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I got a press release the other day about Automatic Photo Sorter 1.0, software from Styopkin Software that scans for photos and uses the EXIF information to store the pictures in directories based on the date they were taken. Automatic Photo Sorter 1.0 will benefit most any digital photo enthusiast, who takes lots of photos …
This is a neat little tool I found recently that allows you to capture a screenshot (of a region, the desktop, or a window) and then use OCR (optical character recognition) to “extract” the text. JOCR enables you to capture the image on the screen and convert the captured image to text. It is useful …
From CNN: Most Americans think they’re helping the earth when they recycle their old computers, televisions and cell phones. But chances are they’re contributing to a global trade in electronic trash that endangers workers and pollutes the environment overseas. While there are no precise figures, activists estimate that 50 to 80 percent of the 300,000 …
From the New York Times: The compound – part boot camp, part rehab center — resembles programs around the world for troubled youths. Drill instructors drive young men through military-style obstacle courses, counselors lead group sessions, and there are even therapeutic workshops on pottery and drumming. But these young people are not battling alcohol or …
I haven’t tried this myself, but I recently heard about System Information for Windows. It is software that will take an inventory of the hardware and software on your computer, along with a lot of other useful information. The site describes it this way: SIW is an advanced System Information for Windows tool that gathers …
The other day I read a Reuters article about a web site that has a goal to “help end world hunger by providing rice to hungry people for free. This is made possible by the sponsors who advertise on this site.” I’m not sure how it all works, but a word appears and you are …
From the New York Times: Bonnie Brown was fresh from a nasty divorce in 1999, living with her sister and uncertain of her future. On a lark, she answered an ad for an in-house masseuse at Google, then a Silicon Valley start-up with 40 employees. She was offered the part-time job, which started out at …
From CNN Money: Internet veterans have long complained about the steady erosion of civility — and worse, intelligence — in online discourse. Initially the phenomenon seemed to be a seasonal disorder. It occurred every September when freshmen showed up for college and went online. Tasting for the first time the freedom and power of the …
From TechNewsWorld: Masaya Igarashi wants US$200 headphones for his new iPod Touch, and he’s torn between Nintendo Wii and Sony’s PlayStation 3 game consoles. When he has saved up again, he plans to splurge on a digital camera or flat-screen TV. There’s one conspicuous omission from the college student’s shopping list: a new computer. The …
I have talked in the past about non-destructive editing in Photoshop Elements 5 any of the full Photoshop versions including CS2 and CS3. This week I will introduce a way to make non-destructive edits to pixel layer detail. Several of the tools in Photoshop Elements 5 including the magic wand, spot healing, clone stamp, paint …