I had already started work on my 3D render when the magazine arrived. I shrunk it down to 620x1129 for the post, but the original is 1054x1920 definitely large enough to see what’s going on. I subsequently found the above image after the fact. As it turns out, this was Playboy’s most popular issue ever. I bought one in pretty decent shape for only $6 bucks, shipped. I had hopped on eBay and found that there was no shortage of Lenna Playboys to be had. I thought since being such an iconic, well know picture in the world of computer imaging, that it would be fitting to use the “First Lady of the Internet” as the basis for a 3D render.Īll of the images I found online were much too small, or low res to see what was going on with all the details in the background. I was dying to see if the rest of the image was out there somewhere, so I searched for it. I don’t always take a picture, but here’s a few: I’ve used it several times to test the FTP functionality on my vintage Macs. This is the original 512x512 image that’s commonly used: It was common practice to anglicize foreign names into something “more English” sounding. The test image is often used for image processing algorithms (such as compression and denoising) and related scientific publications.Īlthough her name is spelled “Lena”, Playboy spelled her name as “Lenna” in the magazine. It is a picture of Lena Söderberg, a Swedish model, shot by photographer Dwight Hooker. It comprises 512×512 pixels, and was originally cropped from the centerfold of the November 1972 issue of Playboy magazine. Lenna is the name given to a standard test image which has been in use since 1973. So, in order to test the functionality, I always pull down an image of Lena Söderberg as my “Hello World” image. As far as networking a 20-year old machine via Ethernet, the best you can hope for is simple file transfers via FTP. There are some thin clients out there like iCab and Netscape, but the lack of RAM in those old 68K Macs is usually a deal-breaker when it comes to even running them. Even though some of my old Macs are connected to the internet with Ethernet, that doesn’t mean I’m surfing the ‘net with them. Whenever I connect an old machine to the internet, it’s basically so that I can FTP files back and forth between the old and the new machines. That’s a pretty amazing thing for a 20-year old Macintosh. It was just the other day that I got my Performa 575 connected to the internet. But why now? Why the sudden interest in “Entertainment for Men”? Why November, 1972? ![]() Yeh, so it’s been a good 20 years since I’ve had my hands on a nudie magazine. In any case, with the arrival of the internet, who needed to buy nudie magazines when you could get it on the ‘net for free? And not for nothing, but the stuff in those magazines back in the ‘80s was pretty tame by comparison. How else was a 13-year old supposed to get his jollies? ![]() Remember, this was a good decade or so before the internet. I remember many a time as a kid being at a friend’s house and sneaking off into the woods to look at the Playboy and Penthouse magazines we’d gotten a hold off. As kids, we often got out hands on nudie magazines either by stealing them from our old man, or getting an older brother to buy one. ![]() Well, let me clarify ’s the first Playboy I’ve paid for. ![]() Can't combine after purchase.Say hello to my very first Playboy. Thanks for looking All International buyers MUST contact me before purchasing to get combined shipping. We will refund shipping after we figure the combined amount and refund to your paypal account. We can usually ship 2 for the same price as one. ALL Magazines have there Centerfolds unless noted that they don't. Item: 276027836809 PENTHOUSE MAGAZINE DECEMBER 2009 ADULT NUDE CENTERFOLD GIRLS PET CELEBRITY.
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