{"id":573884487,"date":"2013-02-14T22:23:40","date_gmt":"2013-02-15T04:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/?p=573884487"},"modified":"2013-02-18T00:51:24","modified_gmt":"2013-02-18T06:51:24","slug":"happy-valentines-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/blog\/2013\/02\/14\/happy-valentines-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Valentine&#8217;s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Valentine&#8217;s Day. It was clear and cold. I spent time this evening making a birthday video and working on my computer, which refused to load iMovie for much of the night. Happily, the Internet was able to save the day after a delicious Valentine&#8217;s steak dinner. I deleted everything related to iMovie except iMovie, restarted the machine 49 times, bribed, threatened and cajoled the thing and, finally, the program loaded.<\/p>\n<p>And so I was able to edit the video and send it off just in time. It was, I think, a good video.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I found a neat app<\/strong> that mimics a depth of field to your cameraphone photos. It is called <a TARGET=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/big-lens\/id470460905?mt=8\">Big Lens<\/a> and is done by touch. It works pretty well. Here&#8217;s a before and after:<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/feb13\/feb20b.jpg\" alt=\"BigLens\" \/><\/center> <\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/feb13\/feb20.jpg\" alt=\"BigLens\" \/><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>I overdid it a bit on the effect in this first example, which just goes to show how differently things look on a phone screen compared to a monitor. But, still, there might be something useful in the app. A phone&#8217;s camera can be very useful, but it has a few obvious shortcomings. Maybe things like this app will help. If you don&#8217;t mind editorializing. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Things to read<\/strong>. A recent panel asked &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.niemanlab.org\/2013\/02\/finding-tools-vs-making-tools-discovering-common-ground-between-computer-science-and-journalism\/\">What role does computation have in the practice of journalism today and in the near future?<\/a>&#8221; That is a fine read. My answer: More and more every day.<\/p>\n<p>Time Warner looks to <a TARGET=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com\/2013\/02\/14\/time-inc-the-unwanted-party-guest-being-pushed-out-the-door\/\">unload their print properties<\/a>. It is all very much up in the air, but this is going to be a big story. <\/p>\n<p>Need a last-minute card? Consult The Auburner for all <a TARGET=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/theauburner.com\/vday13.html\">your Valentine&#8217;s Day needs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And, finally, I received an email intended for someone else. It was from a florist. The inscription read &#8220;I just wont you to no I love you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Proofread, friends.<\/p>\n<p>Now I must go give my cards &#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Valentine&#8217;s Day. It was clear and cold. I spent time this evening making a birthday video and working on my computer, which refused to load iMovie for much of the night. Happily, the Internet was able to save the day after a delicious Valentine&#8217;s steak dinner. 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