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#Photography Digital Camera Infrared ConversionSince the 1930’s, photographers have enjoyed the use of infrared films for both scientific and pictorial use. The infrared spectrum is beyond the ability of the human eye to see, and …

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Shopping for your Favorite Technophile just got easier.
November 30, 2009 – 11:48 am | No Comment
Shopping for your Favorite Technophile just got easier.

If you are over shopping Black Friday's doorbusters and are now concentrating on buying your favorite technophile their gift of choice, Popular Science has published their PopSci Genius Guide to Tech Buying. (download from zinio)

When Keyword Ads go terribly wrong….
November 3, 2009 – 7:23 am | 2 Comments
When Keyword Ads go terribly wrong….

Keyword targeted ad based on the content of a webpage can sometimes go wrong. It must frightening for a New Media advertiser to realize that their product or brand is being advertised on a page that details allegations of its shortcomings. Gives new meaning to the term “negative advertising”.

Watchmen (the movie)… meh
March 6, 2009 – 1:00 pm | No Comment

I wish I could say it was brilliant but it wasn’t. I wish I could say Watchmen sucked, but it didn’t. It was just meh.

What The Font
March 5, 2009 – 7:39 am | One Comment
What The Font

The Ubiquitous Font Match. The scourge of all graphic artists. And quite possible the most tedious part of being a designer. We send emails and browse through endless font libraries in existence in hopes of …

Lost Your Camera? Did You Look On The Internet?
February 10, 2009 – 7:01 am | One Comment
Lost Your Camera? Did You Look On The Internet?

In 1977 while hanging out with some friends in Philly, I inadvertantly left my camera at an outdoor lunch joint near Second and South. Having shared a few bottles of Merlot (to wash down the …

Understanding Seth Godin Laterally
January 30, 2009 – 7:31 am | One Comment
Understanding Seth Godin Laterally

I admit it. I am a malcontent, an outsider, and, as a result, a snob. It may be a result of my nomadic childhood, or maybe it is a result of ADHD addled brain, but …

Virtual Networking in a Brave New World
January 22, 2009 – 12:38 pm | 2 Comments
Virtual Networking in a Brave New World

The Social Network As It Was.
Remember when networking was something that was accomplished at blazer-wearing cocktail parties and on the golf course followed by a cocktail?  Even if you don’t remember that, one must realize …

Requiem for The Polaroid
January 12, 2009 – 6:54 am | No Comment
Requiem for The Polaroid

The days of the in your face – no touch-up’s – crappy lighting – crappy paper - instant photograph have come to a close, as Polaroid ascends to the big darkroom in the sky.I could write …

Power To The Poster
January 5, 2009 – 7:58 am | No Comment
Power To The Poster

Nobody in their right mind becomes an artist for purpose of making a sensible living. And most artists will tell you that one doesn’t become an artist, an artist is born and merely polishes his …

iLaundered but Still iPod
December 17, 2008 – 8:10 am | No Comment
iLaundered but Still iPod

I pulled my workout pants with its myriad array of pockets out of the dryer and felt an all-too familiar lump in one of the tie-pockets. "*&^%" I thought, while pulling out my iPod Nano. …

Simplicity In A Box
December 17, 2008 – 7:40 am | Comments Off
Simplicity In A Box

Last year, I asked my husband for a radio for Christmas. Something for my kitchen counter. Something that would allow me to listen to NPR while I cooked. Nothing fancy, I didn’t even really want …

Virtual Prostitute Wrecks Marriage
December 15, 2008 – 7:46 am | One Comment
Virtual Prostitute Wrecks Marriage

Considering all the recent news about people getting in trouble for virtual crimes committed while playing online games involving virtual people, virtual places and virtual things, it seems to me that there is probably a …

Online Hoax = Computer Fraud
December 11, 2008 – 7:10 am | 2 Comments
Online Hoax = Computer Fraud

Alright. Now maybe we’re getting somewhere. The last time I wrote about an alleged cyber crime I debated the efficacy of the Japanese police regarding a woman who had logged into a friend’s internet game …

A Long List Of Free (and almost free) Stuff
November 25, 2008 – 7:45 am | One Comment
A Long List Of Free (and almost free) Stuff

This is part of my endless list of free stuff from the web. 
Believe it or not, most of the graphics offered on the sites listed below are free. HOWEVER they are all offered under different …

Prometheus to the Cave Man and Now Igniting Ingenuity
November 12, 2008 – 1:50 pm | One Comment
Prometheus to the Cave Man and Now Igniting Ingenuity

At the beginning of the Disney movie Ratatouille, the main character, a small rat, says there is something interesting about humans:  “they don’t just survive; they discover; they create.”  The young child, cave woman, adult, …

Murder on the Avatar Express
November 11, 2008 – 10:06 am | No Comment
Murder on the Avatar Express

A 43 year old woman in Japan was arrested at her home in Miyazaki and jailed some 620 miles away in Sappporo, for virtually killing a virtual online husband from whom she was virtually divorced, in an online game called Maple Story. The virtual murder took place last May. When the 33 year old man discovered that his online avatar was dead, he called the police.