Flickr had been working on creating a new design photo page and after a few weeks of public review, Flickr has rolled out the newly designed photo page to the rest of the world.
One of the things Flickr did was increased the default view size by 28% So you get to show of your photo even more. Remember when you wanted to view the photo bigger, you had go to the page that had the bigger sizes? Well now you don’t have to, you can just click on the photo and it zooms out bigger using the lightbox feature and you get to see the photo on black which really makes your photos stand out.
The Next thing Flickr did was improve their navigation, you can finally move forward or back with the new newer and older buttons above each photo. You can now click the drop down menu on the groups the photo belongs to and you can also check out the latest photos from there too. Another thing is when you check out the latest photos from your contacts you don’t have to go back to the home page, you can just click next. This makes it much more easier. Read More
You remember those old flip-style clocks? Those clocks are still pretty popular today, maybe it’s because of it’s simplicity and coolness, I know I like them. If you don’t want one next to your bed, you could get one thats your screen saver. Thats what my screen saver is, a flip-style clock and flips just like a real one. Where can you get this one might say, well you can download it for Windows or Mac and it’s free! Theres no silly ads on the screen saver anything along that nature. You can download the Flip-Style Clock Screen Saver at 9031.com You know what, i’ll give you the direct link to the download if your too lazy to browse to it, here you go When you click on the floppy disc (what’s a floppy disc?) theres a small menu that appears and you can choose to download it for Windows or Mac or also view the screen shot.
Read MoreA long time wait is now over for all of the fellow WordPress bloggers such as my self. WordPress 3.0 is WordPress’s 13th major release and the culmination and a half of a year worth of work by 218 contributors. WordPress 3.0 features some long waited updates such as the merge of MU and WordPress, creating the new multi-site functionality which makes it possible to run one blog or ten million blogs from the same installation. Theme devlopers now have a new API to follow that will easily allow them to implement custom backgrounds, headers, short links, menus with no more file editing! I also forget to mention that there is a new default theme called Twenty Ten in which shows off all of the new updates and features.
As a user, the new lighter interface, the new help on every screen and the 1,200+ bug fixes and feature enhancements, bulk updates so you can upgrade all multiple plugins at the same time with one single click!
Today I received the AmpWedge from a company called AmpWedge and all it is a some type of rubber that is very strong, designed for sound enhancement that props the guitar/bass amplifier up to a 20 degree angle to provide much better high end sound, decreasing the amount of floor vibrations, thus, increasing the sound quality. However, I do not have my guitar amplifier I am hoping to order my amp this week and once I get it, I will do some testing, maybe some a video to see how much if a difference of a sound it can make.
My original idea was to buy a amp stand but it was too big for my room so I decided to get this which will still allow the amp to be propped up to give me that better high end sound, but what you don’t get on a amp stand is the bass, with this AmpWedge I am able to get better high end sound while keeping the bass. I bought the AmpWedge at Musicians Friend on Amazon for $24.95. Well worth the price, it even comes with a sticker that you can put on your guitar case!
Also – Check out the picture I took of the AmpWedge (http://www.flickr.com/photos/erwin-photography/4561162121/)
I been wanting to do some time lapse photography and I own a Nikon D60 and Nikon sells software for doing this called Nikon Camera Control Pro and it said it supported my camera so I downloaded the trial version, and after like an hour of trying to figure out how to get it to work, I just gave up and started looking for alternative programs and I was lucky enough to find a free one.
That’s right, a free one called DIYPhotobits.com Camera Control, It said that it supported my camera, downloaded the software and installed it and it detected my D60 right away. Though the interface isn’t the greatest, it’s pretty ugly and white, but it gets the job done and does it well.
There is just so much stuff you can do with this camera like tethering, time lapse, exposure bracketing and other neat stuff and they work pretty good. I didn’t have any issues doing the time lapse. I’ll have to test it someday outside. Though using such software like this will require a laptop and a USB cable so you can connect your camera to your computer.
I would much rather download this for free and instead of paying Nikon for some software that never works right. You should go try it, check out their list of cameras that work and cameras that don’t work and then go download it! Also, check out their blog too!
With some time and effort, you could do something like this with this software:
Have you ever heard a song on the radio, but don’t know who the artist/singer is? It happens to me all time! Sure you can remember some of the lyrics and go to Google type it in and do some research, maybe you will be lucky, buy why go through all of that when there is a simple website that will do it for you? You should head over to www.lyricrat.com type in the lyrics under 140 characters and LyricRat will most likely find the song on the first click. If the first choice isn’t correct, they have possible alternatives on the bottom.
When you click on the links to the song, it will redirect you to Amazon in which you can either purchase the song or have a quick listen to make sure the song that LyricRat named is the indeed you heard on the radio.
I’m really happy that I have found this site because you don’t know how many times I hear songs on the radio and don’t know who sings it and just type it in LyricRat and sure enough, it finds the song that I am looking for.
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