Monday, June 2, 2008
Cars & Transportation Archives : TreeHugger
Cars & Transportation Archives : TreeHugger: "Meet the Trailcart, the future of offroad adventure for the post peak oil generation. A series of lucky coincidences led Frank Fraune and his invention -- a four wheel drive pedal powered vehicle called the Trailcart -- to the Adventure and Offroad Convention in Bad Kissingen Germany. There, surrounded by gas-guzzling, large footprinted vehicles, two trailcart prototypes drew a curious crowd.
Read more: Pedal Powered Four Wheel Drive SUV Invented in Germany"
Read more: Pedal Powered Four Wheel Drive SUV Invented in Germany"
Promote Your Band on MySpace - Wired How-To Wiki
Promote Your Band on MySpace - Wired How-To Wiki: "Promote Your Band on MySpace
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Like it or not, MySpace is a vital promotional tool for the web-savvy musician. As a multimedia-rich environment, bands have unparalleled access to their fans on both a social and musical level. However, achieving a full-on marketing coup is tougher than it looks. Here are a few tips for using the site to promote your soon-to-be rockstar band.
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* 1 How To Proceed
o 1.1 Step 1: Gather Your Promotional Materials
+ 1.1.1 Pictures
+ 1.1.2 Music
+ 1.1.3 Video
+ 1.1.4 Bios
+ 1.1.5 Events
o 1.2 Step 2: Window Shop for a Page Layout
o 1.3 Step 3: Setup a Core Base of Friends
o 1.4 Step 4: Update Often
o 1.5 Step 5: Branch Out
How To Proceed
Step 1: Gather Your Promotional Materials
Ironically, this initial step starts out offline. First, collect any promotional materials you've produced for the band"
From Wired How-To Wiki
Jump to: navigation, search
Like it or not, MySpace is a vital promotional tool for the web-savvy musician. As a multimedia-rich environment, bands have unparalleled access to their fans on both a social and musical level. However, achieving a full-on marketing coup is tougher than it looks. Here are a few tips for using the site to promote your soon-to-be rockstar band.
This article is a wiki. Got extra advice? Log in and add it.
Contents
[hide]
* 1 How To Proceed
o 1.1 Step 1: Gather Your Promotional Materials
+ 1.1.1 Pictures
+ 1.1.2 Music
+ 1.1.3 Video
+ 1.1.4 Bios
+ 1.1.5 Events
o 1.2 Step 2: Window Shop for a Page Layout
o 1.3 Step 3: Setup a Core Base of Friends
o 1.4 Step 4: Update Often
o 1.5 Step 5: Branch Out
How To Proceed
Step 1: Gather Your Promotional Materials
Ironically, this initial step starts out offline. First, collect any promotional materials you've produced for the band"
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Bloglines | My Feeds (84): "Scientific American has a nice article listing the top five mistakes that photo-fakers make when they use photoshop to doctor piccies.
Surrounding lights reflect in eyes to form small white dots called specular highlights. The shape, color and location of these highlights tell us quite a bit about the lighting.
In 2006 a photo editor contacted me about a picture of American Idol stars that was scheduled for publication in his magazine (above). The specular highlights were quite different (insets).
The highlight position indicates where the light source is located (above left). As the direction to the light source (yellow arrow) moves from left to right, so do the specular highlights.
The highlights in the American Idol picture are so inconsistent that visual inspection is enough to infer the photograph has been doctored. Many cases, however, require a mathematical analysis. To determine light position precisely requires taking into account the shape of the eye and the relative orientation between the eye, camera and light. The orientation matters because eyes are not perfect spheres: the clear covering of the iris, or cornea, protrudes, which we model in software as a sphere whose center is offset from the center of the whites of the eye, or sclera (above right)."
Surrounding lights reflect in eyes to form small white dots called specular highlights. The shape, color and location of these highlights tell us quite a bit about the lighting.
In 2006 a photo editor contacted me about a picture of American Idol stars that was scheduled for publication in his magazine (above). The specular highlights were quite different (insets).
The highlight position indicates where the light source is located (above left). As the direction to the light source (yellow arrow) moves from left to right, so do the specular highlights.
The highlights in the American Idol picture are so inconsistent that visual inspection is enough to infer the photograph has been doctored. Many cases, however, require a mathematical analysis. To determine light position precisely requires taking into account the shape of the eye and the relative orientation between the eye, camera and light. The orientation matters because eyes are not perfect spheres: the clear covering of the iris, or cornea, protrudes, which we model in software as a sphere whose center is offset from the center of the whites of the eye, or sclera (above right)."
Art Deadlines List: CALL FOR ART ABOUT TABOO TOPICS - June 10, 2008
Art Deadlines List: CALL FOR ART ABOUT TABOO TOPICS - June 10, 2008: "CALL FOR ART ABOUT TABOO TOPICS - June 10, 2008
As social mores become more restrictive, expression becomes less free. In our increasingly polarized society, deep divisions allow for less freedom of expression. We, as Americans, are divided more and more by politics (liberals vs. conservatives), social values (traditionalists vs. modernists), religion (fundamentalists vs. everyone else), race, ethnicity, gender, and age. 'Taboo Topics' invites participants to use their artistic talents to explore and express the forbidden. This is an open show designed to provide a safe space for artists to use their creative talents to express ideas on society’s Taboo Topics. Entry fee.
Contact:
Ventura Artists Union Gallery
330 South California St Plaza
Ventura CA"
As social mores become more restrictive, expression becomes less free. In our increasingly polarized society, deep divisions allow for less freedom of expression. We, as Americans, are divided more and more by politics (liberals vs. conservatives), social values (traditionalists vs. modernists), religion (fundamentalists vs. everyone else), race, ethnicity, gender, and age. 'Taboo Topics' invites participants to use their artistic talents to explore and express the forbidden. This is an open show designed to provide a safe space for artists to use their creative talents to express ideas on society’s Taboo Topics. Entry fee.
Contact:
Ventura Artists Union Gallery
330 South California St Plaza
Ventura CA"
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