June 2013 Archives

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Do you want to know how to photograph fireworks? With New Years Eve just days away I thought I’d refresh this article in which I give 10 Fireworks Photography tips to help you get started.


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Summer is the season for viewing and photographing fireworks. Everyone can do it—all you need are fireworks, a camera and a little bit of planning. Here's a quick guide. The Place. Once you've found a scheduled display, take the lay of the land, considering possible backdrops for your photos.


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Fireworks explode over Marblehead, Massachusetts. Photo Tip: Arrive early to scout out your location and choose your vantage point. Before the show begins, think about the foreground and background elements of the scene and how you might want to incorporate them.


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If you talk to professional photographers, you will find that the majority of them are using a few selective modes that offer the greatest amount of control over their photography.


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Check out the PrivateEyePi project site for Raspberry Pi home security enthusiasts! PrivateEyePi is a projects website for RaspberryPi home security enthusiasts.


via Pocket http://www.adafruit.com/blog/2013/06/14/privateeyepi-home-security-projets-site-piday-raspberrypi-raspberry_pi/

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I wanted to create an electronic In/Out Board. The type you may have to record who is present or not in a company or home. It is usually placed by the front entrance so anyone can see who is in or out.


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We mentioned an early version of Roadtrippers about a year ago, but the attraction-finding service has since added a ton of new content and features, and it's worth taking another look.


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Perfect Sense Digital (Perfect Sense), a ‘digital products and professional services’ company started by former AOL execs, says it has ‘acquired’ distributed social software platform KickApps.


via Pocket http://thenextweb.com/insider/2012/12/12/social-software-firm-kickapps-gets-acquired-again-this-time-by-perfect-sense-digital/

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There is a subtle and fine line between doing less important items as a way to procrastinate, and doing them because they are the most productive things you can do effectively. Knowing the difference can transform your productivity.


via Pocket http://www.davidco.com/newsletters/archive/0613.html

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The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has revealed that the surveillance whistleblower Edward Snowden is indeed in a Moscow airport, ending a global guessing game over the US fugitive's whereabouts.


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Cameras are like dogs. They're loyal. They work hard. And chances are you'll have had one that was really special to you.  But while the popular belief is that you can't teach an old dog new tricks - you certainly can set your DSLR a new challenge.


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Google supports smartphone-optimized sites in three configurations: Sites that use responsive web design, i.e. sites that serve all devices on the same set of URLs, with each URL serving the same HTML to all devices and using just CSS to change how the page is rendered on the device.


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Smartphone users are a significant and fast growing segment of Internet users, and at Google we want them to experience the full richness of the web. As part of our efforts to improve the mobile web, we published our recommendations and the most common configuration mistakes.


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ifttt to movabletype


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