http://blog.rdmillar.com my words, read them if you like. Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:51:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Explain to me why the f**K I have to download and install iTunes in order to get Quicktime? I f**king hate iTunes. iPods are great products, but would be so much better without the corporate bullying that Apple insists on. If you're like me and can't stand using iTunes, give Winamp ... http://blog.rdmillar.com/2008/11/04/apple-is-a-bully/ Yesterday I received my copy of Irata's self titled debut album. I'm impressed, very impressed. Not only are they good musicians writing good music, they are doing a great job of self promoting. Go to their site to see what I mean, you can stream the whole album from the ... http://blog.rdmillar.com/2008/11/01/irata-best-new-band-ive-heard-in-a-long-time/ .flickr-photo { border: solid 0px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } big top 1, originally uploaded by ross millar. Little top really. My wife got these out of the in-laws basement this past weekend, she originally brought them home from a visit ... http://blog.rdmillar.com/2008/10/07/the-big-top/ Be warned, this is not an easy video to watch. xdrtb.org http://blog.rdmillar.com/2008/10/03/james-nachtweys-ted-wish/ It's been awhile since my last post, things have been, and still are, kinda hectic and stressful. Which makes me wonder why I'm expanding on the last post rather than posting on a new subject... oh right, I think it's way cool. Remember my last post? The one about The ... http://blog.rdmillar.com/2008/05/29/the-commons-on-flickr/ Yes, there has been a few photography posts of late. Why? I took up the pastime, is why. This week in fact, I got serious and bought a Pentax K20D, along with a couple lenses. Yay. Now, back to the headline that probably got you reading this in the first place. ... http://blog.rdmillar.com/2008/04/11/library-of-congress-on-flickr/ Fredrick Van posted this awesome screen-cast tutorial on how to remove people from your shots using multiple exposures and Photoshop. Read the accompanying post here. http://blog.rdmillar.com/2008/04/07/removing-people-from-photos/ If you haven't already heard (seems to be everywhere this morning), Adobe has released the Photoshop Express Beta today. What's Photoshop Express? It's a stripped down web based version of Photoshop, sort of. It's Flash based, it's a photo editor, it's a simple crop, rotate, limited-tone adjustment app - ... http://blog.rdmillar.com/2008/03/27/photoshop-express/