Firesold
I’m now one of the thousands of schmucks that recently purchased an HP Touchpad during the latest crazy fire sale. I’d explain what that was all about, but I already did, and the browser on the touchpad crashed before I could post it. I also had a minor review about the pad, but that was [...]
More Canon T1i sample shots
I had a couple of great days to take some good photos. My wife finally took control of the Canon this time around, and she wanted me to be sure to inform the readers that “it’s the most amazing camera she’s ever owned.” I think she likes it. Here’s some of the shots from yesterday’s [...]
Canon T1i (EOS 500D) Final Review
Read the Pre-Review first if you want my initial thoughts about this camera. I’ve been using the Canon T1i extensively over the past week. At first, I was having a hard time taking decent shots due to lousy weather conditions, but it was a beautiful day today and I finally had a chance to really get down [...]
Canon T1i (EOS 500D) Pre-Review
EDIT: See note at bottom I recently purchased Canon’s latest Digital SLR, the Canon T1i. After i give it a heavy workout, I’ll post a full review here in the next day or two. So far I’m loving this camera, and it has definitely lived up to my expectations. I took it out yesterday for [...]
Free software – Helping companies through a crumbling economy
At my old job, we did whatever it took to save the company money, and this ended up as extra cash in the employees’ pockets in the form of bonuses. One way we saved thousands of dollars was to set up a Linux server, and kept our Windows 2003 server simply for file storage. We installed open [...]
Photoshop filters in GIMP – Open Source software gets better
I was just reading about a fairly amazing development in GIMP. If you’re unfamiliar with GIMP, it is an open source graphical editing package similar to Adobe™ Photoshop. The biggest difference is that GIMP is free, and Photoshop is not. In comparison, however, Photoshop has always been more powerful with what it could do — [...]