So, I was trying to get rid of the obvious flaw in the following picture, and I found a pretty easy way to do it with GIMP.

Now, I’m no expert at GIMP or anything, but all I did was select the region in question using the lasso, like so:

Then, I used the Colors -> Components -> Channel Mixer tool to bend it to my will (make sure you grow your selection to encompass the whole flare using the Select -> Grow tool):

Notice how in the preview window the blemish isn’t visible?  That’s what you want.  Now, hit OK.

So, now all we have is a little bit of a color/contrast issue.  Let’s fix that up with the Colors -> Color Balance tool:

Now, if you look closely, you can still see just a tiny bit of brightness, but that’s alright with me – it’s much better than the blue crap.  Here’s the end result:

And there you have it: how to remove those annoying lens flares with GIMP.

$ sudo dmidecode | grep "Installed Size"
        Installed Size: 1024 MB (Double-bank Connection)
        Installed Size: Not Installed
        Installed Size: 1024 MB (Double-bank Connection)
        Installed Size: Not Installed
        Installed Size: 64 KB
        Installed Size: 2048 KB

If you just run sudo dmidecode by itself, you can find out all kinds of awesome system info.

//Do some image caching
cached_image = Array(new Image(), new Image(), new Image(), new Image());
cached_image[0].src="image1.jpg";
cached_image[1].src="image2.jpg";

It’s amazing.