Another weird sign
I guess it’s time for another weird sign from Flickr.
What is this one supposed to mean? No standing on carpets? Don’t stand in leaking bathtubs full of eels? Don’t do incomprehensible things?
HDR
When I saw the thumbnail of this photo, at first I thought it was a painting because the colours were too clear in some way. However, when I enlarged it, it became clear that it was some kind of photo.
I then discovered that it’s an example of a technique called High Dynamic Range, better known as HDR. (More examples in this group.)
I’d love to try it myself, but the Gimp doesn’t seem to be able to do it, and I doubt there are other programs on Linux that even get close.
Mobile phone government
There’s a very interesting article in The Times about PM Brown’s way of working.
And while the rest of the Civil Service may just be stirring at 6.30am, the Prime Minister has been up for up to an hour [...] His weapon of choice is the mobile phone, which will ring from 6.30am, with the bright-eyed, perky Prime Minister demanding papers, discussing strategy and even asking for feedback. “You can literally hear the spoon going into the cornflakes as he’s talking,” one member of the Government who has received the early call said. [...] “If you float an idea, he will ask you to write a policy paper on it and he’ll keep phoning you until you’ve written it. It’s absolutely nonstop.”