Digital photographers who still yearn for the old days of gorgeous printing papers and darkroom atmosphere will want to explore art-quality fiber papers available for ink jet printers. Exhibition quality fiber paper is made by several manufacturers for ink jet printers.
Some baby boomers consider ourselves very serious amateur photographers and today’s post is for those [...]
Digital Photo
Fine art fiber photo paper for ink jet printers
Home Theater
Discovery Channel, dinosaur science, and chickens
Discovery Channel has a new dinosaur series for the holiday season. Clash of the Dinosaurs has awesome technology — video and science wise. The animation and robotic animation is perfect, giving a feeling of you-are-there. Sit down with your grand children and have a look.
Virtual body scans, bones, muscles, and body systems come to life. [...]
Computers
FREE anti-virus is the best buy for most computers
Anti-virus programs by the major manufacturers are expensive and bloated beyond belief. The makers want to control your system to make their software seem more valuable. Antivirus programs can cause as much harm as do the bugs they cure. FREE software might be your best buy.
But if you dump anti-virus scanning from your computer, you [...]
Software Reviews
Adobe Photoshop Elements and Premier hit the consumer mark
Adobe’s latest consumer photo and video editing software package combines PhotoShop Elements, the latest light version of PhotoShop with Premier Elements – a video editor perfect for hobby-level videographers.
This latest boxed set retails at $119 to $150, depending upon whether you upgrade or start new. That’s a 25% savings over the separate programs. This time, [...]
Software Reviews
Computing with voice recognition – Dragon
Computer fatigue, carpel tunnel, stiff neck, all can be alleviated or resolved, at least partially, if you switch to computing with voice recognition software. One of the best out there is Dragon, Naturally Speaking
Voice activated software – programs that type what you speak into a microphone, saved me from embarrassment. A strange thing happens when [...]
Software Reviews
Dump your paper files and go digital at home
Wouldn’t you love to turn all your paper files into digital or electronic files? Honestly, aren’t you personally challenged by the mound of paper, personal and business, avalanching through your mail box and across your desk or kitchen table? I don’t have a secretary. I spend hours each month shuffling. Filing. How ’bout you?
When I [...]
