The Insomniac Coder

This came out yesterday, and got slashdotted this morning:   Here's what I don't understand: Why are people wasting time and resources reinventing the wheel ? Has any of these people looked around and noticed how now every major camera maker in the world has embraced HD video , to the point that it is possible to buy dedicated HD camcorders for around $200? Or how about HD video cameras with vibration control for under $400? Wouldn't this effort be better spent in decent video editing applications that are FOSS ? <HD editing rant> One constant with all of the HD cameras I have tried over the past two years (Kodak Zi6, Sony DSC W and TX series) is that HD editing sucks when you are constrained to whatever software ships with the camera or can be downloaded for free. And yea, I am including iMovie because it is STUPID how (I can attest to this until at least my switch to Windows 7 last year) that iMovie hides (used to?) the export choices that produce 720p o...

setup_9720 Originally uploaded by fotoopa This is photoopa's homebuilt rig, which uses lasers to trigger the shutter on the Nikon DSLR .

IMG_5198 monarchvlinder (Danaus plexippus) Originally uploaded by fotoopa This was shot by the "Photo Grandpa" (his nickname in Dutch is "fotoopa"), a Belgian that likes to shoot Macro with a rig that he designed and built to add laser triggers to his NIkon DSLR . The butterfly is a Monarch ( Danaeus plexippus ). Related articles by Zemanta where have all the butterflies gone? (greenantilles.com) Long Live the Monarch Butterflies...Or How To At Least Help (environment.change.org)