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How I spend my weekends.
More picture funnies from my buddy Chuck
So I’m reading some of Frank Baum’s (The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz) lesser known works and I came across this one story titled “The Master Key.”
The story is about a kid who accidentally summons the demon of electricity and is granted 9 electrical gifts that are far advanced for the day (early 1900’s.)
One of the gifts is something the demon calls a Recorder Of Events and shows important events in a given 24 hour period from anywhere in the world.
Below is the quote:
During the evening he found that an “important event” was Madame Bernhardt’s production of a new play, and Rob followed it from beginning to end with great enjoyment, although he felt a bit guilty at not having purchased a ticket.
“But it’s a crowded house, anyway,” he reflected, “and I’m not taking up a reserved seat or keeping any one else from seeing the show. So where’s the harm? Yet it seems to me if these Records get to be common, as the Demon wishes, people will all stay at home and see the shows, and the poor actors ‘ll starve to death.”
The thought made him uneasy, and he began, for the first time, to entertain a doubt of the Demon’s wisdom in forcing such devices upon humanity.
What foresight from a man who wrote this book around 1904. Wizard of Oz indeed.
STAR WARS-themed BE@RBRICKS. Tis either you hate them, or absolutely adore them. Tis one thing when they’ve been KUBRICK-tized [tagged] while retaining a semblence of their iconic character-designs, but another when said individual designs are conformed into a singular platform shape – so it either comes off like a parody, or cuteness-personified.
Oh those crazy Japanese folk. What won’t they cutify next.
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Scanner Test Sketch
I think I have it about figured out on the scanner…spent quite a bit of time last night..scanning and rescanning…and scanning some more.
I had this partial sketch that I thought you guys might like seeing how it looks when I am about half way done.
Party.
I need scanner help people.
I have a Mac running Leopard and I need a scanner that is going to give me some options.
I have an all-in-one HP that I am using now but the thing doesn’t give me any options.
When I scan in as black and white my lines looked all jagged…I used to use b&w scans on my old scanner that worked on my PC but does not work on my mac.
I can use a color scan but that looks all grayed out…I also think there is some crap on the underside of the glass on my scanner and I don’t have time to take it apart and clean it…IT’S A NEW SCANNER FOR PETE’S SAKE…and I ordered it online so it will cost me as much shipping to send it back as the thing costs.
So…Help please…so I can get some new comics up that don’t look like pooooop.
Update:
Scanner: HP Photosmart C4180 All-In-One
Driver: C4100 Series HP Mac Drivers
System Version: Mac OS X 10.5 (9A581)
Kernel Version: Darwin 9.0.0
Model Identifier: Macmini1,1
Processor Name: Intel Core Duo
Processor Speed: 1.66 GHz
Memory: 1gig
Software: Photoshop CS3
Importing image through HP Scan Pro (Twain)
I’ve tried b&w 1 bit and I get a real jagged edge…on my old scanner using Windows with CS3 and HP (Twain) and default setting it was not nearly so.
I’ve scanned at Millions of colors at 300 dpi (all my scans are 300dpi by the way) and everything comes in with a slightly blue tint. Not a big deal because I can desaturate in Photoshop…just annoying. But everything is fuzzy and more towards a gray tone than black…which I can adjust using levels in Photoshop…but then it get’s jagged again once I get to the right levels.
Brian D.
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It’s Coming
Something is coming. soon.
An intergalactic party in constant development and mutation since 1997, the “Star Wars Weekends” have become a must-see event for the die-hard fans of the franchise. It’s a chance to walk in the footsteps of beloved characters, embrace geekdom in a loving environment, and purchase useless collectibles for exorbitant prices. It’s a celebration on a grand scale, transforming the Hollywood Studios into a massive circus of droids, aliens, and profoundly sweaty tourists.
This looks like wicked fun.
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