
Nox Atacama III
Did you watch the stars this August? Enjoy the finest shots of skies above the Atacama desert by German time-lapse specialist Martin Heck.
Making the web work for you
At feedback.dxo.com, Roseblood asked about an article on my workflow in DxO PhotoLab. I know I've written one but couldn't find it in my archives there. As I've spent countless hours improving that workflow to process artistic, football and family photos, I'm happy to share it, this time in a more permanent format.
Keep reading DxO PhotoLab: How to Build an Efficient Processing Workflow
runjumpthrow.com offers on-demand video coverage of British track and field competitions and also international races like IAAF World Athletics Series or Dubai Marathon.
Keep reading FV Player Brings Slow Motion to Vimeo Videos on RunJumpThrow.com
Like most of you, coronavirus, or more accurately COVID-19 has hit Foliovision like a cement mixer barrelling down a country road. In Slovakia, masks are now de rigor everywhere. This includes at work, walking in the streets in town or dining out.
The parliament had to quickly rewrite that last law when they figured out the day after passing the law that it's impossible to eat or drink with a mask on.
Keep reading How to Brave the New (Coronavirus) World in Style
I've just had another very poor licensing experience with independent software. It's encouraged me to share some general guidelines on how to license open source software.
Keep reading How to build user-friendly software licensing: The Newsletter Plugin vs FV Player
I've been working in WordPress for a long time. The original impetus behind the creation of WordPress was a free alternative to Movable Type, after SixApart introduced $299/website pricing for their version 3.0 in 2004. Most webloggers at that time were fairly techy and most sites were personal weblogs (they'd be considered mixed now), so right away they fled to b2 which quickly was forked to WordPress by Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little (in the right place at the right time). Mike Little's a very personable guy who truly believes in open source and sharing. Matt Mullenweg is the CEO of Automattic who have taken $617 million in venture capital, the publisher of WP Tavern (the main WordPress news site). He's also owner of WooCommerce, which was more or less stolen from the original publishers by WooThemes, making Mullenweg effectively the buyer of stolen goods (as Mullenweg paid Woo but not the original publishers when he acquired WooCommerce for $2.1 million).
Keep reading Is WordPress Free? Not according to Flywheel - try 9/month