Month: July 2011

Google, Google, You Bastard, I’m Through.

24 Jul 2011

I’ve been suspicious of Google ever since the Gmail came into being. However, I was told I was paranoid, and was draw into the social gravitational pull. I have had three incidences with Google: my Gmail has been hacked, poor support with password retrieval, and Google via my Analytics account …

Photoshop Tutorial: From Day to Night

17 Jul 2011

A few weeks ago I was working on a piece and I wanted to use a picture of a specific location, and the only shots I had were in daylight. This tutorial steps through transitioning a photo from daytime lighting to nighttime through the use of Photoshop adjustment filters. Adjustment filters provide the same effects as the standard adjustment functions, …

Modern Day Heroes: Jose Antonio Vargas

16 Jul 2011

I have been going through an NPR phase, and one afternoon I heard Jose Antonio Vargas on Fresh Air. I was taken by his story, his confession, and his new organization Define American. Jose Antonio Vargas immigrated to the United States in the Philippines at age 12 to …

Modern Day Heroes: Julian Assange

16 Jul 2011

Everyone at this point knows his name, and his role as founder and editor of Wikileaks. I find it extraordinary the lengths the media has gone to villainize someone who supports free speech, support for whistle blowers, and publication of information. The case for Wikileaks is not perfect, …

Plug It, Proxy It

02 Jul 2011

A few days ago I saw an online petition on a potential 3 Strikes Rule for US ISPs. Rules like this have been rumored for years, and to my knowledge no attempts from ISPs to discipline users for their internet activity has ever fully come to fruition. Largely because it would be such a threat to individual privacy. Wide …