Well, that’s the hope anyway. This post is a test to see if it is true that embeds from the wonderful and much-classier-than-YouTube video sharing site Vimeo, actually do work on the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch.
Let me know in the comments if it doesn’t work for you:
*Update* Had to change the video as it looks like there has to be a mobile version created especially, or at least, the original video by my friend James Burland (see the original here) didn’t work on my iPhone.
This amazing video from Air & Space Magazine (complete with Joe Satriani soundtrack) is a slice of times past when rules on military air flight were not as strict as they are today.
Taken from two separate flights in 1959 and 1960, this video shows just how close the pilots flew to the Canyon walls and floor, it looks really scary, but so much fun!
I understand the reasons why these kind of antics aren’t allowed any more, but it is a great slice of aviation history that we can all see thanks to the Internet, and thank you to Air & Space Magazine for hosting this and lots of other really great Flight videos, including this painstakingly prepared timelapse of the Shuttle preparation and launch:
(Thanks to David Hobby, Strobist extraordinaire @davidhobby on Twitter for highlighting this site)
Part of my job is to explain why we need to backup our data, and whilst it is very hard to appreciate why you should go to all the effort when the chances of data loss are relatively small, the chance is there, and ever present with the increased amount of digital data that we are storing nowadays.
Chase Jarvis is a really amazing visual artist. As well as being a top notch Photographer/Media producer, he is also a great Teacher/Instructor and, unlike many professional photographers in days gone by, he loves to share the secrets behind what he does to get the results. I have learnt a lot from Chase and his team and been inspired in the past by their practical approach to Photography, but also the artistic side too.
In the video below Chase, and his (very professional) team, show us how their workflow has been setup, from capturing the shot/video through to final storage and output via backup processes for servers and individual machines. It is something to aspire to and is based on a full-on professional studio, but the principles of redundant backups, off-site backups and individual machines with Time Machine running (giving hourly versions of files), are useful to anybody.
If you have ever been unfortunate enough to lose cherished photos of moments that can never be repeated (I have) then you will know how painful and time consuming, (not to mention expensive!) data recovery can be.
It is vitally important to have a solid backup policy in place. At the very least it should include an on-site daily backup, copied to an off-site/online location of your key data.
Please, take the time to watch this very stylish and informative video, even if you have just a passing interest. One day you might be very thankful you did. And if you have any data loss horror stories feel free to leave a comment and share the pain.
Remember: With data loss, it is not if it is WHEN!
I can’t swim. I have tried to learn, several times, but my confidence in the water has been shattered. Yet, I live by the Sea, I love to be near the Sea, and it scares and fascinates me in equal measure.
That is why I love this video. I can only imagine what it must feel like to be amongst such powerful waves with any amount of confidence, let alone have enough composure to take photographs and produce such great results.
The images in this video are gorgeous and awe inspiring because of the power of the Sea demonstrated in them but also the moments in time that photographer Mark Tipple has captured. Have a look at Mark’s site for some more stunning documentary photography, and I recommend watching this video in HD at fullscreen size if you can.
I haven’t posted much here recently, so I thought I would add some stuff that I am looking at or, in this case, laughing at. This is so great, it had me laughing out loud for ages (I’m actually quite jealous!).
You may have seen this Justin Timberlake ‘Sexy Back’ cover by Brett Domino before, but if not, it is a great lunchtime laugh. Enjoy!
Apple yesterday announced that the new iPhone OS 4.0 will be hitting the ubiquitous mobile phone/device/mini-computer in the Summer, but the iPad would have to wait a few more months until Autumn (the Fall as they would call it). Call it paranoia, but I have a theory why this might be.
The iPhone traditionally sees a new model around the end of June. So that would tie in nicely to the release of iPhone for OS 4.0. Many features, most notably multi-tasking, will not be available to older models except the most recent iPhone 3GS. So to get all the new shiny goodness of OS 4.0 on their device, many iPhone users will have to upgrade. This will generate a ‘need’ in consumers minds so that they end up buying new hardware to run the ‘must-have’ features of the new iPhone OS.
However, the iPad will still only be about three months old by the end of June, and Apple may well be planning to upgrade the iPad’s specs, but not that soon for fear of really, really, upsetting their early iPad adopters.
So I think that Apple will revamp the iPad in 6 Months time, about September-time, and coincidentally will release OS 4.0 for the iPad at the same time. This will drive many who had been critical of the iPad’s first incarnation to think again about purchasing now it has better specs and a shiny new OS. This will also give consumers time to get used to having OS 4.0 and its enhanced features, and they will be gagging to get this same functionality on their iPads too.
I don’t know about you, but when I am online, specifically when I am on Twitter I see numerous links every day to articles or blog posts or just sites and services that I want to check out, and usually I don’t have time to look at them. So I have become an avid user of the Read it Later service. But it is just about to get better!
I recently purchased the Macheist 2 nano-bundle which, amongst other apps, included MacJournal 5. This application has a lot of writing resources but most of all, for me at least, it allows the authoring and uploading of blog posts, complete with multi-media elements.
Here is a picture from my iPhoto library, added via the media browser in MacJournal, scaled down to 25%:
Not too extensive a test, but this is just a quick look at it in a five minute break, a more detailed look at it will follow soon.
For now, go and have a look at the MacHeist nano-bundle. For around £13 it is a real steal, and includes the wonderful RipIt DVD Disc ‘backup’ software too.
This is the second of a two part post about the Pro HDR app for the iPhone. In this post I include some examples of what the app can do, and talk about why I like it and bought it.
In the first part of this two-parter I talked about how the Pro HDR iPhone app by eyeappsllc looks and works. In this second part I wanted to include a few examples and show what the app could do with the photos fed into it. More
Can you really do HDR on the iPhone? I take a look at the Pro HDR app and provide some examples of what it can do, so you can see for yourself before buying. Short version: I like it! Read on to see why.
A few days ago I saw a Tweet linking to a photo and it included a ProHDR hashtag. I viewed the photo and thought it looked good, but my interest was piqued by exploring the hashtag further on Twitter. The results that some people had achieved were quite impressive. So I thought I would have a go at creating an HDR type photo on the iPhone myself. I enjoyed the process so much and was impressed enough with the results that I was inspired to blog it and share the results here with you, dear reader. More
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