I saw the work of Pablo Marques a long time ago and was blown away by his photography. Each photo had a crispness and palette that put the whole of my personal collection to shame. I would sit and stare at his work for hours.

Thankfully, through the good people at QBN, my ego was re-vitalized by learning that the photography of Pablo Marques was generated using something called High Dynamic Range Imaging. This, coupled with patience, an eye and raw talent, can help even the most neophytic photographers to produce equally amazing pieces.

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Yes, I know I’m a geek. But my lure to Second Life is more about interest in marketing and social networking opportunities than the designer to have sleek, pixel-scripted hair (my avatar has freckles, poor muscle tone and pale skin). SL has been featured in CSI:NY and The Office on TV, and in a number of new sci-fi books, and is getting major pushes from the media. The company is making a fortune and I wanted to know why.

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According to Microsoft (labs.live.com/photosynth), "the Photosynth Technology Preview is a taste of the newest - and, we hope, most exciting - way to view photos on a computer. Our software takes a large collection of photos of a place or an object, analyzes them for similarities, and then displays the photos in a reconstructed three-dimensional space, showing you how each one relates to the next. In our collections, you can access gigabytes of photos in seconds, view a scene from nearly any angle, find similar photos with a single click, and zoom in to make the smallest detail as big as your monitor. "
 

Floyd recently was diagnosed with a motility disorder so I had to bring him in to the Animal Infirmary of Hoboken to have them take some X-rays. Since putting him on a prescription to reduce inflammation, the little guy has been chipper as a kitten. For your viewing pleasure, here are his x-rays:

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I’m not sure if this is a mural or a print, but it still gets the point across. Word on the street is that this is one of the original concepts for Michaelangelo’s Sistine Chapel’s smoker’s lounge.