Pencil from scratch in Photoshop

Tonight I tried a tutorial from PSDTUTS to draw some pencils in Photoshop:

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Microsoft Photosynth part 2

I talked about this last year, but now Microsoft Photosynth has launched with a tool for creating your own synths to explore.

Here's one I did this afternoon with some quick harbourfront pictures with the iPhone: (If the display sticks in the parking lot, keep moving to the right.)



It was supposed to be a 360 degree view but I must not have taken enough photos in one direction for the software to recognize them. Pretty fun though - I may try again this weekend with my regular camera.

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Privacy policy ignored at Domino's Pizza?

Here's what Domino's Pizza says in its privacy policy:

Only employees and agents of Domino's Pizza of Canada Ltd. who need to access your personal information in the course of their duties will have access to it.

And here's the customer-facing monitor (visible from outside, even) that I found when picking up a pizza tonight:



I emailed the privacy manager to find out if this was just a mistake by a lone franchisee, but the message bounced with a "user unknown" error.

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