"You can do it, and you know it" Thanks Halls

Rise and Shine! I woke up feeling almost 100% better. I have a strict "getting a cold" regime which always seems to keep everything at bay:

-Lots if liquids
-A bit of exercise. Enough to work up a sweat though
-Cold FX or a name name version
-Halls Vitamin C and cough Drops
-2 hours of feeling bad for yourself. Since the first step to getting better is admitting that you actually are fighting a cold

So I spent two hours last night feeling bad for myself, sucking on Halls cough drops, and drinking Throat Formula Tea.

The 'Pep talk in ever drop' on the Halls vitamin C drops were really encouraging! They helped me get through last evening.

Yes- the wrapper really does day "Let's hear your battle cry" and "You can do it, and you know it"

I sent myself to bed early and woke up half an hour later then usual (Usually I'm up around 7:20am).

After a warm cup of coffee (okay fine... a couple warm cups of coffee) out of my favorite mug, and a filling breakfast, I am ready to start my day.

The countdown begins only 31 days until the Royal Wedding! I missed the TLC Royal wedding special on the weekend :( But that's alright, I'll be done exams on April 28th, so I will be able to follow the wedding all day on the 29th!

What are your tricks and tips to overcoming a cold?

High Pass Filter

Being a student studying electrical and computer engineering, I got quite curious about how photoshop's High Pass Filter works.

You see in analog and digital communication systems a high pass filter will remove low frequency components of a signal, and pass the high frequencies. A HPF is actually a simple circuit, and looks something like this:

But photoshop's HPF is clearly not a circuit so since I'm always reading SOMETHING while I enjoy my breakfast, I decided to explore how this high pass filter concept applies to image processing. I won't bore you will all the gory details - but according to this informative site: "The kernel of the high pass filter is designed to increase the brightness of the center pixel relative to neighboring pixels. The kernel array usually contains a single positive value at its center, which is completely surrounded by negative values."  


I decided to apply a high pass filter to a picture of breakfast. 

Turns out that the settings I have it on just make the air look a bit smokey - I swear I didn't burn my toast... :)


What are your favorite photoshop filters?