Tuesday, October 5, 2004

Economist.com | Tourism: "Do cows improve the view? That is a question which interests the Swiss government, given that it subsidises farmers heavily to graze their cows in the mountains. One justification for the subsidy is that cows eat young trees, and fewer trees mean better vistas of the sort beloved by tourists. But just how much do cows improve the view and where do they provide most value for money?" (Via The Economist.) I'd like to see the virtual Alps that these folks at SFIT created. 12:43:51 PM

The trends at ArsTechnica are interesting reading: IE has gone from 78% of their reader's browser to just 38%. Mozilla has gone from 10% to 31%. Safari now gets 8%, and Opera 3%. The Ars platform and browser report: "From time to time we like to report on the platform and browsers that our readers are using. We can do this because most web browsers report this information when they make requests to our webserver." (Via Ars Technica.) 8:24:35 AM

Rob Galbraith DPI: Public beta of Noise Ninja Photoshop plug-in now available: "Noise Ninja, which is software for reducing the visibility of noise in digital camera and scanned photos, was released earlier this year as a standalone application. The plug-in replicates the functionality of the standalone application within Photoshop." (Via Rob Galbraith.) 6:51:01 AM

FujiFilm Face Search on F-Next Image Viewer: "At Photokina 2004, FujiFilm displayed the 'F-NEXT IMAGE VIEWER' portable photo viewer, which seems pretty standard. It features a 3.6” QVGA screen, 2GB capacity, and CF slot. But that's not important. What is important is the inclusion of a new image searching function called 'Face Search.'" (Via Digital Photography Blog.) 6:31:45 AM

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