{"id":348,"date":"2006-06-07T12:03:29","date_gmt":"2006-06-07T17:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/?p=348"},"modified":"2006-06-07T12:04:32","modified_gmt":"2006-06-07T17:04:32","slug":"more-toys-to-distract-me-from-my-real-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2006\/06\/07\/more-toys-to-distract-me-from-my-real-work\/","title":{"rendered":"More toys to distract me from my <em>real<\/em> work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nicmcphee\/162458446\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.flickr.com\/62\/162458446_65bf2ba7f4.jpg?resize=341%2C400\" width=\"341\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Diptych, Onions Hockneyized\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So <a href=\"http:\/\/flagrantdisregard.com\/flickr\/\">Flagrant Disregard<\/a> has made <a href=\"http:\/\/flagrantdisregard.com\/flickr\/hockney.php\">a nifty new toy<\/a> that applies the &#8220;Hockney&#8221; treatment to an image, by cutting it up and placing polaroid frames around the parts.  I first became aware of this via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/zen\/\">Zen<\/a>&#8216;s fun explorations of the tool (e.g., <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/zen\/161407421\/\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/zen\/161458871\/\">there<\/a>), including fun multiple applications of the tool.<\/p>\n<p>I of course had to give it a go and wandered through a number of things to end up with the images above and below; you may make of them what you will.  I started with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nicmcphee\/161437621\/\">the flower image below<\/a>, went through multiple applications of the toy (3), and then played lots with the colors in Photoshop.  Too much fun!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nicmcphee\/162457154\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.flickr.com\/19\/162457154_b87803f14c.jpg?resize=400%2C234\" width=\"400\" height=\"234\" alt=\"X-ray controls\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nicmcphee\/161437621\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.flickr.com\/59\/161437621_007cc527f0.jpg?resize=400%2C234\" width=\"400\" height=\"234\" alt=\"Two heads are better than one\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\nNo tag for this post.\n\t<h4>Related posts<\/h4>\n\t<ul class=\"st-related-posts\">\n\t<li>No related posts.<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So Flagrant Disregard has made a nifty new toy that applies the &#8220;Hockney&#8221; treatment to an image, by cutting it up and placing polaroid frames around the parts. I first became aware of this via Zen&#8216;s fun explorations of the tool (e.g., here and there), including fun multiple applications of the tool. I of course &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2006\/06\/07\/more-toys-to-distract-me-from-my-real-work\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;More toys to distract me from my <em>real<\/em> work&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[21,4,20],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p90sy-5C","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":315,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2006\/02\/26\/you-know-you-needed-a-tool-just-like-this\/","url_meta":{"origin":348,"position":0},"title":"You know you needed a tool just like this&#8230;","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"26 Feb 06","format":false,"excerpt":"Spell with Flickr lets you spell out words and phrases using images from Flickr. 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I started my reply as a comment, but it grew beyond all sensible proportions and I decided that it really needed to be a post\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Computing&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Computing","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/category\/computing\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":173,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2005\/05\/27\/a-wordpress-security-patch\/","url_meta":{"origin":348,"position":3},"title":"A WordPress security patch and 2 other things to check out later","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"27 May 05","format":false,"excerpt":"There's a new WordPress security update. Happily it's really easy to apply. 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