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This document describes PNG (Portable Network Graphics), an extensible file format for the lossless, portable, well-compressed storage of static and animated raster images. PNG provides a patent-free replacement for GIF and can also replace many common uses of TIFF. Indexed-color, greyscale, and truecolor images are supported, plus an optional alpha channel. Sample depths range from 1 to 16 bits.
PNG is designed to work well in online viewing applications, such as the World Wide Web, so it is fully streamable with a progressive display option. PNG is robust, providing both full file integrity checking and simple detection of common transmission errors. Also, PNG can store color space data for improved color matching on heterogeneous platforms.
This specification defines two Internet Media Types, image/png and image/apng.
US says Haitians can be deported – days after ruling Haiti unsafe for Americans. (The Guardian)
Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr. United States Courthouse
Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr. United States Courthouse, Miami, Florida. [Washington, D.C. : General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service, 2007. Arquitectonica and Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum. via babel.hathitrust
Flutter, 2005
Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr. Federal Courthouse, Miami, FL
459’ x 105’ x 3′ tall
The artwork … is … her response to the boat-like imagery of the building. She envisioned creating a series of grassy waves that the building “floats” upon.
Visitors are able to walk through this rippling grassy landscape. This work typifies the artist’s interest in the ambiguity of form, creating a rippling wave that is equally reminiscent of a drifting sand dune.
GSA’s Art in Architecture Program.
Who is eligible for an Art in Architecture commission: American artists who are citizens or lawful permanent residents of the United States.
To be considered for:
- All new commissions for the next ten years, join the National Artist Registry.
- One commission at a time, respond to the solicitation announced in SAM.gov.
I felt her presence, by its spell of might
I heard the trailing garments of the Night
Sweep through her marble halls!
I saw her sable skirts all fringed with light
From the celestial walls!
I felt her presence, by its spell of might,
Stoop o’er me from above;
The calm, majestic presence of the Night,
As of the one I love.
Hymn to the Night, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Glimpses ineffable of things divine
The subtlest strain a great musician weaves,
Cannot attain in rhythmic harmony
To music in his soul. May it not be
Celestial lyres send hints to him? He grieves
That half the sweetness of the song, he leaves
Unheard in the transition. Thus do we
Yearn to translate the wondrous majesty
Of some rare mood, when the rapt soul receives
A vision exquisite. Yet who can match
The sunset’s iridescent hues? Who sing
The skylark’s ecstasy so seraph-fine?
We struggle vainly, still we fain would catch
Such rifts amid life’s shadows, for they bring
Glimpses ineffable of things divine.
Limitations, Henrietta Cordelia Ray
Polls are now closed in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary, a crowded race that has largely narrowed into a contest between Andrew Cuomo, the state’s former governor, and Zohran Mamdani, a state assemblyman and democratic socialist. ??
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There were no photos of them, but they were there in the pictures of trees behind their houses, the fields where they worked, the river they fished, the church where they testified, the joints where they drank. (TM)
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LaborBerlin: State-of-the-Art 16mm Projector
Our idea is to develop a state-of-the-art and modular 16mm film projector using only open-source technologies and non-proprietary/commonly available spare parts. We believe that especially the central mechanical elements of the old projectors – claw mechanism, shutter wheel and film transport – are in most cases so well engineered that a new development here would be a waste of time and energy. Instead, we want to build the projector on the basis of an existing – and easily available – projector mechanism. The same applies to the optics: lenses that are compatible with projectors made by Eiki, Bauer, Bell & Howell and Hokushin are available worldwide in good condition. This projector should cater to the needs of contemporary film artists, archivists and projectionists alike.
1. Don’t connect your TV to the internet.
If you keep the Wi-Fi off, the TV can’t send data to manufacturers or advertisers. Use a laptop or trusted device for streaming instead. If the TV stays offline forever, the data it collects never leaves the device.
2. Turn off ACR settings.
Dig through the menus and disable everything related to viewing info, advertising, and personalization. Look for settings like “Live Plus” or “Viewing Information Services.” Be thorough. These options are often buried.
3. Use dumb displays.
It’s almost impossible to buy a non-smart TV today. The market is flooded with “smart” everything. But a few dumb projectors still exist. And some monitors are safer too, though they don’t go to TV sizes yet.
The merveilleux-scientifique genre (aeon.co)