The Problem
Working in an agency setting, where the crispness and clarity of your images is extremely important, writing web systems that automatically generate thumbnails can be problematic. When resizing images downwards, as is often the case in thumbnail generation, pixel values are approximated from their original size. These approximations can result in thumbnail images which are blurry and difficult to read. The bigger the change in pixel size, the more dramatic the effect. So if you resize a 900×900px image into 120×120, you will see a major difference in clarity.
Photoshop has several...
My blog, music server, linux playground, etc…, was down for a period of several months due to some hardware that finally gave up the fight. I’m proud to be back online with a new, and much more powerful, server that I received from my good friends at Metro Hi Speed. Having nothing bad to say about Ubuntu or other linux based alternatives out there, I decided to rebuild on top of CentOS 5- if for nor other reason than boredom and my need to tinker. In the process of becoming better accustomed with the frustration charm of the world outside of debian, I’ve come to love my new machine....
One axiom overheard constantly throughout the blogs and forums of the internet’s technorati, is “use the right tool for the job.” Generally this nugget is brought up in conversations questioning whether one should use framework A or framework B, language C or language D, etc… Invariably, people get pissed, comments get ridiculous, and “that guy”:http://www.geekitude.com/Pictures/Linucon2004/Ex45TronUpCloseRot.jpg eventually shows up to tell everyone that they’re retards for not using Lisp. This is not one of those articles. Having spent too much of my life...
Automated image sharpening
Posted by admin in Featured Articles, Ruby on Rails, Technology on February 28, 2009 | No Comments
The Problem
Working in an agency setting, where the crispness and clarity of your images is extremely important, writing web systems that automatically generate thumbnails can be problematic. When resizing images downwards, as is often the case in thumbnail generation, pixel values are approximated from their original size. These approximations can result in thumbnail images which are blurry and difficult to read. The bigger the change in pixel size, the more dramatic the effect. So if you resize a 900×900px image into 120×120, you will see a major difference in clarity.
Photoshop has several...New Server
Posted by admin in Technology, Uncategorized on February 23, 2009 | No Comments
My blog, music server, linux playground, etc…, was down for a period of several months due to some hardware that finally gave up the fight. I’m proud to be back online with a new, and much more powerful, server that I received from my good friends at Metro Hi Speed. Having nothing bad to say about Ubuntu or other linux based alternatives out there, I decided to rebuild on top of CentOS 5- if for nor other reason than boredom and my need to tinker. In the process of becoming better accustomed with the frustration charm of the world outside of debian, I’ve come to love my new machine....5 Reasons to Use Rails
Posted by admin in Ruby on Rails, Technology, Uncategorized on February 22, 2009 | No Comments
One axiom overheard constantly throughout the blogs and forums of the internet’s technorati, is “use the right tool for the job.” Generally this nugget is brought up in conversations questioning whether one should use framework A or framework B, language C or language D, etc… Invariably, people get pissed, comments get ridiculous, and “that guy”:http://www.geekitude.com/Pictures/Linucon2004/Ex45TronUpCloseRot.jpg eventually shows up to tell everyone that they’re retards for not using Lisp. This is not one of those articles. Having spent too much of my life...