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Regular reader Pat sent along some information on ShortCourses.com. They have several online books Welcome to ShortCourses.com, Famous for its books on digital cameras and digital photography. THE digital photography resource for over 6,000,000 visitors a year I quickly glanced over a couple of the “courses”. As of the time of this writing, there seems …
From MSNBC: It looks like a taping of “ER.” A surgeon stands over a patient, scalpel in hand, ready to perform a high-tech spinal operation. He has a team of professionals supporting him—two anesthesiologists, four nurses and an X-ray technician. Meanwhile, three men with broadcast video cameras dot the room, listening through earpieces as a …
From the Globe and Mail: Simon Pulsifer has never really blended in with the crowd. In kindergarten, he began building elaborate, fantastical buildings out of Lego, already bored by the construction plans on the back of the box. In Grade 8, he, attired as Stalin, and other friends re-enacted the Yalta conference on the balcony …
From BBC News: About one-third of digital camera users in the UK are not backing up their photographs, reveals research. But at the same time, the survey of 2,227 consumers revealed 89% of those quizzed now own a digital camera or camera-phone. And just under half are taking more than 10 snaps each month.
I read about this on the Google Operating System blog… Apparently RealNetworks has a simple version of RealPlayer that business can install. But the thing that makes it appear to businesses, will probably make it appeal to consumers as well: RealPlayer Enterprise gives you the best of RealPlayer you know and use at home, but …
From the Globe and Mail: Some computers with wireless Internet capabilities are vulnerable to attacks that could expose passwords, bank account details and other sensitive information, even if the machines aren’t actually on-line, researchers said. The researchers demonstrated the vulnerability at a computer-security conference in Las Vegas on Wednesday, showing how to take complete control …
From the New York Times: Like many amateur photographers, Joe Dejesus posts his photos online and compares them to the work of others on the photo-sharing site Flickr. At some point last year, a number of landscape photos caught his eye with their vibrant tones and colors. Their secret was a software technology known as …
I have been active with computers for many years, and much of that I was also active in photography. Organization of my personal space, work space and life are all pretty haphazard, but my photography has always been very organized. I started in photography many years ago, and soon after began developing my own 35mm …
From CTC.ca: Heavy Internet users spend less time with their partners and children and are less likely to help with household chores, a new study suggests. Statistics Canada says people who spend more than an hour of personal time a day on the Web tended to stay at home more and showed less interest in …
From USA Today: Is a plasma TV a girl’s new best friend? An Oxygen Network survey released Tuesday found that more than three out of four women said they’d choose the TV over a diamond solitaire necklace. Women preferred a top-of-the-line cellphone to designer shoes by a similar margin. And a little white iPod narrowly …