I'm fairly certain I said no interruptions.

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Jessica - Feb 21, 2008 2:40:39 pm PST #4862 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Any other Treo 700p users out there who've installed the latest upgrade? I have an SD card, but no reader, and I'm completely stumped on how the hell I'm supposed to do this.

Instructions are here [link] if anyone wants to have a look. I can't do step 6, and I don't see a ready alternative for proceeding.

[edit: Bah - I just noticed the fine print on this page where it says "requires blank expansion card and reader". Frak.]


beekaytee - Feb 21, 2008 10:13:57 pm PST #4863 of 25501
Compassionately intolerant

I need some advice regarding my budding career as a podcaster.

I currently pay for AudioAcrobat and can produce files via phone...which is good for the 'chat show' nature of the interview based podcasts I'd like to publish.

However, the audio quality is variable. And the files live on the audioacrobat server...not mine.

Deena has set up Podpress for me but I'm not yet clear how to use it.

If you were me, how would you set up?


DXMachina - Feb 22, 2008 5:03:52 am PST #4864 of 25501
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

No surprise, but Polaroid has finally pulled the plug. [link]


§ ita § - Feb 22, 2008 5:44:21 am PST #4865 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Man! I knew they were doddering towards an end, but I'm sad to see them go.

I love digital photography, but it doesn't fill all the niches for me that Polaroid does. It really will sting seeing normal film going the same way. I hope it's not for a while, if at all.


tommyrot - Feb 22, 2008 5:45:49 am PST #4866 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

I think normal film will never go away. It'll probably end up being a niche product that artsy people will continue to use.


Vortex - Feb 22, 2008 6:11:07 am PST #4867 of 25501
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

I think normal film will never go away. It'll probably end up being a niche product that artsy people will continue to use.

yeah, I think that Kodak said that they were willing to license the technology


Sean K - Feb 22, 2008 6:26:19 am PST #4868 of 25501
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

Man! I knew they were doddering towards an end, but I'm sad to see them go.

I love digital photography, but it doesn't fill all the niches for me that Polaroid does. It really will sting seeing normal film going the same way. I hope it's not for a while, if at all.

This is a huge thing, in its own way. First, Polaroids were THE way you recorded costumes, props, sets, actor locations, and anything else you wanted to record, shot by shot, on film and TV sets.

They've now been replaced almost entirely by digital cameras. In fact, when I was training to be a script supervisor (AKA "continuity," AKA the person who takes the MOST Polaroid pictures), I suggested the use of a digital camera to my old school teacher, and she laughed off the suggestion with a hint of contempt. This was just four years ago.

It's also kind of sad, because I know of a couple of artists who paint with photography, using Polaroids. Basically, the emulsion can be manipulated as the picture dries, and it comes out looking like an expressionist painting.

Now those artists have been handed a death sentence for their art.


§ ita § - Feb 22, 2008 6:30:27 am PST #4869 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

those artists have been handed a death sentence for their art.

I'm not going to lay claim to any art, but the spirit of my polaroids was always different from my digital or normal film pictures. I've been diving deeper into digital photography, but I'm going to make sure I get some film practice in there--especially infra-red.


Sean K - Feb 22, 2008 6:32:19 am PST #4870 of 25501
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

I'm going to make sure I get some film practice in there--especially infra-red.

That could be really interesting. I'd love to see what you do with that.


tommyrot - Feb 22, 2008 6:45:50 am PST #4871 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Photos taken in the near-infrared spectrum are so cool....

eta: near-infrared photography info: [link]