(If you don’t know what an OOBE is, look here.) I’ve been sick for the past few days, and have had to spend most of my time in bed, so I was pleased yesterday when the FedEx truck rolled up with my Verizon Droid X. Making friends with it was something that I could do… [Read More]
A guru writes about multicore programming
A guru speaks on multicore programming About 2 ½ years ago I wrote a fairly pessimistic post about the utility of multicore chips. I read this morning in the July issue of IEEE Spectrum an article by David Patterson a famed computer researcher at UC Berkeley on the same subject. His conclusions are approximately the… [Read More]
Proofing the postcard
Proofing the postcard I got back the proof from Modern. It was done on an inkjet printer, not an offset press, so the level approving is not perfect, but it is actual size and approximates the densities of the final postcard. The layout looked good. The color looked good. The copy was fine. However, the… [Read More]
Postcards
A few days ago, I started working on the announcement postcards for the Hartnell show. I’ve had good luck with Modern Postcard in the past, so I decided to use them again. When I took a look at their website, I found that things have changed for the better. There are a number of available… [Read More]
Moving the prints to the gallery
Yesterday, I signed the prints, put them in the transport case I had purchased from Archival Methods, and took them over to Hartnell. Eric had already received the plex, and had arranged it on the gallery floor as he figured out how many pictures would fit on each wall. He told me that he thinks… [Read More]