I’ve added a “like/dislike” system to my blogs, I’ll be working on it over the next couple of days to make it more obvious and actually useful.
Also, I’ve added some new stuff to my portfolio.

Go check out some of my friends blogs, especially him, him, and them.

The makers of QUNIQLOCK, have come back with a vengance, this is amazing!

Click here to view the UNIQLOCALENDER

Admit it, that thing just blew your mind.

When the Nazis came for the communists,
I remained silent;
I was not a communist.

Then they locked up the social democrats,
I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat.

Then they came for the trade unionists,
I did not protest;
I was not a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews,
I did not speak out;
I was not a Jew.

When they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out for me.
- Martin Niemöller

This rewrite of the original poem by Martin Niemöller is particularly relevant these days.

Oh also, if you’re as pissed as me about the BNP’s seats in the EU, go sign this pointless internet petition.

Pre Introduction: I realised that after promising to post this, I never did – I also checked my rating on google, and my blog post about this essay is rated highly when searching for “photo manipulation essay” So I thought I better put this up.

Introduction
Photo manipulation often goes unnoticed today. The ability to create and digitally alter an image has become an invaluable tool to the media, photographers and digital artists around the world. It allows the photographer access to tools that can be used on digital images, as counterparts for techniques in the darkroom.

The darkroom allowed photographers to create compositions of multiple negatives, by cutting them up. Another technique was to use ink or paint to draw in the missing elements, or remove the parts of the photo that was unneeded. One of the earliest recorded photo manipulations was by Matthew Brady. The image created was a composition of Abraham Lincoln’s head, with the body of a lesser politician, John Calhoun’s body in 1860. A few years after another of his images was edited to add a missing officer to a photo of all of General Sherman’s officers.
As time passed and digital photography gradually replaced traditional photography as the main media, new tools had to be developed to allow the same kind of techniques for photographers as those found in the darkroom.
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Last night for me and today for America, Google realieased a new set of search tools to allow you to find what you want more easily, without having to open a thousand tabs.
You can find the new tools on your search page.

The best feature I’ve found is the “Wonderwheel” I’ll let you watch Google’s video to find out how it works.

as people get more sophisticated at search they are coming to us to solve more complex problems.
Google Blog

As if the internet is getting smarter, jeeze.