Monthly archives: October, 2007

No postings until Monday or Tuesday

My wife Lisa was induced into labour yesterday (it was scheduled) and we are now the parents of 3 children. We already had 2 boys, and now we have a little girl! Both mother and the baby are doing great and will be coming home this morning. I’ll obviously be a little slow in getting …

Take a Step Back – Digital Photography Tip of the Week

Where do you stand when it comes to your own photography? Are you too emotionally invested in the image? Maybe it is time you took a step back and re-evaluated your photos. We often have an emotional attachment to our images that clouds our view of the quality of an image. A memory of the …

How social can we get?

From MSNBC: The Internet world is relentlessly enthusiastic in its embrace of the latest and greatest, and this year’s new flavor has been social networking. Between MySpace, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Bebo and scores of lesser start-ups, social networking seems poised to take over the Internet. Indeed, some digerati have suggested that Facebook, by allowing developers …

Get all your keyboard shortcuts at KeyXL

From Download Squad: KeyXL is one of the largest online databases of keyboard shortcuts around. Search by software, operating system, Windows, Macintosh, Linux and browser based application, this database has it all.

Building a computer that reads minds

From MSNBC: They’re already predicting, mathematically, what you’ll want to watch, what you’ll want to wear, and who you’ll want to vote for. Obviously, the next step is for computers to read your mind — and that’s just what they’re working toward at Tufts University in Boston. Your computer won’t be picking up details about …

How NASA helped invent Silicon Valley

From CNet News: For anyone who’s ever been stuck in rush-hour traffic on U.S. Highway 101 through Silicon Valley, the region’s overgrowth of green-glass office buildings, ugly tech company headquarters and expensive cars is a frustrating flip side to the steady stream of world-changing innovation that has emerged there. But if you’d visited the region …

Nero 7 Ultra Edition ENHANCED review

I know… I’m way behind on this one! Back in January 2006 I contacted Ahead Software, the makers of Nero (the CD/DVD burning software) asking to do a review. They promptly sent me the packaged product in the mail along with some PR material. I started to use it right away, and have been impressed …