MA790X-DS4 Realtek Function R1.92
Xfx: nForce 780i 3-Way SLI - P05
Xfx: nForce 790i 3-Way SLI - P05
Evga: nForce 750i SLI FTW - SZ17
Evga: nForce 780i SLI 775 A1 - P05
Gateway: 310 S SR84511A.15A.0020.P03

 

 

 

 

Netgear: RP614 V4 - 1.0.5_04.23
Netgear: FVX538 V1/V2 - 3.0.3-17
Netgear: FVS338 - 3.0.3-17
Toshiba:: HD-XA2 - 3.0.0.3
Toshiba:: HD-A20 - 3.0.0.3
Toshiba:: HD-A2/HD-A2C/HD-A2W/HD-D2 - 3.0.0.3
Toshiba:: HD-A35 - 3.0.0.3
Toshiba:: HD-A3/HD-D3 - 3.0.0.3
Toshiba: HD-A30 - 3.0.0.3
Cowon: iAudio U5 - 3.16
BAFO: BF-5320
Vimicro: VC0301PLNV PC Camera070319
Vimicro: VC0323 PC Camera 070327
Ageia: PhysX PCI/PCI Express - 8.06.12 WHQL
Nvidia: nForce Driver 9.64 Vista64
Nvidia: nForce Driver 9.64 Vista
Nvidia: nForce Driver 9.64 XP64
Nvidia: nForce Driver 9.64 XP
Nvidia: Quadro 169.96 WHQL
Nvidia: Quadro 175.51 WHQL
Nokia: Connectivity Cable driver
Sony: PlayStation 3 - 2.36
C-Media: CMI8738 - 12.8.1509
C-Media: CMI8768/CMI8768+ - 12.8.1509
Creative: PlayCenter 3
Creative: Disc Detector Patch
Fujifilm: FinePix F480 - 1.03
Fujifilm: FinePix S1000fd - 1.03
Panasonic: Lumix DMC-TZ5 - 1.2
Panasonic: Lumix DMC-TZ4 - 1.2
Creative: SB Audigy Value 24-bit 1.04.0077
Creative: SB Audigy SE/LS 24-bit 1.04.0077
Creative: SB Audigy SB Live! 24-bit 1.04.0077
Nvidia: System Tools with ESA Support 6.02
Nvidia: GeForce FX/6/7 173.14.09 Linux 64
Nvidia: GeForce 8/9173.14.09 Linux 64
Nvidia: GeForce Quadro FX 173.14.09 Linux 64
Nvidia: GeForce FX/6/7 173.14.09 Linux
Nvidia: GeForce 8/9 173.14.09 Linux
Nvidia: GeForce Quadro FX 173.14.09 Linux
Auzentech: Auzen X-Fi Prelude 7.1 - 1.02.5
Realtek: ATI HDMI Audio R1.96
Netgear: WNR854T - 1.4.34
Netgear: WNR834B V2 - 2.1.13
Netgear: WN111 2.1 WHQL
Razer: Lycosa - 2.03 WHQL
Realtek: Pilote HDMI - R1.96 WHQL
Realtek: RTS5101 6.0.6000.20097
Realtek: RTS5111 6.0.6000.20097
Realtek: RTS5116 6.0.6000.20097
S3 Graphics: Chrome 430/440 - 18.05.03G WHQL
Gateway: 310 T Home Computer R1 6.14.10.3722
M-Audio: Audiophile USB - 5.10.00.5120V2
M-Audio: Fast Track Pro - 5.10.00.5119V2
M-Audio: Fast Track USB - 5.10.00.5114V4
M-Audio: Fast Track Ultra - 5.10.00.5092V3
M-Audio: Black Box - 5.10.00.5114V3
M-Audio: Jamlab - 5.10.00.5114V3
Asrock: X48TurboTwins-WiFi OC Tuner 1.28
Intel: DQ965GF LAN 13.0
Intel: DG31PR RealTek Ethernet LAN 5.686
Realtek: RTS5101 6.0.6000.20096 WHQL
Realtek: RTS5111 6.0.6000.20096 WHQL
Realtek: RTS5116 6.0.6000.20096 WHQL
Realtek RTL8100 5.694.0507.2008 WHQL
Realtek RTL8101 5.694.0507.2008 WHQL
Realtek RTL8102 5.694.0507.2008 WHQL
Realtek RTL8111 5.694.0507.2008 WHQL
Realtek RTL8168 5.694.0507.2008 WHQL
Intel: DG965WH 1719
Asrock: P45R2000-WiFi Realtek Audio R1.92
Netgear: WPN824 V2 - 2.0.20
Netgear: GS724TP/GS748TP - 3.0.3
Netgear: FVS338 - 3.0.3-13.18
Netgear: FVX538 V1/V2 - 3.0.3-13.18
Netgear: WGT624 V4 - 2.0.12
Netgear: WNDA3100 - 1.3
Belinea: CRT/LCD - 3.6.2.0
Lg Electronics: CRT/LCD
Aopen: 1559-AS R01-A2U
Aopen: 1848-G VGA Driver
Gateway: 310 S Network 7.0.36.0
Netgear: DGFV338 - 3.0.3-13.18
Netgear: WGR614 V9 - 1.0.15
Realtek: Hi-def Audio R1.94 Vista
Realtek: Hi-def Audio Codecs R1.94
Samsung: SN-T083L - SB00
Samsung: SE-T084M - TS00

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Jumat, 14 Februari 2014

I actually found someone interested enough in having me research the history of gun regulation in early America to pay me.  (Obviously, not any of the gun rights organizations.)  The deliverables are supposed to be copies of the early laws with the text in question highlighted.  To me, that means putting a light yellow rectangle over the text.  But what application under Windows would you use for that?  Microsoft Paint is only well suited to opaque rectangles (as near as I can tell).  OpenOffice Draw does not seem to be very cooperative either.  Ideally, this would be a solution that I can use to modify both JPGs and PDFs.  Suggestions?

I can draw a rectangle around a section of text, but something that looks more like a yellow highlighter over the text would be preferable.  And whats the solution for PDFs?  Buy the latest version of Adobe Acrobat?

UPDATE: As usual, my very intelligent readers made a number of very useful comments.  I am using the comment about getting OpenOffice Draw to do the job -- and it works great!
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Kamis, 13 Februari 2014

Approaching Time To Pull The Trigger

Bond yields are getting to the point where I might be able to retire from my day job, and work on stuff that really matters. There are lots of A- and better corporate bonds with yields above 6%.  Another fifteen months, and I get to collect a small state pension.

In some ideal world, there would be an organization prepared to pay me $1 a year and put me on their health insurance to work on the sort of legal research that I am really good at doing.  But $1 a year and health insurance is apparently more than I am worth to the gun rights organizations.
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Windows Frustrations

I am still running Windows XP.  I know that I am going to have upgrade to Windows 7 sometime next year.

A few months back, Corel VideoStudio X5 suddenly stopped working -- for no apparent reason -- with one of those obscure error messages that tells you nothing but, "Im not working anymore!"  Technical support at Corel lasts 90 days, and my 90 days were over, so I figured, "What the heck, Ill buy the upgrade to X6, and if there is still a problem, technical support will help me solve it."

Nope.  X6 failed the same as X5, they had no idea why, and when I told them that I had successfully got X6 working on a much older (like 2003 vintage) laptop, the response of the technical support guy was, "It is only licensed for one computer.  Your newer computer isnt capable of running it."  Yet it ran X5 fine until one day -- splat.  And apparently a number of other users of X5 and X6 have had the same experience -- suddenly it stopped working.  My guess is that there is some other piece of software that was automatically downloaded, like Apple QuickTime, but no one seems to know who the guilty party is.

I was thinking of buying a blindingly fast quad core laptop, and just figure that on a completely fresh system, X6 would work, but that is beginning to look like $1000+ (at least with 16 GB of RAM) with Windows 7.  If I had the distribution CD for XP, I would do a fresh install, but HP in its infinite wisdom, did not provide it, and I am sure that they would just laugh now.

Perhaps it makes more sense to buy the Windows 7 Home Premium upgrade for this PC.  It is still a reasonably quick box with a 500 GB hard drive, and the upgrade is only $110 on Amazon.  It will be something of a pain, because I will have to copy all my files over to my backup 1 TB external drive, but Ive got 584 GB free there, which is way more than enough.  Any suggestions?  (No, Linux isnt quite practical -- I need to be able to run Office 2010 for compatibility with the College of Western Idaho.)

UPDATE: It turns out that the RECOVERY partition still exists on the old hard disk, which is now a USB drive.  I wonder if I can successfully use this to recreate XP Pro on my current hard disk?  The answer seems to be yes, but it is too late to do that this evening.
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Rabu, 12 Februari 2014

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Selasa, 11 Februari 2014

Ok, its now time for something that is slightly more "advance", but the resulting effect is going to be pretty cool, I reckon, and you can further expand the idea.

The title of this post is indeed a little bit scary, but the concept is quite simple: "Dynamically trigger an effect (flipping, blinking, jumping, character standing up) by setting up trigger factor".



THE ORIGINAL IDEA
This is the original article/tutorial that inspired me to do similar thing in Blender.
http://area.autodesk.com/blogs/stevenr/making_art_with_python

The article basically talks on how to manipulate image data, transferring that data information to trigger something inside Maya and Softimage (color change, rotation).

The original inspirations:
We can start with something easy first: Flipping Multiple Cards. Maybe you have a grid of cards that you like to flip one by one or in a wave pattern or in other pattern. You can do a manual animation or you can use "happy trigger" method I am going to talk about here.

HOW YOU GO ABOUT DOING THIS
One of my most favourite Modifier in Blender is Displace Modifier. This Modifier really rocks. As you already know, this Modifier can take image data and displace any surface mesh at the Vertex level.

I was thinking... WHAT IF instead of just displacing a surface, it uses that "displace" value information to trigger another effects? At first, my solution was like this:
  • Parent Empty at each vertex of mesh. Track the position of each Empty. 
  • When Displace Modifier displace that vertex (position changes), store that value, then transfer and use it to drive another value
This is kind of possible, but a little bit complex. Liero from Blender Artist Forum is pointing another method: Use Transformation Constraint to read "value changes" and map it into other value.

TRANSFORMATION CONSTRAINT

This is the parameter panel you will see when you create Transformation Constraint for an object:


There is Source and Destination. Source Target is the mesh that will "drive" and remap any value changes into the Destination (the object in which you apply this Constraint). The mapping is limited to Transform (Location, Rotation, Scale), but of course you can always use the value to trigger other thing. We will learn to do this at later stage.

So, we will use this  Transformation Constraint together with Displace Modifier. The idea is, again: if a vertex got push/pull or move from its original position, do something else. In our case, just to flip the mesh object 180 degree.

SETUP THE FLIPPING CARDS
1. Create 5x5 Grid. Because we want 5x5 Cards laid nicely in grid:
This is the mesh in which we will apply Displace Modifier later. Lets call this grid "Template".

2. Next, create a plane, scale it down and do Parent - Dupliverts, and Make Duplicates Real so you end up with something like below:
Duplicates of Plane created at each vertex of the Template.
3. Once you got the 25 cards arranged in 5x5 grid, you can delete the original Plane object that was Parented to the template (to create DupliVerts). What we are going to do next needs to be repeated 25 x times because we have 25 cards grid. Lets to do this ONCE first:
- Select one of the card, apply Transformation Constraint.
- Set the Transformation Constraint setting like below:
That Group.001 is a single vertex that is directly where we born this card. We will have 25 Vertex Group.
What that Transformation Constraint means is:
For every value changes of Location of that single vertex inside Group.001 (between 0 to 1) in Z axis in Local Space, we will map that into value between 0 - 180 degree Rotation in Y Axis in World Space.

Another word:
If that single vertex at Template object got disturbed (pushed/displaced), do rotation on this card object.

4. Check if the effect is working, by moving the Template object up and down in Z axis. To be precise, test by moving up and down that single vertex and see the rotation happening on that single card.


5. Repeat step number 3 to all cards. Its a total of 25 cards. You only have 24 cards to go. Make sure you pick the correct Vertex Group, per card.

NOTE: This part can be Python scripted, otherwise it is really quite exhausting. I will give the script later. Liero wrote the script.

6. If you done it all correctly, you will see each card should now have connection to the vertex below it:

And if you move the position of Template object up and down in Z axis, all cards will rotate.

7. Our card so far is just a flat mesh with a single Material color. Why dont we add Solidify Modifier and apply 3 different Materials to represent the Top part, Bottom part, and Edge Rim part.
In my case, I have Yellow Material for the Rim part, Red and Blue for the Top and Bottom Part.
The setting of the card Solidify Modifier should be something similar like below:

8. At this stage, you can already starting to see the result. In fact we are nearly done. All you need to do is to apply Displace Modifier into the Template object to disturb each vertex position, which in turn will rotate each card separately. Or, even a better way is to ask Dynamic Paint to do it dynamically!

DYNAMIC PAINT IS THE FORCE
We will give  Dynamic Paint, a big privilege to trigger the whole effect via its "Vertex Weight painting".

Set your Template as Canvas and set a dummy Box object as Brush (disable render) that will trigger the displacement which in effect also trigger the rotation of each flipcard.

FINAL EFFECT
Once everything is set correctly, you will now have the Flipping Card Board effects!



FURTHER ON FOR YOU TO TRY:
Use more cards grid. And try not just using grid, use a mesh object and try flipping each face this way. You can create X-Men Mystique changing skin effect using this method. Well, in theory you should be able to.

See what else you can trigger? Material Intensity? Animation Action? Shape Key? Cycles Emission object? (LED effects!)

Have fun!
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