MacOS X (10.4 support from Adobe applications).
I grew up on this farm, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia.
Author: Nick Hodge
JPEG2000 and Photoshop CS2
JPEG2000 and JPF Files: What, When, and How (JPEG2000 support in Photoshop CS2)
photo blog experiment
To the right of the front page of www.nickhodge.com is a quick experiment: the Photo Blog Experiment. Now that MMS is working from my Sony-Ericsson phone, I can email to a special process running on this web server. The photo is de-attached and inserted into the database. Within 5 minutes of taking a photo, it is published here. This extends the SMS to blog system I created in 2002.
Least likely headline…
Image to left: Nick in snow of South Island, New Zealand on Monday. Image to right: Nick on beach, Pacific Ocean at Punta Mita near Puerto Vallarta Mexico. Somewhere 14000kms or so away is the snow in NZ. Is Nick a winter or summer person? Your opinion counts, vote now! Read about it here: Christchurch II (5th June to 8th June) and Mexico (9th June to 14th June)
Least likely headline…
“Apple Ditches IBM, switches to Intel Chips“: 20 years ago, this headline would have caused the Mac faithful to faint. Just as Apple has made significant architecture transitions in the last 20 years: MacOS 1-6 to 7, 680×0 to PowerPC and MacOS 7-9 to MacOS X, this one is going to be an interesting ride.
nick meets snow
Nick meets snow Christchurch II (5th June to 8th June).
secret to a long marriage
Machiavelli
Reading a highly informative biography of Niccolo Machiavelli, the Renaissance thinker and writer on Power and Politics. Written by Michael White, from Perth, “Machiavelli: A Man Misunderstood” details the life-and-times of a man today renoun for the perjorative term Machiavellian. Whilst his most famous piece, The Prince, details the methods a prince (or leader) must undertake to gain and retain power in Renaissance Italy – it has modern day implications for all politcal operatives.
Note: For those in Sydney, Machiavelli’s also happens to be my favourite business lunching venue. Save up your dollars and head down to Clarence Street in the CBD for some hearty Tuscan/Italian food.
If you are the idiot
Whomever keyed my MINI Cooper S – whilst it was parked behind my house – on all panels – you are a low life idiot. YOU SUCK! Oh well, a fresh coat of british racing green on Megan!
star wars 3, 6 or whatever
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith: Mr Lucas has stolen from Journey to the Centre of the Earth, a little of Captain Blood(the first battle scene) to make probably the most interesting of the double trilogy. This is the case even as you know what happens to each of the characters.