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So you bought a HD player....get $50 and sympathy

noreply@blogger.com (aphotog) — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:50:00 +0000

If you were one of those who couldn't wait to be one of the first in line, don't cry over your spilled milk. Pick yourself up and go get your $50. That is if you got it at Amazon or Best Buy.
It won't cover the entire loss-cost, but better than nothing...
Amazon is giving you a discount to buy a whole new product-blue ray player.
Best Buy is giving out gift cards, here's the link on the info BEST BUY

Either way, both are still selling more of those pieces of !@#$, just in case you need another bookend...

read more...

Death of blu-ray? wtf!@#$%

noreply@blogger.com (aphotog) — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 23:42:00 +0000

Ok people, there was a big announcement on how blu-ray won the high def war...
now this article is attempting to take the trophy out of their hands -check out the Digital Home-
I for one remember laserdiscs and that's the same reason I'm waitng for whoever wins to have the lineup of movies available at blockbuster before I start shelling out money for blah....(i know i got an iphone and the programs are still coming that's another story...)

dam you apple and your sdk regulations on no freeware

Snap and Print

noreply@blogger.com (aphotog) — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:16:00 +0000

Kodak EasyShare G610 Printer and Dock

It's the poloroid of 2008 and for under $200 it's a steal.

Kodak has a new digital camera AND printer, for sale at Circuit City bundled together that saves you money.

Checking out the reviews so far, at Amazon. It seems to be a pretty good consumer camera. It is not something to take high quality over 8 x 10 pics. of though.

It's good someone finally is trying to give average consumers something they can spend a little money for and still get a good quality product.

Kudos Kodak!

Digital Douche!

noreply@blogger.com (aphotog) — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:44:00 +0000

There is a problem on the Insignia Digital Photo Frame with model number NS-SPF10A.

The warning comes from Best Buy and the company is asking user to contact Insignia at 1-877-467-4289.

Seems this puppy may contain a virus that affects PC users, and I'm guessing your precious photos.

You can read more about it at MSNBC http://redtape.msnbc.com/2008/01/digital-picture.html

Best Buy has pulled the product from it's shelves, but there is no recall issued.

Sooooo glad I have a Mac ;)

What I like about the Iphone update

noreply@blogger.com (aphotog) — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:27:00 +0000

1. Favorite thing the the ability to pinpoint your location by hitting the little target button, or the "pinpoint" tool. Then you can get directions from the pinpoint to another pinpoint (since usually the address isn't exactly known by numerical or zip code.

2. I can make a webpage into a homescreen icon-sweet

Now I can easily access the latest games (which are still accessed through the internet, dumb)

or put my bank on home page for fast loading

3. Seperate home screens

All my web pages go on their own homescreen, and icons I never use (like Youtube) can get out of my face. sorry youtube lovers

Noise cancelling Blutooth for Iphone

noreply@blogger.com (aphotog) — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 21:25:00 +0000

Is there such a thing? Technology has given us so many things, yet...
I know, I know, the JAWBONE....

but for real though
Who wants that Huge thing on them, so when others look their like, GeeZ!Did you see that Huge blutooth in that guys ear...
I want something smaller. I come from the bluespoon ax field, when I had a treo.

Somebody help me.
Noise cancelling, I just want one with noise cancellation...and looks good.

mac changed image capture, saves as .png (eeek!)

noreply@blogger.com (aphotog) — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:22:00 +0000

Some like this better because compression ratios and saving pics to website...blah, blah, blah, I don't.

Thanks to Pixel It Digital, I found a easy way to switch to what you want.

1. Open Applications-Utilities-Terminal and launch it

(You see your terminal and all your last login and your computer id with a $)

2. Now type in (with your 1, just 1 choice of formats-.pdf, .jpg, .tiff, .bmp...

defaults write com.apple.screencapture type (.pdf, or .jpg, .tiff, or .bmp...)

3. Restart your computer. Just Kidding! (I know Jag. takes forever to reload!) You don't really have to restart the computer...

That's All Folks!

Your screen captures will be in .jpg, or whatever you chose

In case you need another website to reassure you

Pixel It Digital or Askdavetaylor

Also if you didn't know, you can open a program called "Grab" in utilities to capture screenshots

****ooooooh,aaaaaah*****

So I lost my Iphone...

noreply@blogger.com (aphotog) — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 16:19:00 +0000

almost a week ago,
i finally got over it enough to put it into words.

Went to Niketown to buy shoes. Blessed by parking-lot gods, got a space right by the door to ther mall and the store was the first one inside on left. Yes!
You know how it is, you get distracted, got the shoes, now need outfit. I tried on a million, and decided on none.
Just got the shoes, that and and a warm fleece top for working-out when outside.
Walked back to my car. Got home and laid down for an our. Awoke to a start.
Where's my phone?
Trashed the house for an hour, called the store, "no we don't see anything, why don't you call back tomorrow?"
WHAT!@#$

This is an IPHONE!
The world is supposed to stop, Right????
Get in my sportscar and USE it to fly to the store.

Whatever, they still don't find it.
Interesting that nobody in the store heard of a missing phone that the manager said he asked everbody about. He didn't even ask for a name and number in case it showed up. I had to force him to take the information.
Went home.
Cried.
Called AT&T and shut the phone plan off.

When I get a new one (bought, not replaced by insurance, yes Darvin at AT&T was shocked when I said I needed another one because it was lost...already)
When turned phone on the agent told me while phone was in "missing" phase someone made 6 calls to a hispanic private school in California. There was no answer it looked like since they were all charges for 1 minute.
Interesting.

I check my phone on my person every 10 seconds now.

don't know what you got till it's gone never rang so true.
i never felt this way when i lost my old treo

The case of the Iphone

noreply@blogger.com (aphotog) — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 04:21:00 +0000

I hunted high and low. I searched the internet for hours, pouring over reviews and stores. What everyone wants is a Vaja I-volution. It will take awhile to collect funding for that now as I just got the phone...

I went to the Apple store today. My email was no longer sending anything.

The store was packed with holiday shoppers and I thought I'll never get attention. I headed to browse the cases. Soon I hear my sister say, Hey this guy says he can help. I told him my issues and he let me pick through cases and soon came back with another mac associate and he led me to a computer and fixed my email problems quickly.

I went back to cases.

Some were quite hideous, others were cute, but no substance.

I picked up a orange one, perfect. Except for the color, screaming Orange.

Then I see one in screaming green.

Of course my sister finds the one in black.

Sold.

I have the Contour Showcase with the anti-glare film by Power Support.

The case is a neoprene like glove that is thin, non-slip, and holes in perfect locations. It comes with a holster w/beltclip.

THANK-YOU for including the holster, not selling it separately!

What I like is the beltclip not only swivels, but the phone can also be placed in the holster facing into it or outward.

The addition of the screenguard polishes off the cover. It provides clear protection, and I wouldn't have thought to ask for non-glare, just bonus. Plus you can wash it if it gets dirty.

I'm happy.

Still saving for my I-volution though.

Trying the iphone bluetooth earpiece!

noreply@blogger.com (aphotog) — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 06:05:00 +0000

The packaging is so nice. I feel like it shoud be a diamond watch worth millions, the way it's packaged.

I have small ears so you know in comparison to yourself.

When I put the earpiece in, it feels tight. When I walk around trying to cook, it gets loose and I think it feels like it's going to fall out. Maybe that's just the way it is. I take out the trash and go back to cooking. It feels wrong. I look in the mirror and as I reach for it, the earpiece falls out in my hand. Geez.

I watch tv and call sis. She hears me fine, as I do her. She says she hears the television, but it's not distracting.

Despite it feeling tight in my ear, the earpiece gets loosened easily.

The next day I put a foam cover on it. MUCH better. It stops the slipping. Despite how others forget it's in their ear, I know it's there. It is not painfully incomfortable, but I can only keep it in an hour or so before it gets too irritating.

I make a call from a restaurant at lunchtime. It's fairly noisy, but you can talk to the person at your table without problems.

You can't talk on the phone without problems. My sister said she could hear the background way better that she could hear me!

I couldn't hear her that well either.

When near a running car it wasn't bad on either end.

I could walk away from my phone about 50 feet before I heard the beeping signaling I've gone out of range.

Which can be helpful if you're like me and leave stuff everywhere.

I think I need soemthing with better noise cancellation features.

So I left sprint...

noreply@blogger.com (aphotog) — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:16:00 +0000

My treo (that I loved) was trippin'. Time to upgrade from the 650...so why not go to at&t since everyone and they momma in circle is...

Got a 680.

I could give you the details on activation and porting...I won't, don't need to relive the 2 and a half weeks of pain.

I wasn't impressed at the upgrade. Maybe should've gotten the 7series.

Anywho, got to live in the fast lane, I went for the iphone.

Oh happy day.

Now to get my notes transferred and document programs...comon' you application buffs,start your motors!One I saw that has some that actually might be useful.

I see lots coming out, but need some really good and it's an app, so don't bust the bank, already had to get the phone.

I'm trying to get a good bluetooth for it.

Come back for those.