Very cool 360 panorama of Leo Laporte's studio.

Earnings tracking for photographers. $500,000 funding from Founders Coop.

Is it just me or is Laura Foy INCREDIBLY ANNOYING? First of all, she is SHOUTING during this whole video (maybe Microsoft can't afford lapel or boom mics). Second, she comes off as condescending. I just feel like saying "FU" whenever she suggests something.

She used to be on G4 TV (aka TechTV - the second generation: cute but irritating hosts). She's also been on Microsoft's Channel 10.

http://www.laurafoy.typepad.com/

Very cool example of a use of the open-source firmware for Canon cameras - this timelapse shows the moon setting at sunrise.

Quoted: With the help of the non-destructive, aftermarket firmware, CHDK, installed on my camera, I set the tripod up, and set the camera to fire off as many frames as it could, until it filled the SD card memory. I did not know where the moon would eventually set, nor did I know if the sun would rise too soon, and thus wash everything out, as I could not reset the shutter speed, nor change any other settings once I set the program in motion. It was pure, once in a 'blue moon' kind of luck. ISO 50, shutter speed 1/60th of a second, +2 EV bias, and other info can be seen in the two stills, from this video, that I uploaded previously. The music is a Creative Commons share from: A genius musician and classical guitarist, www.ottmarliebert.com Le Cafe (Arabian Dance) from the album Winter Rose by Ottmar Liebert This project was made possible with the following tools: CHDK, Canon A620, iPhoto, Quicktime, Garageband, all on a 12" Powerbook G4.

Quoted: National Geographic photographer Frans Lanting: nature, wildlife, landscape, and stock photography from around the world, and gallery featuring limited and open edition fine prints, books, posters, videos, and calendars. Located in Santa Cruz, California.

Quoted: I run the online video network for FastCompany Magazine at http://www.fastcompany.tv

Open source firmware replacement for your Canon point-and-shoot (powershot) camera gives you lots of amazing new features. This extensive post explains how to get:

- Long exposure times (up to 64 s)
- RAW mode
- Ultra fast exposure times (up to 1/100,000 s!)
- scripting(!) - e.g., timed photo capture -> long scale time lapse - a full scripting language to control your camera!
- exposure bracketing for HDR

This is an amazing looking camera. It takes panoramas by downloading vertical strips of image information directly to the connected PC. Besides, being automatically stitched together into a 360 degree image, the camera also captures 26 F stops of lighting information AND accurate distance information to every pixel in the image.

This video shows a demonstration and interview with Bus. Mgr. Peter Taylor.

I don't know how they accomplish the latter trick - they don't really have parallax information since the capture comes from a single lens.

Quoted: SpheronVR develops, produces and distributes solutions in the area of visual information technologies. Panoramic, full spherical and HDR digital camera systems, specialist hard- and software solutions for applications in the movie industry, photography, crime scene documentation, 3D reconstruction, facility management, critical infrastructure protection and many more.