Tag: flash

FX Photo Studio Creative Boost

I created a story around my submissions to the FX Photo Studio Creative Boost contest. Posterous really needs some sort of image caption feature.

Suddenly the sky over the fair grounds was lit with a blinding flash of orange-yellow light.

FX Photo Studio app on iPad

Filters: Pencil Paint, Color Explosion

Original image by Lea Zimany.

A flying craft lit with blue light appeared over the fairground. I could see a glowing yellow light descend from the center of the craft toward a group of people lokking up.

FX Photo Studio app on iPad

Filters: Symetry Quad, Night Vision, Glowing Edges

Original image by Lea Zimany.

An ominous being appeared before. I knew something bad was about to happen.

FX Photo Studio app on iPhone

FIlters: Symetry Vertical, Noir Blue, Art Contours

Original image by Lea Zimany.

I watched in horrow as some sort of tractor beam pulled several people out of the crowd.

FX Photo Studio app on iPhone

Filters:Neon Light, Explosion, Color Explosion

Original image by Max Berkowitz

Then in another flash of light they were gone. We stood there stunned, not believing what we had just experienced but relieved that we were not taken.

FX Photo Studio app on iPhone

Filters: Symetry Quad, Explosion, Color Explosion

Original image by Miki Ballard

AppleInsider | Intel introduces first solid-state drives based on flash memory

While these are still too expensive for the average budget the race is on. I expect in the next few years we will see dropping prices and increased capacity.  Although I do not expect that flash drives will match the cost per megabyte of magnetic storage at some point in the very near future the price/performance curve will make flash based HD a very attractive alternative for laptop hard drives.  The SanDisk drive mentioned in the article is already at the right capacity for most corporate notebooks.

AppleInsider | Intel introduces first solid-state drives based on flash memory

Conceived as a drop-in replacement for other notebook drives, the "SATA 5000" fits into a standard 2.5-inch space without any changes but consumes less than half the power. The 32GB drive will run system builders about $350.