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I noticed that some of my photos that I downloaded from my iPhone are PNG and some are JPG.

All those that I set to send directly to facebook are PNG.  They are also 720 x 540 (or 540 x 720) whereas the photos kept on the camera are 2048 x 1536 (and the ones I have with a special 7 Megapixel app are 3180 x 2385!  Wicked.

Lightroom doesn’t like the PNG files.  Why?  That’s another story.

So I just wrote a quick action in Photoshop that is a “Save As” JPG.

Then I threw all my PNGs into a folder called _PNG tank and ran a batch on that folder and voila – done.

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The best way to remove photos, archive on computer, keep select photos on iPhone.

Answer:
Remove photos from iPhone using Image Capture
/Applications/Image Capture.app

HOW TO: Click here to continue reading →

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Wow – what an easy upgrade of this blog to 3.0

Let the fun begin!

http://wordpress.org/development/2010/06/thelonious/

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I have a 667 MHz PowerPC G4 – purchased in 2002 – which I don’t use often enough to warrant getting a new one.  For what I need on the road – it works fine!  Like the love and lore of an aging truck (yes I have one of those, too)  I have been compelled to just tinker with the unit I have and put my money elsewhere (like into food).   For this laptop I have done the obvious – upgraded the RAM to 1 GB – I believe that is the max amount.  When it failed I replaced the original 30 GB hard drive with a 120 GB hard drive, and so on.

PCMCIA card

OK, the USB 2.0:  I purchased a 2-Port USB 2.0 PCMCIA Cardbus PC Card from Amazon.com.

I put it into the slot.  I connected the cable that goes from the middle of the card to one of the 1.x USB slots in the back – to supply POWER.  Good as gold – right as rain.  Done.

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Raindrops on Roses and Whiskers on Kittens … plus related software and hardware.  This is a Mac list – not Windows …

I consider these items must have / must use:

• Time Machine – software included with Leopard+ for backing up files.
• Backblaze – on line backup service (if you have decent internet connection speed)
• 1Password – password management software

Some new prospects:

• Dropbox – file synchronization service

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I love using iCal – simple to use and in combination with Click here to continue reading →

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How Hackers Will Crack Your Password – aka – how to choose a good password –  Article:
How Hackers Will Crack Your Password

I use, love, live by 1Password
agilewebsolutions.com/products/1Password

I’m looking into this for a Windows user:
http://www.siber.com/consumer/roboform

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Domain Name Registration Phishing

Originally Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 8:55 am

Post subject: Domain Registry of America

There are companies out there, including Domain Registry of America, who send things which look like “invoices” to the owners domain names who are NOT registered with them – in an attempt to coax people to transfer to their service.

If you are registered with CrestoneRegister.com, you can simply shred this duplicitous “invoice” from Domain Registry of America or other similar companies. Invoices should come from Crestone Creations only.

Regards,

Clyde Lovett

Crestone Creations

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Q: Is Wikipedia a good source on the internet for research

A: I think that Wikipedia is a good source on the internet for research. I usually begin with Wikipedia as their layout / content delivery is excellent. Click here to continue reading →

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I went to my P.O. Box (you know – that thing at the post office) and there were credit card solicitations and circulars from the grocery store and hardware store. I said to postal worker- “Hey, can’t you do something about this?” Well, the answer was no. If somebody pays to have soemthing sent to you, then the post office is obliged to deliver it.

Fortunately this is not the case with email. With email we DO have some ways to block unwanted emails, but we must be pro-active about it in several ways.
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