Category Archives: Arts

Apple releases Aperture 3.0

By thecodepounder | Published February 9, 2010

There are some long awaited new features, including Faces, Places, Brushes and Custom Presets, among some 200+ others.

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iPad as a photographers tool

By thecodepounder | Published February 5, 2010

Scott Bourne provides a professional photographer’s take on the iPad:
I get a real chuckle out of people who say you can’t use the iPad to show off your portfolio because it doesn’t run Flash. P L E A S E! Apple will ship the iPad with a wonderful photo viewer and you can bet your [...]

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American Photo’s Images of the Year 2009

By thecodepounder | Published December 28, 2009

Impressive, to say the least. But also encouraging to see how many of the winners and runners up are listed as “self taught”.

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Will secret copyright treaty restrict your digital rights?

By thecodepounder | Published November 22, 2009

Most Americans expect that their laws are only passed after some period of public debate between Republicans and Democrats or their news-channel proxies. However, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) may be an exception to this rule, and if it is signed, many United States laws concerning the Internet and ownership of data may become substantively [...]

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Music City Drum and Bugle Corps

By thecodepounder | Published July 23, 2009

I honestly can’t believe this passed under my radar for so long. Well, yes I can- the last few months, while not the worst I’ve experienced, have not been the best…
In any event, Music City now has a Drum and Bugle Corps! As a lifelong fan of drum corps in general and proud alumnus of [...]

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Painting the Moon

By thecodepounder | Published June 26, 2009

Nice profile of Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean in the paper of record.

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Da Vinci Porn?

By thecodepounder | Published June 12, 2009

Did Leonardo da Vinci paint a version of the Mona Lisa as topless?

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The Official White House Photostream now on Flickr

By thecodepounder | Published April 29, 2009

This is so cool: The Official White House Photostream on Flickr. The photos are all by official White House photographers–predominately chief White House photographer Pete Souza–and, as The White House Blog indicates, give a different perspective from the images we all see on television every day.
The photostream already contains a number of iconic presidential photographs, [...]

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Metropolitan Museum of Art puts historic musical instruments online

By thecodepounder | Published January 14, 2009

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has put hundreds of it’s historic musical instruments online, all of which are interesting as well as beautiful, and many of many of which are simply stunning works of art.
Create Digital Music:
New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art announces (via its Twitter feed, no less) that it has gotten its Musical [...]

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