Wednesday, April 30, 2008
The Age features A Century of Pictures
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Melbourne's The Age had its team of photographers compile the best photography from the past 100 years in a Century of Pictures.Things you can do from here:
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Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Tip of the Day: Star Trails
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If you find yourself away from the big city, consider photographing star trails. You will need a programmable cable release that can be set for up to three hours, a tripod, a clear evening with little ambient light and a external power source for your camera if you are trying to capture an exposure longer than an hour. An exposure of twenty minutes will produce dashes of the star trails, for longer trails use longer exposures. Here are a few more things to consider:
• Try including foreground objects that could add interest to your star trails.
• Use ISO 100 to prevent digital noise, set aperture to f/3.2 to f/5.6 and be sure to set your camera a good distance from any foreground objects to keep them in focus along with the background.
• Time your shot for the new cycle of the moon or when the moon has not risen or has already set to keep the ambient light down.
• To avoid fogging of your lens in humid areas use a couple of chemical hand warmers: tape or rubber band them together around the lens. Tape down your focus ring and anything else that could move voluntarily on the camera body or lens.
For more information see Dan Heller's page on star trails. http://www.danheller.com/star-trails.html
—Melissa Macatee
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Sunday, April 27, 2008
IdleBackup makes sure you're always backed-up
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IdleBackup is an easy to configure, easy to use system backup tool. Allowing for both full and incremental backups, you select the data to archive by means of a "tree" control with checkboxes—select the branches to back up, deselect what you don't want to record. You can create a backup manually, or set [...]Things you can do from here:
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Saturday, April 26, 2008
What Edubuntu can teach your kids
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Edubuntu is a customized version of Ubuntu aimed at children in educational environments. According to the distributions homepage, Edubuntu is "Linux for Young Human Beings." That works out well for me, since I have three of those in my house. I homeschool my children and use Edubuntu on a couple of our computers.Things you can do from here:
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5 Important Security Apps for Linux, Mac, and Windows
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We've got you covered with five freeware or shareware security tools for Linux boxes, Macs, and Windows machines, all recommended by Ars staffers.Things you can do from here:
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Guy Falls off his Bike on Google Street View
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Friday, April 18, 2008
BusySync 2.0 ships, adds Google Calendar
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After six weeks in beta (not long at all in Google-weeks), the new version 2.0 of iCal-sharing tool BusySync is out. The headline feature for 2.0 is of course the new iCal --> Google Calendar synchronization capability, which opens up a wide world of cloud-based options for families and workgroups already using the LAN-based sync of earlier versions. You can keep multiple iCal users synchronized (even on the same machine), sync remotely via Google, and more.There are plenty other options for syncing your calendars with gCal, but if you need to keep more than one user's iCal coordinated (think family schedules!) then BusySync may be the product for you, starting at $25 per seat. The guys behind BusySync have a long history with Mac calendaring (including creating the
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Thursday, April 17, 2008
The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online
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The original version of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution was published online Thursday (17th April) among a "treasure trove" of the scientist's papers, photographs and other documents.Things you can do from here:
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Monday, April 14, 2008
Bucko's Wine Reports: 100 new wines
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Randy "Bucko" Buckner returns froma short hiatus, and he has a lot of tasting to do! More than one-half of the 100 wines in this month's report are from Washington State, and he says the overall qualityis just outstanding.Things you can do from here:
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Friday, April 04, 2008
Get Way More from Your Canon Digital Camera with Open-Source Firmware [Digit...
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You might think your consumer-model Canon digital camera can't pull off the kind of fancy shots and tricks that make you stop and look on Flickr—until you unlock your camera's potential with...Things you can do from here:
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