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Copying 2TB despite a dinosaur that shoot lasers from its eye

Of course, I could copy 2TB of files with the 32-bit Carbon version of Finder without any worries, but Apple’s 64-bit Cocoa rewrite of Finder paid off, and it still makes me happy I bought a Mac.

Back when I was a Windows user, copying nearly 2TB of files was a hell. Explorer would fail somewhere in the middle, and I’d have to see where it left off and resume manually. Finder is a solid file manager. I knew about Win32 copy apps such as Xcopy, but OSX comes with a solid app to do what you need replacements for on Windows (Teracopy, for instance).

“Had some fun with Cubbie’s macro lens.”

From Macro and Cameras, posted by Raymond Abril III on 3/03/2010 (122 items)

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Another test to celebrate organizing the 13,000 pictures I’ve taken recently and want to share soon!

“Venice Beach with Averie!”

From Venice Beach, posted by Raymond Abril III on 3/20/2010 (200 items)

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If this works, kudos to the developer”

Sunset to dusk

Sunset to dusk, 360 degree panorama preview of Phoenix, Arizona from my 3rd story roof. 129 images, -2,0,+2 bracketed exposures taken in Februrary 11th, 2010 by a Canon EOS 450D created with Hugin.

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Taking 360 degree panoramic pictures in HDR at sunset

I love to show people the view of the mountains and the city from my 3 story home south of downtown Phoenix, Arizona. Soon I’ll be able to show everyone what it is like to be on the roof… it is beautiful! I’ll spend time working on the HDR panoramas, so in the meantime here’s a silly video of me climbing my roof set to a song I created. I took my pictures in style, wearing a Fedora and gathering the attention of passerbys and neighbors! This video was sped up 1000% as to not waste your time and I put a part of a song I created as the soundtrack.

I’ve just made a few ‘test’ HDR shots from not ideal circumstances. I had dual plane gas filled windows, which refracted light. I climbed to the roof of my 3 story home to take an 3 shots each to create a set of HDR Panoramic pictures.