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Monthly Archives: January 2010
Apple iPad. What do you think?
A very experienced blogging colleague gives the advice that the way to get readers to engage with a blog post is to ask them a question. And so I am. Nest weekend’s column in the Tribune is going to be … Continue reading
Lucky dip goodies
Over the last few weeks I have been collecting bits and pieces and I thought I would share them with you this time. According to a news story I saw recently, it seems that Internet-filtering technology can have unintended consequences. … Continue reading
Posted in FishNet, General, Internet Media
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Out and about at the station
Getting out to take pictures beats sitting at home in front of television or the computer. This one was the product of a recent trip to our local [mostly disused] railway station and I love the colours and textures in … Continue reading
Cool refreshing mint
Late last year, I did a couple of columns on the free Ubuntu Linux operating system. Continue reading
Rick made me do it
Photoshop fun: Rick made me do it. Continue reading
Posted in General, PB, Photography, Software, Technique
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Worldwide Photowalk
In one of the very early posts on this blog, I confided that I had been lucky enough to win the Durban section of Scott Kelby’s Worldwide Photowalk 2009. Continue reading
Posted in Books, General, PB, Photography, Reviews
Tagged Scott Kelby, The Digital Photography Book Volume 3
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Speech recognition
Regular readers will know that I have been using Dragon NaturallySpeaking speech recognition software for a couple of years to do my columns and other writings. The version I had was the Recorder Edition v9.5, and it required you to … Continue reading
Posted in FishNet, Speech Recognition
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Duck!
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Scrapbooking
A while ago I posted on Triscape FxFoto, which I thought might be useful for scrapbookers. Continue reading
Posted in General, PB, Photography, Software
Tagged e-scrapbooking, Photoshop, scrapbooking, The Gimp
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Exposure compensation
A friend asked me the other day what the exposure compensation feature on his camera did, and why he might need such a thing. I’m not bound to any particular agenda for this blog, so I thought I would have a bash at explaining. Continue reading