http://www.singlepointoffailure.net Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:50:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I was watching this on TV! Come on... this is 'quality' TV. http://www.singlepointoffailure.net/2010/02/fun/surfin-bird/ This last monday morning, a colleague enters in my office and asked for my... how should I put it... let's say technical advise.This time the discussion was about using int64_t and double in some deprecated code involving type casts and trunc of doubles into integers.This discussing made me research a ... http://www.singlepointoffailure.net/2010/02/programming/int64_t-vs-long-long/ © TonyVCAccording to Google Analytics, "Single Point of Failure" is one of the expressions that brings more people to this humble place. I guess people searching Google for this expression would like to see the actual definition, and not only the title of the blog.So, after some investigation, here it ... http://www.singlepointoffailure.net/2010/02/definition/define-single-point-of-failure/ Your mind was automatically directed to sex, wasn't it? Admit it. With a title like that, everything point to the sexual fetish that is Voyeurism. If you search the web there are lots of sites (there it goes again, the mind floating to those sex ideas) that define this clinical ... http://www.singlepointoffailure.net/2010/02/photo/my-fetish-voyeurism/ Fashion photography is sometimes not well understood, specially by me, but the Pirelli Calendar is always very artistic. Being a professional photographer has its quirks, but seeing the making of makes me wonder. Both models and photographers suffer a bit to take the marvelous photos, between all the fun... ... http://www.singlepointoffailure.net/2010/02/photo/pirelli-calendar-2010/ http://www.singlepointoffailure.net/2010/02/music/supporting-them/ A while ago, I became aware of the potential of using RAW files after reading some very interesting articles [1][2] on the subject. Since then RAW is the everyday choice unless speed between shoots is important or, more frequently, when the memory card is starting to fill-up.Using Ubuntu (and GIMP) ... http://www.singlepointoffailure.net/2010/02/photo/raw-images-in-ubuntu/ Sooner or later, you'll need to clean the sensor of your DSLR. Here are some resources that I found interesting: Thom Hogan's Nikon Field Guide and Nikon Flash Guide (on Cleaning your Sensor) Cleaning Digital Cameras Sensor Cleaning Although the articles above describe several more or less intrusive methods to clean the sensor, all ... http://www.singlepointoffailure.net/2010/02/photo/spring-cleaning/ Amazing, simply amazing... she did it again! http://www.singlepointoffailure.net/2010/02/music/amazing-simply-amazing/ "I need an Exit.." This photo was taken on my way to work. Strangely enough, the arrow indicating the emergency exit also points in the direction of my office. The actual exit is between this arrow and the entrance, which sometimes makes me wonder if I shouldn't just use this exit ... http://www.singlepointoffailure.net/2010/02/photo/exit/