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AI Photo Enhancement: Boon or Bust for Old Photos?

Posted on Saturday, 1. April 2023 by hmvh

Digitizing old family photos is a great way to preserve family history and memories for future generations. But let’s face it: old photos can be faded, scratched, and just plain old-looking. That’s where AI-powered photo enhancement software comes in. But is it really the panacea it’s cracked up to be? Continue reading →

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Current status: Still sorting photos

Posted on Friday, 3. March 2023 by hmvh

It’s March 2023, and it’s been about one year since I started digitising my photo collection. What I hadn’t counted on was the amount of time that researching, naming, and sorting of the resultant scans would ultimately take. Continue reading →

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The art of German party music

Posted on Sunday, 27. September 2015 by hmvh

As someone who’s amassed and “processed” several hundred tapes in recent years, I had the opportunity to take a good look at certain visual cues in the design of the products put out by record labels. As for German party and schlager music, well… let’s just say they make no effort to shake off their gaudy stereotypes. Continue reading →

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Fun t-shirts and apparel

Posted on Saturday, 16. February 2013 by hmvh

I also began collecting pictures of t-shirts with funny slogans (or funny people wearing ordinary t-shirts) for some future gallery-style project. Continue reading →

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