Tonight the 3rd beta of the rewritten V7 compatible ThumbTools is released! New features in this version:
Preview thumbs
Sorting (aspect ratio, deviant, submit date, category)
Direct noting of deviant from thumb menu
Sending notes to all deviants in current list (You've been featured messages)

I needed a feature to test the new note sending capabilities of the next beta of ThumbTools! So here it is:

Did you know that 2¹⁵ = 32768 ? Sure you do! I told you that already! And to celebrate that once again, here are the lucky deviants who cached my 32767th and 32768th page views! (No one sent me No.32769)



And while I'm at it! Thanks for ~knifeofdreams who retouched one of my portraits this week!

Did you know that 2¹⁵ = 32768 ? Well... Now you do! And to celebrate that, if you catch my 32767th, 32768th or 32769th pageview, you get a feature... Send me the screen shoot in a note

Lately I haven't been too active, because I was way to busy with my Ph.D. Thesis! On the bright side: I'm ready with it! All that is left, is defending the thesis, but it won't be any sooner than October or November... Until then I don't have anything to do with my Ph.D., so now I'll have a bit of time for taking photos, editing photos, working, and most importantly to spend it with my beautiful and lovely fiancée, who helped me an awful lot with finishing up the thesis.

Now here is the story... as some of you might already know I'm a researcher in bioinformatics. That's how I get to travel a lot, but usually I don't see much due to my conference duties. Although when I can, I find a way though to stay 1-2 days longer when ever it is possible, and take photos.

This year though my presentations were accepted to two big conferences in the U.S.: Anaheim and Boston. The two conferences are only 2 weeks apart. So the wise thing would be to stay in the US between the conferences, and visit something there. And here comes the problem: that would mean me and my beloved fiancée being apart for almost 4 weeks! I'm already homesick after 3 days, that's how much I love her, and that's how much I miss her. Not being able to hug her during an almost 4 week long period, is unimaginable for me!

It becomes even more tricky when I tell you, that she is a photographer too: ~knifeofdreams When ever possible we go shooting together, and I would hate to make her feel like she is missing out on something. On something as beautiful as Colorado, Garand Canyon or Zion national park... because these are the places I'm planing to visit, IF I stay for that 2 weeks. (Actually one of them, and haven't decided yet, which one...)

Than of course she could come to the US as well for that 2 week between the conferences... sound like the perfect solution. Not to mention that she has friends in Colorado... And since most hotels only charge for the room, not for the amount of people in the room, we wouldn't have to worry about extra expenses... The only thing she would have to pay is the plane ticket... and here is where this version fails: right now we can not pay $1500 for a return ticket to Colorado Springs... Even though I'm working hard to make as much money as I can, my savings are non existent, and I could only pay about $700 right now... basically I would have to earn another $800 from... well... I don't know...

So here comes the question: How should I make an extra $800 within a month? Or should I sell my financial soul and take a loan? Or should I come home between the conferences? Or should I stay anyway, even if I'm already depressed about it? I know that both me and ~knifeofdreams would shoot amazing photos there... but where should we get the necessary founds for that?

Please help me! Give me ideas... I'm totally down right now...

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About a week ago we were thinking of buying a medium format camera. Than I went crazy, and I almost bought 3 different cameras: A Zeiss Ikonta, a Lubitel Sputnik and a Pentacon six TL... At some point though my lovely ~knifeofdreams asked me, if I was being serious about this Than I realized that I don't really need all of these, so I finally decided to buy the Pentacon, and leave the rest for later.

The Pentacon six I bought was owned by a collector, who never used it. It's in perfect condition, but had to be repaired, cause the lubricants dried out... now it's working perfectly, but it turns out that my scanning technique (I use my laptop screen and my D60 camera for scanning) is not enough quality to reproduce the amazing images the pentacon takes. So it seems that I will need to have them scanned later if I do some really good shoots.

Until then here are some shoots from the test rolls before and after the repair. Sorry that I bulk uploaded these, but I wanted to put them into this journal

Well... no one caught my 30.001, but *anveshdunna caught my 30.002, so why not feature him instead? Here you go!

~falsecuteness


~niulai


*anveshdunna
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And for all my watchers, and visitors: thanks for your support!

You all know how that works, right? Visit my profile, and if you were number 29.999, 30.000 or 30.001, than send me the screen shot, and I'll feature you! Only one rule: Have fun!

Update: Just 32 more page views, and you could be the one gets the feature!

What the HELL?! Why did my avatar change to Lady GAGA?!?!?!?!?! I hate lady gaga, and I'm, not in a team!!! GIVE ME BACK MY AVATAR!!! I can't even change it back!

Edit: Okay... I get it, it's an Aprils fools prank... haha... I hate when it happens! You have made you point, now let me change it back, because I HATE LADY GAGA! I DON'T WANT TO BE LADY GAGA!!! NOT EVEN FOR ONE DAY!!!