Nice work, Gregg. It's always nice to know that we have a talent/ability that we may have initially been unsure of.
catherine - your post makes me think of Tammy. I hope she is well.
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Nice work, Gregg. It's always nice to know that we have a talent/ability that we may have initially been unsure of.
catherine - your post makes me think of Tammy. I hope she is well.
I "attended" a lecture by two local reference librarians who spoke about and showed slides on many genealogy sites and helps. So I learned about some really helpful ones I had not heard about before, or been reticent about trying because I hate having to sign up for access to sites---it just means more email. Some of these did not require a login.
Did my first successful addition and subtraction problems on an abacus.
Interesting. May I ask why an abacus?Quote:
Originally Posted by Tybee
Okay, just found the answer in the Hobbies thread. Have fun!
My husband is learning, too. As he said, it makes you think differently, which is a good thing as we get older.
I remember hearing as a little kid that abacus users could calculate so quickly, and then when calculators came in, that they could to the abacus faster than a calculator (I'm doubting that) and I always wondered how it worked. Just curious, I guess.
I learned that James Beard's ashes were scattered on the beach where I grew up--in Gearhart, Oregon. Also, that he was gay.
I guess that's not much of a life skill...
I learned how to remap color profiles in photos.
First, photo right off older iPhone, standard Apple color map.
https://i.imgur.com/3ybaBCd.jpg
Second, remapping that to classic Fuji Velvia 50 slide film color response curves, no other edits or exposure changes, which would of course improve it quite a bit, but I only wanted to change one variable:
https://i.imgur.com/JX8jX0p.jpg
Was it the sky you remapped?
The whole image, across the entire color frequency range, from the Apple-spec curves to the Fuji ones, which have vastly more color saturation. It's sort of fun to be able to recreate the effect of the old film stocks with a digital camera.Quote:
Originally Posted by JaneV2.0
On Youtube I listened to Tchaikovsky's solo piano piece, "June Barcarolle". I enjoyed the music. Then I learned that Barcarolle is a minor musical genre with rhythmic variation (strong and weak beats) suggestive of the rowing motion of Venetian gondoliers.
Happy June!