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February 26th, 2010

Digital Camera Raw Compatibility Update 3.1 Now Available

Information from Software Update.

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February 12th, 2010

Digital Camera Raw Compatibility Update 3.0 Now Available

Information from Software Update.

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July 24th, 2009

Your Twitter Experience is What You Make It

An analysis of two kinds of Twitter accounts.

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June 30th, 2009

June 2009 Links

Links for the month of June.

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April 8th, 2009

iTunes 8.1.1 Update Now Available

Information from Software Update.

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March 25th, 2009

Back it Up or Lose It

What’s your backup strategy?

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March 18th, 2009

My Geotagging Workflow

How I add GPS coordinates to my photos.

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March 12th, 2009

iTunes 8.1 Now Available

Information from Software Update.

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January 31st, 2009

January 2009 Links

Links for the month of January.

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January 4th, 2009

December 2008 Links

Links

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November 30th, 2008

November 2008 Links

November 2008 Links

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July 10th, 2008

Why I Downgraded to Word 2004

I said I’d never upgrade to 2008 and I lied. Then I paid for it.

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April 15th, 2008

How to Add RAM to a MacBook Pro

It’s easier than you might think.

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February 5th, 2008

iPhoto Update 7.1.2 Now Available

Information from Software Update.

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January 17th, 2008

A Trip to Macworld Expo 2008

A few thoughts about this year’s trip.

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January 16th, 2008

Instant Photos from Macworld Expo

Check in to see photos as I take them.

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January 13th, 2008

January 12 Links

Links worth following.

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December 13th, 2007

Using Leopard’s Mosaic Screen Saver

A very cool screen saver for folks with a lot of photos stored on their Macs.

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December 5th, 2007

ecto, Revisited

An offline blogging tool that makes my life so much easier.

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November 10th, 2007

Leopard Tip: Delete the All Documents Search

Do you really need it?

I installed Leopard on my aging but otherwise faithful 12″ PowerBook G4 yesterday. I hadn’t planned on updating it because I didn’t think it had enough processing power to handle the new OS. But it met Mac OS X 10.5 requirements, so I figured, what the heck? I could

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November 9th, 2007

Three Computers, Three Leopard Installs

I install Leopard on the last of my three Macs.

Today I did something I didn’t think I’d do: I installed Leopard on my 12″ PowerBook G4.

I wasn’t planning on it. I didn’t think the G4 was beefy enough to run Leopard. But when I checked the system requirements, I was pleased to

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November 2nd, 2007

Canon LiDE 30 Scanner with Photoshop CS3 on Intel Mac

Not a good combination.

I finally got around to installing my Canon LiDE 30 scanner — I know it’s cheap junk, but that’s all I need — on my iMac. Much to my surprise the driver installer didn’t see Photoshop as a place to install a plugin. So I manually installed it And then

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October 20th, 2007

Day 5 on Google Earth

I really am a first order geek.

I recently wrote a lengthy account of my “Big September Gig,” in which I spent six days flying around northeastern Arizona with a team of 15 or so Russian photographers. You can read the first part of the story here.

On Day 5, I flew from Monument

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October 15th, 2007

A New Mac

I finally buy a new production Mac.

Back in September, about three weeks ago, faced with the prospect of having to burn a dual-layer DVD — which none of my current computers could do — I finally broke down and bought a new production Mac: a 24″ iMac.

I bought the computer at the

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October 5th, 2007

iPhoto 7.1 Now Available

Information from Software Update.

This update addresses issues encountered when moving photos between Events, plus new greeting card themes, including holiday card designs. It also supports general compatibility issues, improves overall stability, and addresses a number of other minor issues.