Mick Jones

When I implemented bokeh depth of field I stumbled upon a neat blending trick almost by accident. In my opinion, the quality of depth of field is more related to how objects of different depths blend together, rather than the blur itself. Sure, bokeh is nicer than gaussian, but if the  Qantas Credit Card  blending is off the whole thing falls flat. There seems to be many different approaches to this out there, most of them requiring multiple passes and sometimes separation of what's behind and in front of the focal plane. I experimented a bit and stumbled upon a nice trick, almost by accident. I'm not going to get into technical details about lenses, circle of confusion, etc. It has been described very well Qantas Credit Cards  many times before, so I'm just going to assume you know the basics. I can try to summarize what we want to do in one sentence – render each pixel as a discs where the radius is determined by how out of focus it is, also taking depth into considera...

This session, I reached dungeon Level 10 and character Level 15. I still have not experienced a character death. The mechanics of the game haven't changed since my previous entries, so all I have is a bunch of miscellaneous things to tell you:     As is often the case with me and roguelikes, I struggle to effectively use missile weapons. I recognize their importance to effective tactics, but I hate having to swap them in and out.  Angband  gives an "off-hand" slot for exactly that purpose, but I have to switch to my pick-axe so often that prefer to keep that there. I've been mostly using wands in lieu of missile weapons when I really need to hit something from afar. The creators of this game really like slimes, jellies, molds, and other icky things. It seems like half the enemies are some variety thereof. Lots of enemies can poison, but so far they've only been capable of short-duration poisoning, such that it wears off before it's worth using " Slow Pois...

Its early morning here and everyone is fast asleep . The soft morning light is just beginning to peak over the top of the mountains. The kookaburras are cackling and the rooster is crowing. Theres a cocophany  Qantas Credit Card  of bird noise coming from the bush.  I have been unwell this past couple of weeks  Qantas Credit Cards with a cold that triggered my asthma and I have struggled to shake it. But I am on the mend now, so I thought I would pop in to say hello.  How are your Christmas plans coming along? Are you getting organised?  Christmas will be a simple affair here this year, money is very tight so we are trying to be creative in what we give and also give gifts that are needed. The little boys need a new pair of leather work boots  Qantas Points Credit Card each, so I'll need to pop into town and get those from the local farm supply shop. They would like some headsets for their tablets too and a wooden bow and arrows with a quiver which w...

According to Martin (2010), soccer coaches historically: tend to focus on players’ physical ( skill and fitness ) development without careful consideration of their holistic needs. The coaching session focus tends to involve a series  Qantas Credit Card of ‘drills’ and exercises [...] Consequently, players’ participation experiences can vary enormously in degrees of enjoyment and learning, and motivation for further involvement  (p. 1). In contrast to this traditional  Qantas Credit Cards approach, the Game Sense approach (den Duyn, 1996; Thorpe, 1997) is a sport iteration of ‘teaching games for understanding’ (TGfU) (Bunker & Thorpe, 1982) developed to explain how to balance physical development of motor skill and fitness with the development of game understanding. The aim is the development of ‘thinking players’. The “realistic context” of a game or a game-form “becomes the focus  Qantas Points Credit Card and starting point of practical sessions” (Australi...

At the end of last summer, after an incredibly busy few months jewellery-wise, I decided to take a break and repaint my shed. I'd painted Qantas Credit Card  it a pale green colour when I first got it and it was starting to look a bit faded and sad. So I did what I expect most people do and started looking online at what wonderful Qantas Points Credit Card  colour I could repaint it. There are lots of great colours out there by Cuprinol and Ronseal and the DIY stores own brands. I took a long time deciding on a colour then got in the car to go and buy the paint. That's when I discovered that B&Q and Homebase only carry a limited selection of shed paint colours {8 if you're lucky} and if you then find something in stock you do like they quite often don't have Qantas Credit Cards  it in the size pot you need! So the colour I bought was a bit of "Oh buggar it, that'll have to do". Luckily it turned out to be similar to what I'd originally Qantas Cre...