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  • Jonathan Jones: Alan Moore knows the score | Art and design | guardian.co.uk
    "…we're always being told art should disturb. Moore makes artists like the Chapmans look like the middle-class entertainers they are. He's a real force of imagination in a world that is full of fakes. If there was any justice this man would get the Turner Prize."
    (tags: comics art criticism alanmoore )
  • Inside the Digital Foundry: WipEout HD's 1080p Sleight of Hand
    "Basically WipEout HD is the first game I've come across that seems to be operating with a dynamic framebuffer. Resolution can alter on a frame-by-frame basis. Rather than introduce dropped frames, slow down or other unsavoury effects, the number of pixels being rendered drops and the PS3's horizontal hardware scaler is invoked to make up the difference." Interesting – and technically fascinating – post on Wipeout HD's dynamic framebuffer, used to keep the framerate at a rock-solid 60fps at the expense of horizontal resolution
    (tags: sony ps3 programming graphics hidef hd wipeout framebuffer )
  • Strobist: Strobe/Ambient Balance: A Shorthand Way of Thinking
    "Truth be told, I don't think in terms of absolute F/stops and shutter speeds. They are not what is important. It's the relationship between the different light levels that is important." This is why I love David Hobby: he talks about photography (in general) in the same words as me. Exposure isn't about numbers, it's about sliding scales.
    (tags: exposure lighting photography strobist language )
  • Browse the Artifacts of Geek History in Jay Walker's Library
    Wow.
    (tags: jaywalker library collection collecting artefacts books architecure )

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