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Tease: YouTube mashups, one of the cleverest web startups of the year, and we Wave goodbye to 2009. - Leo Laporte

Seasons Greetings Leo to you and your family and staff. Thanks for making my work day a blast - Johnny Worthington from iPhone

"Fred Phelps, the hate-happy pastor of Wesboro Baptist Church, has, rather belatedly, discovered Lady Gaga- and now is calling for a boycott of the hussy's "pretentious prancing." If this weren't so crazy, it would be a masterpiece of absurdist prose: I think we can do no better than to quote the Reverend's press release in its entirety: "Thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed...Will He reserve His anger forever? Will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest." Jer 3:3,5 And that's not all!" - Michelle Martinez from Bookmarklet

Then again, those are 'compact with the devil' standards, so what do I know ;) - Jennifer Dittrich

“Ignoring the legalese, the lensman has decided to stand his ground...” - Anthony Citrano

Demi needs to sue the ham-handed p'shopper. She's definitely missing a chunk of hip, unless she's an alien. Talk about shooting the messenger! - Rick Cogley

“...your demand that I retract my statements is a demand that I do further unwarranted and costly damage to a reputation you have already deliberately tarnished. Demanding an apology adds insult to this injury. Obviously, neither of these will be forthcoming.” - Anthony Citrano from Bookmarklet

Let's all write to Demi and tell her we would have no beef if she wasn't trying to cover up something that isn't honestly about her (cuz it's just about the retouching). And write to W saying we will never sub to them if they force celebs to take the defensive for their publication. - Heather

"Recently released images from Tim Burton’s upcoming Alice in Wonderland adaptation reminded moviegoers that the quirky London-based director possesses one of the most extravagant visual vocabularies of any filmmaker now working. Underscoring that fact, New York’s Museum of Modern Art kicks off a Tim Burton retrospective Nov. 22 with a collection of 700 art pieces produced by the goth maestro over the past three decades." - Mel Buckpitt from Bookmarklet

"One Droid feature touted heavily in Verizon's television commercials is its ability to run several applications simultaneously, which is something the iPhone can't do. Generally, I found that the Droid does this pretty well. There were hiccups, though. As I was listening to music, I tried to take a photo to send in a text message to a friend. Elvis Costello started to stutter as I pressed the shutter button. Another time, I tried to make a call while the Maps Navigation application was running and had to endure very loud instructions about where to turn while the phone was ringing." - metalerik from Bookmarklet

yes, and I'm glad at least I can listen to music at the same time as using some 3rd party apps. That's a chunk of it right there and with push, it's closer. Still would be nice to let an app or two hang out in the background and do their thing... - metalerik

"You want some concrete steps you can take to improve your pre-visualization skills. In order to effectively pre-visualize, there are some things you can do to prepare." - Mel Buckpitt from Bookmarklet

Who is that? She's really pretty. - Rochelle

"A lot of photographers have said that while they love to hold the camera and take beautiful photos, they aren’t as fond of the idea of being on the other side of the lens. On the other hand, there’s an enormous group of people who not only enjoy having their photo taken, they actually love to take self-portraits." - Mel Buckpitt from Bookmarklet

“There are no legal restrictions on photography in a public place, and there is no presumption of privacy for individuals in a public place.” - Mel Buckpitt from Bookmarklet

"Apple's data loss issue is also yet another problem related to its most recent operating-system release. Snow Leopard has been plagued with bugs since its release, including problems with the Finder hanging or crashing, incompatibility with certain apps, and the AirPort connection dropping." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

oh well. nobody's perfect. - imabonehead

Not. Installed a Acer ION PC instead - Santa CW™

yep, they are ... figuring out how to get it to work is another whole step. - Amani from IM

"have been using a few memory cards from PhotoFast over the past few weeks alongside my usual mix of Lexar, Kingston and SanDisk cards. Specifically, the PhotoFast GMonster 533x 32GB and 533x Plus 16GB CF cards have spent a lot of time in my Canon 5D Mark II and a Nikon D300s that I’ve had on hand.  Additionally, I’ve tried out the PhotoFast 16GB Class 10 SD/SDHC card." - Mel Buckpitt from Bookmarklet

"This is something that has been bouncing around in my mind for the last six months. It's simple, yet could improve the flash photos of every pro (and serious amateur) shooter. The beauty is, it even could be done retroactively for pro and prosumer cameras already in circulation via a simple firmware upgrade. And it could help Nikon flash shooters, whether they use SBs, ABs, Profotos or whatever. How to integrate white balance and flash, inside." - Mel Buckpitt from Bookmarklet

"Boxes are all around us. We get them in mail. we bring them from the store. Heck, we even got one when we bought our digital camera. Have we ever stopped a minute to think what those boxes can do for us in other aspects then storing? Below are 4 box photography hacks and mods for your pleasure. Click the title of each to go to the full tutorial on how to do it!" - Mel Buckpitt from Bookmarklet

"One subject that presents photographers with wonderful opportunities but also a lot of challenges is the spider’s web. There’s something about their delicate nature (while also being incredibly strong for their size), flexibility and beauty that draws me to them every time." - Mel Buckpitt from Bookmarklet

"Tickets for next year's Glastonbury Festival have sold out in less than 24 hours after going on sale on Sunday morning." - Mel Buckpitt from Bookmarklet

"England's World Cup qualifier in Ukraine on Saturday will be shown exclusively live to subscribers on the internet who will pay at least £4.99." - Mel Buckpitt from Bookmarklet

"The legal tradition of serving court papers to a defendant could be consigned to history, after the high court ordered an injunction to be served via social messaging service Twitter for the first time." - Mel Buckpitt from Bookmarklet

"This book is sleek, small and well designed, not unlike the machine that made the pictures. Combine those qualities with Chase’s eye, and well, there you go" - Mel Buckpitt from Bookmarklet

"At age 35, Michael Levin left behind his original career as a restaurant owner to experiment with an inexpensive digital camera. Just a few years later, he has been called a “rising star” by Focus magazine which called his images “soulful and evocative,” and year after year, the prize panels agree." - Mel Buckpitt from Bookmarklet

"It is a statutory defence for a person to prove that they had a reasonable excuse for eliciting, publishing or communicating the relevant information. Legitimate journalistic activity (such as covering a demonstration for a newspaper) is likely to constitute such an excuse. Similarly, an innocent tourist or other sight-seer taking a photograph of a police officer is likely to have a reasonable excuse." - Mel Buckpitt from Bookmarklet

An interesting project by two artists in the USA and Korea - Mel Buckpitt from Bookmarklet

"With the brand new Diana F+ SLR adaptors you can now introduce the whole range of effects achievable with the Diana F+ lenses and accessories to your 35mm Canon EOS or Nikon F series cameras. Bring on Fisheye wackiness, sweeping wide-angles and close-up curiosity - just some of the fantastic effects you can experiment with when you combine the Diana F+ SLR Adaptors with the Diana F+ creative add-ons! Simply attach and twist the SLR adaptor to the Canon EOS or Nikon F mounts and then you are ready to slap on your Diana weapon of choice!" - Mel Buckpitt from Bookmarklet

The wide/closeup and fisheye lenses look like fun. - John (a.k.a. dendroica)

"When you’ve finished doing your basic color correction to an image in Lightroom you’re ready to look into sharpening the image. In a previous posts I explained the basics of sharpening and how to use the High Pass Filter in Photoshop to sharpen an image. Today I’ll show you how to sharpen in Lightroom." - Mel Buckpitt from Bookmarklet

"Every on-location portraitist is faced with the challenge of paying attention to the details regarding his or her subject, such as posing, lighting, composition etc. Perhaps the greatest mistake made by amateur on-location portrait photographers is the lack of emphasis placed on a portrait’s background surroundings." - Mel Buckpitt from Bookmarklet

it's useful for me. - Uğur GÖK

I gotta say that, as far "compelling content" is concerned, Digital Photography School has been knocking it out of the park for a good long while now; great stuff. - Andrew Terry

"UPDATE: Nikon Rumors has posted some possible specs: “14fps and full 1080p HD video. Expected in stores on November 3rd, 2009.” [Cameratalk via Nikon Rumors]" - Mel Buckpitt from Bookmarklet

The early adopters wont be disappointed. They already know of ActiveX frustrations - Mel Buckpitt

BUSTED - Mo Kargas

Nice one!! - Mel Buckpitt

"There is no overarching ban on photography, nor is their likely to be. Yet, as a new Manifesto Club report by gallery director Pauline Hadaway outlines, there is growing regulation of citizen photography, with touchy subjects now ranging from policemen to transport facilities, from children's nativity plays to football matches." - Mel Buckpitt from Bookmarklet

"Need a tripod in a jiff? Grab the nearest soda or water bottle, stick on the Bottle Cap Tripod, and you're set! Self-portraits, group photos on self-timer, and steady low-light shots just became a whole lot easier!" - Mel Buckpitt from Bookmarklet