Updated: 3/28/20
Below are some uplifting resources during this time of uncertainty and stress with the COVID-19 pandemic:
I recently purchased an AMD Raedon RX 570 GPU in order to accelerate Darktable processing operations using OpenCL. It looks like ROCm, AMD's open-source OpenCL implementation, should work. However, the process to install ROCm and enable image support on Arch Linux was not intuitive, so I'm documenting it here.
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A new version of Web Launcher, 1.3.x, is out now with the following major improvements:
Mark Knopfler's latest solo album, Down The Road Wherever (YouTube), is perhaps his best work since Shangri-La. His other recent albums (even including Get Lucky, which I reviewed here), have felt too folky for my taste and lacked hints of Dire Straits rock. Down The Road Wherever reduces the folk …
I find myself frequently working in high-contrast scenes which makes post-processing a challenge since adjustments to the exposure wreak havoc with colors and I often want to only selectively modify part of the image. Fortunately, Darktable's deeply-integrated LAB support and powerful parametric masks make these difficult shots easy …
It is an unexpected but delightful surprise to find myself excited and invigorated to be returning to Jean-Luc Picard and to explore new dimensions within him. Read my full statement in the photo. #StarTrek @cbsallaccess Photo: @shervinfoto pic.twitter.com/8Ynuj3RBNm
— Sir Patrick Stewart (@SirPatStew) August 4, 2018
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I've really enjoyed watching Royal Pains over the last eight years, but it took seeing the finale to be able to really articulate why I like it so much: all of the characters give, and through their giving they receive what they need. For example, Hank helped so many people …
Ansible is a fantastic technology that allows you to deploy and manage servers easily and in a repeatable fashion. One thing that can be tricky is using templates to create complex configuration files. In this example, I'll demonstrate how to use nested variables to create a sample Sanoid config file …
Ever since Star Trek Enterprise went off the air, there has been a void, a lack of new Star Trek TV or movies available to fans. The NuTrek films (the 2009 Star Trek reboot and subsequent movies set in an alternate universe) do not count, because although they are …
