Flosse's IT corner

Create nice art pictures from digital Photographs

flosse — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:49:15 +0000

Personally I am a huge fan of Black and White photos. Since I shoot mostly in RAW I can always still manipulate things after the shot but you should still go at a shot trying to visualize it in black…

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Make your Photographs stronger with a single photoshop layer

flosse — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:06:20 +0000

A lot of times you take a picture that just has that little kick or tint missing and you cant quite put your finger on it as to how to obtain it.

Usually this means that the edges aren’t quite as…

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How to create nice water motion pictures

flosse — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:34:37 +0000

After watching several videos around the net I figured I would setup a shot of running water splashing.

Honestly it is not hard and the results are actually quite passable for a first shot. Here is what you need in order…

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IT Wallpapers

flosse — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:49:09 +0000

I went to an amusement park last weekend and took a few photos. Some of them I thought might go well with some “motivational” posters. Since IT and IT Security is what I know best, this is what I came…

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Six Questions To Ask Before Telecommuting

admin — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:36:46 +0000

Lucas123 writes “With gas prices 30% higher this summer over last, telecommuting is back on everyone’s radar. According to a Computerworld story, however, IT and telecommuting don’t have a great record of success. For example, citing negative impacts on productivity,…

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A Mozilla Plugin to Help Overcome IE Rendering Flaw

admin — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:36:44 +0000

least_weasel writes “An article on Ars Technica reveals Mozilla’s intention to create and release a plugin for Internet Explorer that would allow the often-criticized IE to utilize some of the cooler rendering code developed for Firefox. The current WIP focuses…

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Why Corporates Hate Perl

admin — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:36:14 +0000

Anti-Globalism recommends a posting up at O’Reilly’s ONLamp on reasons that some companies are turning away from Perl. “[In one company] [m]anagement have started to refer to Perl-based systems as ‘legacy’ and to generally disparage it. This attitude has seeped…

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Adobe Flash Ads Launching Clipboard Hijack Attacks

admin — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:36:13 +0000

bullyBEEF writes “Malicious hackers are using booby-trapped Flash banner ads to hijack clipboards for use in rogue security software attacks. In the Web attacks, which affect Mac, Windows, and Linux users running Firefox, IE, and Safari, bad guys are seizing…

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Why One-time Passwords Suck For MITM Attacks

admin — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:33:39 +0000

whitehartstag writes “Black Hat 08 disclosed several SSL VPN and DNS vulnerabilities that caused several people to sit up and take notice. Some of these new exploits performed a brilliant Man-In-The-Middle attack on SSL VPN tunnels. This article walks you…

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Photographing Nature

flosse — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:02:53 +0000

It’s hard to find the right spot to photograph nature and a lot of time you will end up looking where there is nothing to be found… Meaning you think it looks good, yet the images do not tell anything…

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