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Social Media and Networking

I agree with the findings of the article which follows.

We may “friend” more people on facebook or twitter or google plus, but we have fewer real life friends – the kind who would help us out in tough times, listen sympathetically in person no matter what, lend us money or give us a place to [...]

Dailymugshot is active again

This website which creatively allows me to take a daily mug shot and post into a slide show was not functioning for a few months while they updated the interfaces to twitter and facebook. But now that it is completed, I am happy to report, many enjoy watching the slideshow. Here is a copy of [...]

Installed Windows7 RTM 7600

Ok so I took a gamble here and decided to install WIN7 RTM onto my laptop.  I have been running it for 2 days.  So far the speed seems almost the same as Vista…perhaps a little faster in some areas.  The interface is really sleek and easy to navigate.  They really did fix a lot [...]

Firefox 3.5 released

Best browser on the planet. Give it a try.

Best Social / IM client on the planet (for Windows)

Update to WordPress 2.8

Also added some theme changes to make the colors more appealing.  I wish I could add more than 30 thumbs per post but the plugin has that limit and I cannot seem to get an email response from the programmer.  I did some hacking and figured out how to get it working.  Reminds me [...]

Upgrade to WordPress 2.7

I figured why not, it appears this will be almost the final version used according to their blog so worst case, I revert back, but unlikely, since so far seems great.  Only thing that didnt seem to work was media image insertion with flash player, maybe due to flash 10 update.  Going to try [...]

Firefox 3.1 Beta with Tab Tearing

Good news for Firefox users who have lusted over Chrome and Safari’s option that lets you “tear” away tabs from an open window. The latest build of 3.1 offers it as a standard feature–and it works marvelously.

As in Google’s Chrome and Apple’s Safari browsers you simply pull away a tab from the interface and [...]

Post from BlackBerry

Added two new word press plugins so I can post and manage from the blackberry and it looks to be workin great.  If I can learn to type with the tiny keyboard better

Thanks for Gallery Help

Update:  yet another new gallery.  I am using Flickr embed style.  I hope this is best option. A few friends gave me some tips on making my galleries display better on the blog. So after toying with several different plugins and options within wordpress , I decided that Benjamin Sterling’s plugin works perfectly. Thanks for [...]

Point and Shoot Cameras

I thought of another consideration for depth of field context. This is when using a smaller point and shoot camera. These cameras have put photography in the hands of almost everyone who walks in public. You cannot go out without seeing a tourist pointing a camera. Thus I wanted to address how depth of field [...]

Upgrade 2.6.2 – New Theme

I did the quickie upgrade process which I have down pat now for minor patch updates (2.6.x) so that all you need do is delete wp-admin , wp-includes, and main directory php files (with exception of config) and just transfer over these new files.  You do not need to deactivate plugins when its an minor [...]

Depth of Field Determination

A fairly simple way to determine Depth of Field (DOF) when using an SLR camera is by following some simple steps.  There are three factors which determine how ‘deep’ or ‘shallow’ your photo is rendered.  First is the distance between the focal plane(camera) and the subject.  If you are close to the subject, say a [...]

USA Wifi Hotspot Options

There have been some recent changes to the big providers of wifi hotspots, those which are not free. So here is an update with all currently available wifi options in the USA. I currently use TMobile which provided hotspots at all Starbucks, Borders, Fed Ex Kinkos, and some hotels and airports. However Starbucks decided to [...]

Bought a Blackberry

It works way better than an iPhone and has all same functions.  I am not sure about the whole 3G thing and if it would be faster than EDGE network…but who cares really…works just fine for me.  And I really do not need a fancy touch screen.  The crackberry is more proven technology too.  [...]

Waiting for UPS Guy – New Thumb Drive

My life seems to be waiting for this and waiting for that lately.  I guess that is okay with me.  Still nothing new on medical front.  I am slowly recovering but have no news about malpractice suit yet.  I should have my records by end of this week so I can submit them to [...]

Upgraded WordPress to 2.6

This went fairly smoothly.  Delete a few folders, upload, reactivate a few plugins.  Done.

Essential Firefox 3 with addons

Get Firefox 3 RC1 with the following link: RC1 of FF3

I just love this browser.  Its fast, sleek, and totally customizable.   These addons are most useful:

Adblock Plus Download Statusbar Del.ic.ious Bookmarks 2.x Beta NOTE:  The above link is the installation file so be careful to only click if you want this. Shareaholic

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Twitter and Jaiku and Digsby

About Twitter

What is it? Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing? Bloggers can use it as a mini-blogging tool. Developers can use the API to make Twitter tools of their own. Possibilities are [...]

Bought a Sansa

My Ipod died again, second one to have a hdd go bad.  So I said I am not spending a fortune this time.  I went to the best buy and the girl was nice and helped me pick out a nice new hot pink, yes, sansa.  It has 2gb capacity and I added a [...]

Firefox 3 Rocks

An old fav photo of April Showers

This browser rocks.  Its new name is Minefield. I know that I waffle and change daily but this has some nice performance enhancements.  If you want to get your hands on the beta either visit : http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html for beta 4 or if you feel daring, just [...]