If you, your colleagues, or friends were wondering about the new Macbook glossy screens and their brightness compared to older PowerBook G4 models, here is a demonstration.
I took the picture with these camera settings and picked this photo (after taking 1/10 sec through 1/1000 sec) because it most accurately represented what the screens looked like in a natural environment. I then sampled the same spot on each screen and finally took a “Gray Scale Slider” brightness measurement in Fireworks 8.
-BOB-
PS - the test page was searching for “freestlyle.com” in Google and had Safari take up the whole screen, shot it in the dark on the Italian tripod at 1/25 f4.5
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Introducing The Grasshopper 3 - Touring Edition with Zynergee Drive-o-matic.
From the top of Mount Everest to the entrance of your favorite night club, the Grasshopper will get you there.
Standard features:
Three wheels ?
Four doors ?
Five seats ?
150 miles per gallon ?
“Almost” Zero Emision Vehicle ?
“Pop-up” Sun roof ?
Sleek and sexy ?
Designed after the Airbus 380 landing-gear tire configuration ?
Who needs GPS when you can just stop the ladies on the street with this sex machine? Simply ask for directions and we guarantee you will get lucky. Don’t trust us? Look at this chick magnet.
It’s more than a car. It’s the Grasshopper 3. Comes in Grasshopper Green and Animal Heat Red.
30x less than our Japanese rivals vehicles. Nine eight-night ninety five ($989.95 USD) for a limited time only while supplies last.
*Don’t make any sudden turns: better to hit it than try to miss it, not responsible for rollovers. Do not go more that 35 mph as a front tire blow out may be fatal. Remember, potholes will cause the car to nosedive into the asphalt. Do not get rear ended as it will most definitely result in life threatening explosion. For best results, only ride with one passenger at a time, preferably of the same weight as driver and seated in the front passenger side, or the rear middle seat. Always buckle up.
Tags: China Car Photos
Yes, that’s right, we were in the Middle of Nowhere for two days. Overcast, and the sky was scuzzy for pictures. I did take the Italian tripod and use it, but when you have polite Chinese relatives always grabbing your bags and stuff (… Italian tripods, ahem) to lighten your load, it actually hinders the picture taking process. So I just gave up on switching lenses and mounting the tripod.
We ate, slept, then ate, slept, then ate, then watched CSI, then slept. Repeat. Aunt’s house. Whew.
I’m finally back, the fumes are about the same, but we put the fume-eating plants all over the house. The first person than can tell we the name of this plant will win.. nothing really, but it will help me to know the English name. Picture later.
To-do list for the next few days:
- take twice as many showers as necessary just because
- set up the office
- move bed and everything to the new house
- go to Kunming and get the fridge, “wash clothes machine”, and misc
- buy a flat screen HDTV in the KM
- buy some snacky treats for the new house
- organize recent pictures and videos and post
- and most important, make music!
-bob-
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