Ok, you know we have been digging the Apple TV since it came out as a somewhat fulfilled promise of future set-top boxes.

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(Right. What did he just say?)
Basically , you have a box, that, with wi-fi, connects to the internet and your computer(s) to stream all of your music, connect to iTunes (now you can rent/download HD movies), watch YouTube on your flatscreen, and……see all of your photos on your TV.
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And now you can build a slide show from the photos on your computer OR Flickr OR Mobileme, set a soundtrack and the next time folks gather at your place, set the tone with your version of an active art piece. Especially if you have a flat screen mounted on the wall.

Now this unit could do a bunch of this before. Except for the sound track. Critical piece.

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Slap a frame on that bad boy and sign the corner.

Or Maybe you just want a background piece that randomly cycles through your collection.
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As camera tout more and more HD quality images, take advantage and put them onto you big screen TV.
A slide show of your last vacation never looked so good. Maybe get a CD of music indigenous to the area you traveled to, and add it to the show. Doesn’t matter if went to India or Texas for the trip, you plus the flavor with some appropriate sounds.
So pick what works best for you.

There are 2 models available- 40GB for $230 and 160GB for $330. And if you want to get real trick: you can control the AppleTV with your iPhone. Free app.
And if you already have one, it’s a free software update to get all of the new stuff.
Thanks, Apple.
One thing to note though as you decide on the hard drive size: the photos are not streamed but have to sync, I.E. loaded onto the drive. Maybe the stream is too big?

We love watching YouTube vids on TV and use the randomizer for photos. Actually helps in the edit process for large personal projects. Sometimes when you live with images, you see the worth or the lack thereof, of a photograph.

Here is an amazing sharing tool that everyone can get something out of, in the house. Or Office.

Only thing we’d like to see is if it could read GPS info on a slide show and then link out to a google map or “more info” page.

Maybe next year.

Sorry, for the last minute heads up but……
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Free days at Los Angeles Museums this weekend, 24 of them, and in NYC, Aperture presents Gilbert and George at the Brooklyn Museum. If we were on the East Coast, we’d be there. A Rare opportunity to hear these gentlemen speak.

And if you hear about any late breaking events or news, let us know.

I’m thinking laugh out loud.
From Director Robert Downey, Sr., a prince,(yes, Iron Mans dad) came this rugged B&W movie about advertising in the late 60’s. Putney Swope.
Look at Mad Men now, and this film told the story of the rebellion against that man in the grey flannel suit.
Essentially, the only African-American executive at an ad agency, gets voted in to replace the deceased chairman, and he changes it to the Truth And Soul agency and hilarity plus messages occur.
Adult or language and brief nudity, you have to see this. Especially with the success of Mad Men.

There is an advertising photographer who maybe didn’t personify all of the shooters in the business at the time, but a certain ilk.

Here’s Mark Focus, from the one of the funniest advertising movies, EVER, Putney Swope, presenting his work.

This has gotten some mixed response from photogs, as they get a bit outraged at the depiction. Lighten up everyone! And Netflix this movie. And remember what Putney Says!

It’s not all fine art and sympathy over here at Photoinduced.com .
Oh,no.
Sometimes we stumble across something that is a little goofy, pointless and a totally excellent way to spend a few moments.
Take a still photo, any still photo.Upload it to M&M Candylab site. Easily track the key parts like eyes,mouth,nose and ears. Process it, and a phrase or a song and Voila!
Your animated face has come to life with words, or songs like “Blinded Me With Science”, and can be ordered up on the classic candy with that same face.
OK, sounds silly. I can hear the phrases you may be adding to your uploaded face now.
C’mon! Be nice. There are children present!