Reproduction to canvas

This is a little job for Ringo, an artist from The StKilda Esplanade market.

Ringo wanted to know if we could reproduce from an original oil painting, a color accurate reproduction to canvas using the wide format Epson printer. The 4800 pro uses 100 year archive …

Export image

I received an email from a happy client today. Steve lives in Palm Springs and saw my landscape images online after spotting my website.

After some discussion he ordered a print and had it delivered with the intention of getting a custom frame.

Good to see it framed …

8 Core Xeon MacPro details

So it looks like there are 4 processor options now. Dual quad core "Clovertown" Xeon, Quad 2.0 GHz, Quad 2.66 GHz, Quad 3.0 GHz all "Woodcrest" Xeon.

Standard feature is the 2.66 GHz Quad, the 8 core adds a whopping $2400 to the price and the 3.0 GHz Quad adds …

Getting in to Twitter

So you may notice my little Twitter window in the sidebar and wonder what all that is about.

I will attempt to explain.

In the current climate of SMS messaging and IM using AIM or MSN, Twitter has emerged as an addictive web based SMS style mini blog tool. You can …

Ava

I just wanted to see if my little Ava would fit on the page here. Not quite.

A MacBook in the family

After many years as the token Windows geek in a medium sized firm of Electrical component manufacturers my brother has taken delivery of a new MacBook. For very good reasons Relay Monitoring Systems has run on a network of PC's kept in secure harmony under the gaze of …

Recover deleted files

Jen Hawley of Siren music rang the other day after having inadvertently deleted a piece recored through Logic Pro on her MacBook. It was a classical piano piece recorded some weeks ago and when it was not found on the Firewire back up she wondered if it was still on the …

Woops!

During todays part of the ongoing renovation of Big Trousers headquarters, a slight disconnection of the gas main was created. They cut through the pipe.

The emergency gas crew were called an within an hour they had two more trucks and were digging up bitumen. …

RED digital camera and Final Cut Studio 2

Having read about the details regarding Apple Final Cut Studio 2 and looking at some of the video online I have to say it was a surprise that this suite has moved so quickly to embrace new controls and new formats.

The impressive videos including the Cohen brothers talk …

Joost, is it too late?

I got my beta invitation to Joost today and for those not aware Joost is an internet TV service that works a little like free cable TV for your computer.

The content and channel selection is interesting and predictably of a standard inferior to "free to air" traditional …

Concrete...

All all happens at 7.oo AM.

Storage space RAID

This pic from Apples' booth at NAB is a little over the top for most of us.

According to Think Secret:

Apple Inc.'s presence at the National Association of Broadcasters conference this week includes a mind-boggling on-site server demonstration comprised of 130 Xserve …