Robert J Turner

We have come accross 2 paintings that have been in the family for some time, apparently they were purchased by my wifes great grandparents at an art market in Victoria BC, one is signed ELDERBY and the other is M Hayter. If you have any information please email me:

I love this free appy!!

Free Digital Camera Enhancer

‘The whole process is so easy it’s almost idiot proof.’ Jumbo! Program of the Day

Note: Free DCE is a young (and free) brother of our commercial automatic enhancer and batch processor DCE AutoEnhance.

Free DCE does the hard job of noise reducing and automatic balance control for you. And it is free!

The program works best if you have bad light condition (indoor, shadows etc..) and your image is somehow off. So if some of your images are already fine, you won’t see much difference. DCE makes very delicate changes…

One thing makes DCEnhancer different from other tools - reducing the noise and skin smoothing algorithm. It makes DCE ideal for making cool portraits and close-ups!

First you have to find out the optimal settings for your camera.

There are just few sliders you will be changing more often:

Midtones - if your image is too dark or too bright

De-Noiser - to reduce noise and skin artifacts from the objects on the image.

Note: This software is intended for advanced users. Most of the sliders work in the default position. (As on the screen capture). You should gently change one of the sliders just little and then see the effects.

Once you find your optimal settings, it should work on most of your images from the same camera.

And you will always find images where it doesn’t work…

Download:

This tool is free from mediachance.com

You have two choices:

-a Stand-Alone version or

-Photo-Brush XTR plug-in version.

Please read what is the difference between Stand-Alone and XTR version.

Read what’s new in 1.2 here.

Photo-Brush XTR plug-in, version 1.2 ( 100 kB)

* dce12-xtr.zip Mediachance USA

Read here how to install XTR Plug-In files.

New: The dce 1.2 XTR is already included in the installation of Photo-Brush so you don’t need to download 1.2 again

Stand-Alone (EXE) version 1.3 ( 524 kB)

Part Two of The Sneeze interview with MythBusters co-host: Adam Savage.

In this section Adam and I discuss harsh fan criticism, how long he could survive in a fight with Jamie, the greatest toy ever invented and much more…”

Thanko (Japan) started selling its new USB Radio today, which can connect to a PC and provide radio control through the computer. This handy little gadget, when internet radio is not enough, will only set you back �2,980. It’s compatible with Microsoft Windows 2000 and XP.

The USB Radio is bus powered, therefore not requiring an external power source. The USB Radio connects to a PC via an available USB port and using the special tuning and recording software can be controlled from the PC.

The device can record directly from the radio in WAV/WMA format, in addition to being able to be preset to record at a specified time. The dimensions of the USB Radio are 32×70mm with a weight of 15 grams.

The United Nations has proclaimed that gorillas, chimpanzees, pygmy chimpanzees (bonobos), and orang-utans are now faced with a disturbingly high chance of within the next 50 years.

Read more in the BBC’s article, UN’s clarion call for great apes.

Also, find out additional facts and ways you can help at the United Nations Environment Programme’s Great Apes Survival Project website.

Web users entering the words “miserable failure” into the popular search engine are directed to the biography of the president on the White House website.

The trick is possible because Google searches more than just the contents of web pages - it also counts how often a site is linked to, and with what words.

Thus, members of an online community can affect the results of Google searches - called “Google bombing” - by linking their sites to a chosen one.

Weblogger Adam Mathes is credited with inventing the practice in 2001, when he used it to link the phrase “talentless hack” to a friend’s website.

The search engine can be manipulated by a fairly small group of users, one report suggested.

Newsday newspaper says as few as 32 web pages with the words “miserable failure” link to the Bush biography.

The Bush administration has been on the receiving end of pointed Google bombs before.

In the run-up to the Iraq war, internet users manipulated Google so the phrase “weapons of mass destruction” led to a joke page saying “These Weapons of Mass Destruction cannot be displayed.”

The site suggests “clicking the regime change button”, or “If you are George Bush and typed the country’s name in the address bar, make sure that it is spelled correctly (IRAQ)”.

CARDSTACKER NEWS

Bryan Berg Guinness World Record Cardstacker Appears at Highly Anticipated Canada National Exhibition

Press and Booking Contact:

Kristin Carlson

Marketing Manager

kcarlson@cardstacker.com

TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA - August 19, 2005: Bryan Berg, the acknowledged inventor of cardstacking on the grand scale, appears as a featured artist at the ever popular Canada National Exhibition [CNE] in Toronto, Ontario from August 19 - September 5, 2005. The CNE hosts dynamic world-class events and activities, including parades, races, rides, and live entertainment. The celebration draws over a million visitors from around the world every year. Using only freestanding playing cards, double Guinness World Record holder Berg will construct Egyptian Pyramids, the Coliseum, Taj Mahal, and other ancient structures. He may even attempt the CN Tower! Berg, a self-taught artist, uses no tape, glue, or other tricks in his work - this is the real deal. Visitors can meet Berg and watch him build from 12:30 PM - 8 PM daily in the CNE National Trade Centre Hall B. The exhibit is on view everyday from 10 AM - 10 PM. Come back to witness the high-powered leaf blower knockdown of the structures on Monday evening, September 5.

The CNE is held at Exhibition Place in Toronto. Grounds are open from 10 AM - Midnight. General admission is $8. Visit www.theex.com for details.

Speaks for itself.