| Find your Digital Rebel's inner Holga
If you love the look of pictures taken with the Holga —those cheap, plastic cameras made in China—but don't want to deal with the oh-so-last-century idea of film, check out Holgamods' Holga Body Cap. Randy Smith, the man behind Holgamods, has taken the lens off a stock Holga and grafted it onto a Canon body cap that fits all of the Canon D-SLRs, including the Digital Rebel series, the EOS 5D Digital, the new EOS 40D Digital, and even the top-of-the-line EOS-1Ds Mark III (it would probably fit any of the more modern Canon film cameras as well). The result is pure plastic goodness without the darkroom. Like the Lensbaby (another of our favorite toys), the Holga Body Cap isn't an automatic lens. You'll need to shoot in manual mode, and set the shutter speed accordingly, but it's a lot of fun, and you end up those dreamy, variable-focus images that tell everyone you're just a little bit off-kilter.
Fielding jolts from a great unknown
After months of cryptic trailers and hype in the US, Cloverfield turns out to be almost comforting in its simplicity. It's a short, efficient, terrifying monster movie, no more and no less. Told solely from the point of view of one digital video camera wielded by one young guy named Hud (TJ Miller), the film records scenes from a seven-hour attack on Manhattan by a Giant Thing. It's the first cellphone-ready action flick. .
Miami Herald Photo Contest
Whether you're a diehard shutterbug or carry a point-and-shoot, you probably take a camera when you travel to places near and far. You can show off your stuff in Take Your Best Shot! The Miami Herald's Annual Travel Photo Contest. This year's grand prize is the same in both the adult (18 and over) and junior (age 13-17) categories: A three-night trip for four at the all-suite Park Shore Resort in Naples (www.parkshorefl.com) and four passes to the Naples Zoo (www.napleszoo.com), courtesy of Visit Florida (www.VISITFLORIDA.com.) Now, about the photo contest: Professionals who make the majority of their income from photography are not eligible. The Miami Herald's photo editors and local photographer Andy Newman will act as judges. So what will they be looking for? Lighting: Look for pretty hues and interesting shadows.
Children’s Wear Digest morphs into web retailing
As the redesign took shape, Childrens Wear Digest managers had to work with employees to view the Internet as a new channel with different design priorities. We had to teach our photographers to shoot new angles and dimensions for the products we posted on the web, she said. Even though the company did use an outside company to help redesign CWDKids.com, Childrens Wear Digest managers were still very involved in the design decision-making process. You know your customers better than the designer, Schneider said. Childrens Wear Digest is No. 350 in the Internet Retailer Top 500 Guide. Back... .
Brown fails to back Alexander’s tax power bid
Last night, Angus Robertson, the SNP's leader at Westminster, claimed that the Prime Minister had made a gaffe at his monthly press conference, arguing that Mr Brown had "asserted that London rule was the preference in Scotland". "Having lost the Scottish Parliament elections, Gordon Brown still doesn't seem to realise that people in Scotland want more decisions taken closer to home," declared the Moray MP. "The majority of Scots voted in 2007 for parties committed to increasing the powers of the Scottish Parliament. Labour has been the last party to formally recognise the demand for further powers but they still don't trust the people to decide." Mr Robertson added: "The SNP believes the people should have the choice and we are confident, with the rising support for independence, that Scotland will choose independence." .
Ten Days With Leopard: Coolest Cat Ever
The act of upgrading a MacBook from Tiger to Leopard was not without problems. Let's just say you should not proceed without first making a full-on backup. Once it's properly installed, however, Leopard shines. Spaces gives you a ton of extra desktop real estate, Time Machine will probably get more people to play it safe and keep constant backups, and smaller features just plain make sense. As much as $2 billion in potential sales could have been lost in 2006 due to online security concerns. VeriSign has created a simple and cost-effective way to protect your employees, business partners and consumers. Its called VeriSign Identity Protection. Read more now. .
Macworld Expo draws 475 companies to annual event
IDG World Expo on Tuesday aid that its Macworld Conference & Expo drew 10 percent more attendees than last year and it hosted 475 companies in San Francisco's Moscone Center. “Macworld has truly become a central place where attendees can learn, network and do business every year," said Paul Kent, vice president, IDG World Expo. “Our goal is to make each show better than the last, and we're thrilled that we achieved that goal with this year's event." In addition to the exhibits and learning that goes on at Macworld Expo, there was also a lot of news from the show. Countless new products for the iPod, iPhone and Mac were released over the four-day event and Macworld magazine crowned its winners for the Best of Show, too. .
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