Personal Technology Coaching
Via PopUrls.com, 60 Advanced Photoshop Tutorials – Top Web Resources. I love Photoshop tutorials. The more I learn about Photoshop the more I love it.
I made a Brilliant Button with Brilliant Button Maker at LucaZappa.com, and now will litter this and my other site with them. An example: This pleases me in odd, but not disturbing, ways.
Our local CompUSA has reached the 30%-50% off, all-fixtures-for-sale stage of its closing. I found the RocketFM from Griffin Technology forless than $9, so I can broadcast any audio from my computer over low-power FM. With this hack I extended the range to the clock radio at the far end of the house… which means … Read more
In the post Long-term backup at [dive into mark], Mark asks, “How do you back up 100 GB of data per year for 50 years? Or even 10 years?” The comments provide a valuable snapshot of much current thinking about how and where to save data for the long term. If that data is prized … Read more
Ellen was looking around for travel information, and found The Amateur Traveler Podcast – travel for the love of it and specifically, Episode 42 – Paris, France – The City of Lights. The Amateur Traveler talks about Paris, France, the City of Lights. The show will talk about French, what to see, what to eat, ... Read more
Lifehacker’s Geek to Live offers iTunes power tips I want to keep track of these, for Ellen. (Shhh.)
The Open Culture blog posts several links to the Foreign Language Lesson Podcast Collection at iTunes. I’ve posted about similar Podcasts before, but these are reminders as much for me as anything.
Might be able to call home cheaply with OneSuite. Current rates from France – after dialing a toll-free number – to the U.S. are 12.9¢ a minute. Not bad.
Today is day seven with my new eyes. Lasik surgery at Emory Vision was expensive, but now I rarely need glasses to blog, or read, or do almost anything. There’s some halos around traffic lights and car lights at night, and some loss of contrast in high-contrast lighting situations, but the doctors say it should … Read more
A Photoshop tutorial on Making Your Own Passport Photos, found via LifeHacker. The State Department has specific guidelines for photographers too. Should I post a copy of my passport photo here?