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POPSRembrandt's two renderings of the Binding of Isaac The first one is the one Rembrandt did late in his life, and it's arguably a much superior piece of art. In the early one, the image is violent and dynamic, in the later one, it's much quieter -- characterized by a sense of mourning and consolation.
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POPS"Content-aware" image resizing: get images the size you want without losing detail A very sophisticated Flash application that uses a new algorithm called "seam carving" to figure out which areas of your image have the least detail and squeezes them out first. It's hard to describe, and it doesn't work perfectly, but it's kind of amazing. Try it in IE. Be patient -- it runs very slowly and jerkily sometimes, but it does produce some remarkable results. (http://rsizr.com)
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POPSqipit: use your cameraphone as a portable scanner Some time back I clipped a link to Scanr, which does more or less the same thing. Photograph a document with your cameraphone, email it to their service, and get back a cleaned-up image which they store online. Could be useful.
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POPSPat Robertson a killer? Naaaah A Texas bodybuilder, who is suing Pat Robertson for allegedly using his image to promote an "age-defying shake" on The 700 Club and elsewhere, claims that when he crossed paths with Robertson at a deposition, Robertson said, "I'm going to kill you and your family."
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POPSBeirut op-ed: Saddam execution proves US hates Arabs Beirut's Dar al-Hayat, which I think is a pretty mainstream publication, argues that the manner and timing of Saddam's execution can and will only be seen throughout the Muslim world as a humiliating slap in the face to all Arabs and Muslims, orchestrated by the U.S. Via: http://snipurl.com/16usb