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"It must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursday’s." In memory of Douglas Adams, participants are requested to carry a towel with them all day.
Author: Tom
EdTech
I was checking e-mail on my Blackberry and typing with my thumbs, when Laura relayed and observation made by our friends, John & Sandy. They have two kids (pictured above) who are true digital natives. Sandy noticed that the kids tend to do everything with their thumbs as opposed to their index fingers. Pressing … Read More “Digital Natives – Thumb Evolution” »
Miscellaneous
I should be teaching. That realization hit me like a ton of bricks during dinner this evening. It seems that every time I learn something new, I immediately try to figure out some way to teach it. Take for example my recent discovery about SLR vs DSLR lenses – my first thought was to post … Read More “Teaching” »
Gear, Photography
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times… Well, maybe instead of Dickens we need to paraphrase Shakespeare: Two cameras, both alike in dignity.. One of the reasons I selected the D50 was because it was so similar to my N60. The controls are almost identical, and lenses can be … Read More “A Tale of Two Cameras” »
Photography
Nikon and Flickr have partnered to create a showcase of photos called the Nikon Stunning Gallery. Apart from a semi-nude picture of Kate Moss holding the new Nikon S6, it features shots from Flickr that have been selected for inclusion. Guess what? My Easter egg close-up shot was selected! Right now it’s on the front … Read More “Nikon Stunning Gallery” »
General Technology, Photography
I just realized that I’ve been making a critical error. I’m still in the "web designer" mindset, so I try to make all of my images as compact and as efficient to load as possible. To acccomplish this, I’ve been using Photoshop’s "save for web" function. This holds whether or not the image is to … Read More “Doh!” »
Entertainment
It was really nice of Dan Brown and Ron Howard to give our local ministers a sermon topic for this week. I passed several churches that had titles like "The Da Vinci Code: Fact or Fiction?" on their marquis. They could have saved their breath. The movie version really took pains to placate the religious … Read More “Da Vinci Code Movie – A review” »
Local, Photography
I was itching to take some more pictures, but wasn’t sure where to start. I first headed downtown to the annual Greek Festival at St. George’s Greek Orthodox, hoping to get some action, people, and nice colors. It was a bit early, and neither the crowds nor the action had started. I wandered a bit, … Read More “Saturday Photo Hunt” »
Miscellaneous
I had been told that it was amazing. It was. I had been told that it would take us about an hour just to walk through it. We took about fifteen minutes. Not that it wasn’t interesting, but we just had dinner, and food wasn’t as much fun to look at. Whole Foods opened a … Read More “Whole Foods” »
Miscellaneous
The spammers are at it again. I had added a challenge-response question to try to block some of them, but when I got hit with over 300 spam comments in less than and hour, I knew I had to close them off again. From this point on, comments are closed. I really hate that some … Read More “Website Stuff” »