PlaboC . . .

I know . . . the title makes no sense . . . it isn’t a misspelling of placebo, and that’s all that matters . . . it’s high context . . .

Re: the ToonCamera app

Pat . . . thought you might like to see an example of my ToonCamera work . . . so here it is.

First some persimmons shot with the iPod Touch 4G . . .

Next, the result of dipping the original into the ToonCamera app . . .

Here’s the Doublexpro app mash-up . . . layering the original image with the ToonCamera pic.

Finally, here’s the finished image after cropping the black areas generated by Doublexpro, and adjusting contrast/brightness with PhotoForge 2.

Th-th-th-that’s all folks . . .

what I did . . .

I was babysitting my grandson this p.m. and after he went to sleep I was messing with my iPod Touch . . . the Pudding Camera app and good ol Hipstamatic. I had Hipsta set-up with the new São Paulo lens and film pak.

Shot my worn jeans and Converse All Stars with their neon laces . . . used the Panorama camera and iPhone basic “film” for the “jeans” pic, and the Fantasy cam with the Vivid film for the All Stars..

Then I noticed the shadows on the wall . . . sunlight through the window and the Venetian blinds . . . shot the snap below with the Pudding Cam app . . .

Then I switched to the Hipstamatic app for a few more shots.

Here’s one . . .

No darkroom work with any of the images . . . straight, no chaser . . .

a rose is arose isaroseisa rose . . .

Bought this new app Photo Artista Haiku (Haiku HD) ($2.99) and mixed a photo using it and Pixlr Express +, Pixlr-o-matic +, and Doublexpro . . . it took longer to install the new app than to mix the image for the final result. I used PhotoForge 2 to crop the margins, and to adjust contrast and saturation.

The Haiku HD app is by the people who brought us the Pop Dot Comics app.

First pic is the original, and the last is the final mix down . . .

The following 2 images are the result of combining the original image with the Haiku HD render . . . the dark margins top and bottom are the result of combining two images in the Doublexpro app . . .

Thw next image was generated with the Pixlr Express + app . . .

Then I threw the final image into the Pop Dot Comics cooker . . .

interesting . . .

another . . .

well . . . here it is folks, another little something about the iPad . . . the iPad 2 specifically . . . touch the screen with 4 finger tips and drag across the screen . . . left-to-right or right-to-left, and you can access an application that was opened prior to the one you are currently working with . . . it’s usually a right-to-left “drag”. And if you want to open a new application . . . with four finger tips on the screen drag the current app up . . . 7 icons appear at the bottom of the screen . . . scroll through your apps using one finger . . . left-to-right or right-to-left, until you find what you need . . .EZPZ !!

As for external storage expansion, our friends at Photojojo offer two options . . . an 8 GB USB thingy for the 30 pin connection slot and a 16 GB unit for the new 5G iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad Lightning connection hole.

The 8 gigger costs $99.00 USD, and the 16 GB Lightning connector model is $149.00 USD . . . here’s the link

If want HUGE external storage options there’s always Seagate . . . they have a 1TB external wireless unit that works with Apple products AND other hardware (PC, Android, etc) here’s the link for the Seagate Wireless Plus external hard-drive: (click)

Tis the third day of Junio . . .

money doesn’t motivate me . . .

Had to check-in with Danny Choo and see what he be up to . . . seems like people are beginning to catch on to his “Culture Japan” lifestyle scam . . . while its probably true that his dad Jimmy Choo didn’t front him money, Danny IS motivated by money . . . He says he only pays himself an annual $12,000.00 salary, but he gets comped by other people in the otaku anime world . . . perks . . . gifts of iPads, iPhones, all sorts of electronic goodies . . . trips to anime conventions . . .
and the beat goes on.

Yeh . . . this isn’t “troll” material, just a reality check . . .

Here’s a quote from Danny’s blurb on money:

“I get by on my current salary because my job is my hobby – most of the things I need or do can be expensed to my company.
Much of the items that are involved with my line of work (figures, dolls, hardware etc) fall through the hole in the ceiling meaning that I do not need to spend a load of moolah on the stuff I want.
Most of my travel overseas is also covered by the conventions that have invited me.”

Sort of like sports personalities here in the U.S.

Anyway . . . Danny has a post up titled “Why Money Doesn’t Motivate Me” . . . yeh . . . right . . . heres the link . . .

You need to have been following Danny’s “shenanigans” on his blog over the past 2 or 3 years to be aware of the changes in his life . . . he’s hooked into TV with his own “Culture Japan” show that touts the “otaku” anime lifestyle . . . and he has ties with one of the most popular online hentai manga sites . . . Fakku . . . just dial-up “Fakku” . . .

As I mentioned somewhere . . . I started my blogging journey by commenting and posting on Dannychoo.com four years ago, and I still check-in from time to time to see if Danny has moved forward . . . unfortunately he’s still pursuing his dream of empire and dragging a lot of gullible people (comrades) along in his pursuit of a self-proclaimed cultural lifestyle (accumulating corporate wealth and spewing “motivational” dross) . . . reminds me of Hugh Hefner . . . one day Danny will be 80 years old still packing his Mirai BJD around and calling his dick a “dolphin” women’s tits “eyes” and female crotches “v-zones” . . .

I’ve spent too much time on this, so GOODNIGHT . . .

on the “surface” . . .

if you watch the CM on TV touting the Microsoft “Surface” tablet, what they don’t tell you is that the RT sells for $499.99 USD and you don’t get the “pen” to scribble with . . . and that you really should upgrade to the 32 GB model cos the operating software seriously compromises the total available space if you only have a 16 GB memory . . .

The Surface keyboard is smaller than the iPad keyboard . . . and a Bluetooth Microsoft accessory keyboard costs $129.99 USD . . . you can get a padded folio with a Bluetooth keyboard for the iPad 2 for $70.00 USD.

Let’s see . . . the Surface tablet battery life is like 4 hours shorter than the iPad, and there is no yearly subscription renewal for iPad productivity software . . . subscription renewal WTF ?!
If you buy an app for the iPad what you get is frequent updates for NOTHING N-O-T-H-I-N-G . . . and the apps will do basically everything the Microsoft crap will do . . . apps for the iPad cost anywhere from $.99 to like $8.99 USD depending on productivity applications . . . a lot of the good apps are FREE !!! And no subsection fee . . . oh, I said that before . . .

The iPad has higher resolution cameras . . . front and back . . . OH comma and you can get an iPad with cellular capabilities . . . u-u-uh . . . might be nice in a business meeting . . . send an email or two . . . what . . .

p.s.

A 16 GB iPad 4 sells for $499.00 USD . . . or if you want 128 GB, then it will cost $799.00 USD . . . the 128 GB Surface Pro is priced at $999.99 USD.

If you want an 128 GB iPad 4 with wifi and cellular capabilities, it will cost $929.00 USD . . . still cheaper than the Surface Pro with NO cellular options.

So if you like the snappy click klack paddy whack dance number on TV then go spend yer $$$ and the world will pass you by . . . on second thought . . . you won’t even notice that the real world has sailed on into the 25th Century . . . duh . . .

. . . shaddup I’m watching my iPad !!!

OGLE . . .

Got an email from the monkeys at Hipstamatic touting their latest and greatest offering . . . oggl . . . even has a dot over the “o” suggesting some exotic European connection.

It doesn’t matter how you spell it . . . oggl or ogle . . . sounds intrusive . . . like Google’s “glass” . . .

From Middle Dutch *ooghelen, oeghelen (“to ogle”), frequentative form of oogen (“to eye”); or from Middle Low German ogelen (“to look at, ogle”), frequentative of ogen, ougen (“to eye, see”), equivalent to og- +‎ -le.
Compare German äugeln (“to ogle”).
More at eye, -le.

Verb

ogle (third-person singular simple present ogles, present participle ogling, simple past and past participle ogled)

(transitive, intransitive) To stare at (someone or something), especially impertinently, amorously, or covetously.

Oh . . . almost forgot what I was doing . . . oggl . .

First . . . you have create an account !!!

And what the fuck is all this “community” bullshit ? It’s starting to sound like a real cluster fuck out there in cyberville, re: Pinterest, Instagram and all the other photo-sharing/social media sites.

Facebook “friends“, “likes” and all the online mutual masturbation doesn’t mean your shit is any good, it just means there are a lot of pointless people with a lot of time to be checking all the social media sites . . . don’t you have jobs ??

Or, if you have jobs why aren’t you doing them?
Too busy fucking your phone . . .

I downloaded the oggl freebie . . . I hit the “join oggl” button . . .

I’d read some of the negative reviews about oggl on the app store and was being very open-minded . . . but when the “enter your email address” button popped-up the bullshit hit the reality fan . . . WTF ?!

I clicked out and started this rant . . .
I’ll delete the app as soon as I finish posting . . .

Then I decided to get the social disease germ off my device NOW and deleted it . . . now I need to delete the email !!

I’m going watch River Monsters . . . again . . . oh, your peers only know as much as you and quite often . . . LESS !! You gotta hang with those who have achieved at a higher level in your chosen field of endeavor if you want to move up the ladder . . .

ode to stupidity

Dr. Rebecca Davis
I want your ass
for my pillow
so I can dream
of the ocean
as you fart
whale sounds
mermaids
and
voracious killer squid
while
I sail
the Land of Nod
above
Uranus . . .

in matrimonium . . .

Got the new Pixlr Express + app and I’ve been messing with some archived images . . .

here’s a sample . . .

I decided to add some minutiae with the new Half Tone 2 app . . .

new toy. . .

I bought a Daylight Viewfinder from Photojojo for my iPod Touch 5G . . .

and it came with another little dinosaur.

WHAM BAM thank you m’am . . . it’s just what I need for my forays into the great nature . . . no more trying to figure out what I’m seeing on the big screen when outside in the bright sun . . .

The thing may have some problems eventually . . . like falling off the iPhone/iPod screen, but that can always be fixed with Krazy Glue or duct tape. I have my iPod Touch in a Griffin Survivor case . . . you know, the one that is dust proof water resistant . . . I’ve dropped my iPod Touch several times (4-5 feet) and its suffered no ill effects . . .

Back to the Daylight Viewfinder . . . get one . . . you can hit the shutter button without taking your eye off the viewfinder . . . just like with the old film SLR’s.

I don’t think I’ll use it with the iPad . . .

Goto Photojojo and getcha one . . .

Manzanar . . . the song

Well, looks like the Manzanar internment “experience” has hit Kickstarter . . . nothing against people telling their story . . . BUT . . . keep it real.

Yeh, people lost a lot . . . if not everything when they were interned, but they persevered . . .

What bothers me is the fact that the War Relocation Authority HAD to remove the buildings from the site is overlooked . . . the land lease agreement between the WRA and the City of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power stipulated that the structures were to be removed when the camp was closed, they weren’t removed out of “shame” as stated in a comment by a Kickstarter project backer:

“I live 1.5 hours away from Manzanar, and when my family an I went to visit the camp we where (sic) struck by how little was left there… Like the government had stripped everything away in shame.“

The barracks and mess halls were sold to returning military personnel and private citizens, and were “relocated” to towns in Owens Valley and farms in the San Joaquin Valley. Some structures were reassembled in different configurations using the lumber of dismantled barracks.

I sat on the Manzanar Advisory Commission for 8 years and participated in many of the meetings conducted by the National Park Service regarding the development of Manzanar National Historic Site (MNHS) in addition to conducting guided interpretive walking tours of the site for 3 years BEFORE there were NPS interpretive personnel on-site.

p.s. I was on-site with NPS Superintendent Ross Hopkins (retired) when the faux stumps were retuned to their original location(s) next to the Military Police sentry building – they had been at a residence driveway in the nearby town of Independence. See the above photo.

Oh, FYI . . . my name (Richard Stewart) is on the plaque on the west side of the Auditorium (Interpretive Center) with the other Manzanar Advisory Commission members.