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Habemus Datum
Posted: February 8th, 2008, 4:33am CST by Aldo
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Kite Aerial Adventures at Sziget
Posted: January 1st, 2008, 9:14am CST by Aldo
In november, VRMag returned with a brand new issue. Marco Trezzini chose one of my Sziget panoramas for the interactive index of the issue. The issue got a very nice mention on boingboing. If you just glance over the article on boingboing, it is almost as if John Gaeta is talking about my panorama ;-)
Click the image for the interactive panorama.This post is a reprint of the VRMag article, including some bonus images.
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Some seriously good news for Mac enthusiasts
Posted: October 25th, 2007, 4:18am CDT by Aldo
The good news I have is not the imminent release of Apple's new version of OS X.
You see, I really like my HP TC1100 tablet PC. But it was getting very sluggish, sometimes flaking out on me during presentations etc. Unfortunately, there has been very little in terms of an upgrade to that particular tablet; HP have moved away from the tablet formfactor and only have 'convertibles' these days. And I was not looking forward to Windows Vista on the new machine either. But I finally gave in and ordered a HP 2710p. I am still in the process of transfering my daily life to the new machine, but there's enough to like to this machine. I am keeping the TC1100 around though...
The great news for Mac lovers around the world is, that after a couple of days of use I am starting to get used to the ugglyness and inconsistencies that are Vista. So now that Leopard is picking up some of the same transparency ugliness and inexplicable inconsistency, there is hope for you yet: You'll get over it!
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Wohoo, I am famous!
Posted: October 11th, 2007, 6:17am CDT by Aldo
I warned you about this: I am getting famous! I got featured on the front page of the blog of Dutch technology lifestyle magazine Bright!
Here's a couple of videos of me at this summer's panorama conferences, showing the setup I brouight to Bright, as well as some others:
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Adobe Bridge CS3 Geotagger
Posted: October 11th, 2007, 5:51am CDT by Aldo
When I've been working too hard on projects that take a lot of energy, I often indulge myself in doing something completely different (though Tessa would argue that it's still behind a computer, so it is not all that different).
Ian Wood showed me some nice workflow tools for Aperture, and I wanted to do something similar with Bridge. Bridge, unlike Adobe Lightroom, was built from the ground up to be extensible; many of Adobe's own applications use javascript to plug into Bridge, and they have a very nice SDK. There's even an embedded browser available in Bridge, based on Opera.
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Sziget 2007 panoramas
Posted: August 29th, 2007, 6:57am CDT by Aldo
For the third year, I joined Andras Frenyo shooting panoramas at the Sziget Festival in Budapest, Hungary.
I arrived at the third day (the Panotools meeting in Lucerne coincided with the festival), so I missed out on Within Temptation, the only Dutch act of the festival; Even with only one Dutch act, I was somewhat surprised at the number of Dutch people at the festival.
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Rotterdam Zomer Carnaval
Posted: July 28th, 2007, 3:50pm CDT by Aldo
There are so many stories still to tell about Tessa's and my trip, but as an intermezzo I shot this panorama at the Rotterdam Summer Carnival:
Click the image for the interactive panorama.Today's Rotterdam Summer Carnival attracted just under a million spectators. This makes the Rotterdam carnival one of the largest in Europe.
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Tessa said Yes!
Posted: July 1st, 2007, 9:09am CDT by Aldo
After climbing 545 meter over an 13 km hike, I asked Tessa to marry me. Fortunately, Tessa said 'yes', under the watchful eyes of three marmots. Click the image to enjoy the moment (and to find the marmots). -
This is your chance to invest in a piece of history
Posted: April 27th, 2007, 11:45am CDT by Aldo
The house I grew up in is for sale.This is your chance to own a piece of history. You never know, I might become really famous ;-)
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First images of the surface of Gliese 581 C
Posted: April 26th, 2007, 10:37am CDT by Aldo
Gliese 581 C, an Earthlike planet spotted outside our solar system is the first found that could support liquid water and harbor life, scientists recently announced.
