MacWorld recently published 33 Expert Tips and Tricks for iOS 6, and there are a few worth passing along. Note that even though the article’s title contains the word “expert,” if you can turn on your iPhone, you can implement each of these features. It’s not rocket surgery. Reverse Panorama We were at a restaurant… Continue reading iPhone Tips
Praising Parrot
I crashed my drone and it was traumatic, but good service does a lot to ease the pain.
Random Thursday: The Friday Evening Edition
Here’s a smorgasbord of things I think you might want to know.
Macro Mania
Made some time this afternoon to play with my new(ish) macro lens and ring flash, with just a dash of Photoshop thrown in. ‘Tis not the season for much nature photography, but it’s fun to see what subjects present themselves in the garage. To wit… Heat sink from a computer circuit board Pliers Driver bits… Continue reading Macro Mania
Random Thursday: The Saturday Edition
We’ve got a lot of ground to cover today, kiddies, so try to keep up. Just kidding; read at your own pace.
“That thang got a hemi?” – Pt. 2
Wherein I get a Bentley mixed up with a Chrysler…but, really, who hasn’t?
And now for something completely different, sort of.
Wherein I resurrect a post from four years ago to make a point that I’m pretty sure I never get around to.
Inauguration Day 2009: Revisited
A rare political post which makes the point that I’m not perceptive enough to write political posts.
Life Hacks (or, Solutions to First World Problems)
Fellow [occasional] blogger Jen posted a link to this list of “50 Life Hacks to Simplify Your World.” In a previous era, “life hacks” were referred to as “Hints from Heloise,” but that’s another topic for another time. Anyway, after skimming through the article, I started wondering what future extraterrestrial archeologists might glean about our… Continue reading Life Hacks (or, Solutions to First World Problems)
Betsy Andreu: My New Heroine
At the time of this writing, if you type “Betsy” into the Google search bar, “Betsy Andreu” comes up as the second suggested phrase, behind only Betsey Johnson, which makes no sense at all because the two names are spelled differently, and I would expect that Big Brother would be well aware that I couldn’t… Continue reading Betsy Andreu: My New Heroine