Life can be complicated. This past weekend my air conditioning AND my dvd player died. Within the span of 4 hours. Possible reasons: 1. Power Surge. Maybe. Things haven't been quite right since Hurricane Ike dropped by for a visit last September (2008). The phone line for my dsl needed replacement. However, the surge suppresor built into our electric box remains intact (the light would have turned red if something had happened electrically). 2. Retrograde Pluto transiting my … [Read more...]
A new Mac Mini rounds out the house
March 16, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Well, it finally happened. Late last week my 16 year old son came to me and said "Dad, my HP Laptop won't boot up". Wonderful. I went to his room to check it out and sure enough the machine was just continually cycling on startup. It would get to the Windows logo and display the progress bar, suddenly show the briefest flashes of a blue screen (so fast it was unreadable), then the reboot and start the process over. I tried doing a safe boot with each of the types available in the … [Read more...]
Complete Guide To The Nikon D300 By Thom Hogan
September 22, 2008 By 1 Comment
On User Manuals, Digital Books, Travel, The Importance of eBooks and The Foresight of Thom Hogan I like physical books. By that I mean I like a book I can hold in my hand, feel the texture, and maybe even revel in the smell of the paper and the ink. I like to consume well-done images that inspire or instruct. I like books that open themselves flat and allow me to look at them without having to hold down both sides of the tight binding of a signature in the book without being … [Read more...]
LAYERS: The Complete Guide To Photoshop’s Most Powerful Feature
June 23, 2008 By 1 Comment
When I pick up a book to read it I have an almost overwhelming desire to know something about the person writing the book before I even flip the pages of that book. I want a connection between that person and myself in order to justify committing myself to their momentary care. I look first at book forwards or introductions or at least the author's brief inside the front cover. This is true whether the book is a work of fiction or a technical manual. Without this beginning I … [Read more...]
Reconsider Buying That Dell.
December 24, 2007 By 1 Comment
Dell Inspiron Laptop. It's cheap. It's pretty. It's probably a lemon. After 57 days of trying to resolve all the hardware issues, my nephew is the proud owner of a $2000 doorstop. UPDATE: My nephew received a phone call today (yes, TODAY, the day after Xmas) from DELL's consumer advocate- Anna Simpson- informing him that DELL had decided to replace his computer with a similar or better computer. UPDATE: Dec 26th: The refurbished computer DELL's Consumer Advocate is offering? It comes … [Read more...]
