text: Simple Pleasures | [Inception/3rd Rock – Arthur/Eames] deepsix – This Was Not in the Mission Statement	
  Summary: Arthur brings his work family home to meet his real family, the Solomons. Crack ensues. If anon wants you can include Saito. Do the Solomons understand dreams better now? Do they quiz Eames about his relationship with Arthur, to gain a better understanding of this world. Do they probe the team just for laughs?
  This is hilarious! I never really watched 3rd Rock From the Sun, but I’ve seen enough to know who everyone is and just imagining the Solomons as Arthur’s family cracks me up. XD
  [Updated September 11, 2010]: Added author (previously anonymous), title (previously untitled), and link to fic in author’s journal.
  [Inception/3rd Rock - Arthur/Eames] deepsix - This Was Not in the Mission Statement, 8.5 out of 10 based on 2 ratings
  
  I was in the Outdoor Photo Gear warehouse this week and saw these Heat 3 Smart Gloves for the first time. They just looked like another pair of mittens until Chris Klapheke started showing me their many ingenious features. The first thing he showed me was the way the mitten opened up to reveal an inner glove that allows maximum dexterity while still providing protection from the elements. The finger cover also incorporates a pocket that covers the fingers and accepts chemical hand warmers. The inner glove has conductive pads on the index finger and thumb that allow use of phones, iPads , etc. The goat leather palm provides a good grip and durability.
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  Last night I was playing around with some images I shot last week from the Big Four Bridge at sunset. I was intrigued by the patterns that the lights cast on the deck and how they contrasted with the somber sky above. The images were all created from three frame bracket sets of, -2, 0, +2 Exposure Values. The artificial lights on the ramp were set to red and I thought I would experiment with the resulting photos after merging and tone mapping them in NIK HDR Efex Pro 2. For this image I took the HDR image into Aperture 3 and adjusted several sliders in the exposure, enhance and sharpening panels before loading it into OnOne Perfect Effects where I added a vignette. The OnOne suite is another iceberg that I have barely seen the tip of; the range of effects that are available and the ability to combine them in layers within the software leads to an infinite range of looks to explore. Anything you build up in the layers can be exported as a custom preset which you can then apply to similar images and get consistent results.