Using a Plate Stand with your iPad
Yes, I know, another bloody iPad post. Sorry, but it’s here, it’s magical, etc. and I have to get it out of my system. So, I’ve seen people using a few different things to prop up their iPads for hands-free iPaddage, but the best I’ve found is a £2.50 plate stand from the local arts and crafts store.
Plate Stand! iPad! Win!
Having recently got an iPad, it was very obvious very quickly that I’d need a case. I managed with a cheap neoprene NetBook case for a while, but I coveted something a little flashier. Luckily, Griffin send me an Elan Passport case to review, and yeah, it’s exactly what I was looking for.
Oh my, it's a thing of beauty
Make your own Micro-SIM
If you have an iPad 3G in the UK, there are no providers offering Micro-SIMs yet, meaning that if you’ve grey imported your own iPad 3G, you’re going to have to wait until the end of the month.
iPad 3G running on 3
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HDR software for the Mac
Today, there are many different ways of producing HDR photographs on the Mac, the most common of which was described in my Beginners Guide to HDR, and this review covers four of the applications available to us. I will be looking at Photomatix Pro, HDR PhotoStudio, Hydra and the free option HDRtist. To help you make your own mind up, the source photos used in this review are available to download here, and you can use them in the demos linked at the end of this page. I will be testing all four applications at aligning and merging first and then tone-mapping second, making the image usable as a JPEG on the dynamic range a monitor can display. I will be assuming you’ve read my beginner’s guide and will be using terminology described there, but if you haven’t, don’t worry too much about it. Apologies for both the length and the lack of detail. I wish I could have made it shorter and I also wish I could have had the time to make it much, much longer. Comment below if you agree or disagree and if you like this sort of thing, follow me on Twitter.
Boats at Bowling - Widescreen
Your Mac Life iPad appeal
Update: 3rd April, 2010. He’s in the queue hoping to get one. We’ve done as much as we can.
Update 2: 3rd April, 2010. He got one.
Shawn King with an iPad
