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New iPhone

by Sandy June 13, 2010 Technology

Well, WWDC came and went with no mention of new Macs, but the iPhone 4 was introduced by Apple. I plan to pre-order it on June 15th (Tuesday) and pick it up at the Apple store on June 24th. I could have it delivered, but I think it will be more fun to pick it [...]

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Apple’s WWDC

by Sandy June 4, 2010 Technology

The World Wide Developer’s Conference sponsored by Apple is scheduled for this Monday, June 7th, in San Francisco.  Hopefully, new iPhones will be announced along with new Mac Pro tower computers.  I’ve just sold my Apple tower in anticipation of ordering a new one.  I love my little 13″ Mac Book Pro, but I need [...]

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Digital Photography Workshop

by Sandy February 28, 2010 Technology

Last Saturday I went to an all-day digital workshop featuring Derrick Story, a professional photographer, writer and teacher. He is a regular presenter on Lynda.com and The Digital Story Podcast. He has also written several books. The latest are: The Photoshop CS4 Companion for Photographers and The Digital Photography Companion. Both books are on Amazon. [...]

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New Blu-ray Player

by Sandy January 11, 2010 Technology

I just got a new Blu-ray dvd player, the Samsung BD-P3600. I chose this player because it connects to a wireless network and streams from Netflix, Youtube, and Pandora, as well as plays Blu-ray discs. It was easy to connect to my television and plays Blu-ray discs and streams beautifully. The only problem I had [...]

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New Camera

by Sandy November 6, 2009 Technology

I got a new camera for my birthday. It’s a Canon 50D. I’ve been researching cameras and camera lens for a few months and I finally decided on the 50D. It came with a standard zoom lens, 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM. I’ve also ordered a much better “L” series lens, EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS [...]

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Learn With Lynda.com

by Sandy October 9, 2009 Technology

As I’ve written before, I’m currently taking an online Photoshop 2 class through a junior college.  Our instructor hasn’t provided any videos, which makes it difficult to fully understand the assigned exercises.  As an alternative, I’ve subscribed to Lynda.com which offers training for any software you can think of plus html, blogging, e-commerce, search engines [...]

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Denial of Service Attack

by Sandy September 23, 2009 Technology

Well, I shoud have known that it was too good to last.  While I’ve been enjoying using WordPress and getting this site ready, I was unaware that there was a “Denial of Service Attack” about to infect Hostmonster where I have my site. In fact, I had never heard of such an attack. If you, [...]

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