Happy Independence Day!
For those of you outside the U.S., today is the day we celebrate our independence as a nation by barbecuing and carousing and having parades and, most of all, by firing fireworks. All across the country, there will be fireworks displays, both large and small, and there will be photographers at everyone one of them with tons of gear trying to capture that feeling in an image. My personal suggestion is to just go and enjoy the show,...
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I'm going to take a slight departure from my normal free stuff on Friday posts.
Don't worry, this is still free, but it's not just a "click here and look at this thing" kind of post. This week, you'll need to actually do a couple of things to get the full benefit of this post. Basically, it's a little Summer DIY project for the mildly geeky and social.
Have you ever been to someone's home and had to ask for their WIFI...
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No, those quotation marks aren't ironic.
Last year, in August, I wrote about a free service called LensTag that would help you track your camera gear if any of it went missing. Well, they're back in the news for another service! This one was discovered by accident by their president's wife who mistakenly turned on the tracking for her camera when a couple of flashes got stolen. It turns out, she started getting notifications about where her photos taken with that...
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Yes, today is Friday the Thirteenth.
I'm not really a superstitious kind of guy. Not really. But, I've known a lot of people who are. When I worked in the hotel industry, I once managed to "sell" room 666 to someone not from a Judeo-Christian background, until a co-worker saw it and made a face. Then, I had to explain to the nice gentleman that some people found 666 to be an "unlucky" number. But, man, if I had pulled that...
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As the kids get out of school for the Summer, why not "audit" a couple of culture classes for free?
No, seriously!
I know when I got out of school, I thought I'd never want to go back and learn anything new again. But, times change and so do we. I've done a whole lot of professional training, picking up some good certifications along the way, but there are times I wish I had paid more attention to the cultural courses I...
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Okay, this isn't exactly a new idea, but it's still worth sharing.
I got this from Lifehacker back in 2012, but I've been behind in my link sharing, so I'm just getting to it now.
The idea is simple. Reading on-line is rarely the best, most comfortable, most convenient way to keep up with all the things we want to read, especially all the "long form" articles that really get in-depth on topics we care about. That's where Readlists comes into play.
This...
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First, let me say that I don't endorse this as a way to avoid upgrading.
This week I've got two very serious freebies for you.
Hey, for those of you who follow this sad, old blog closely, I know I missed this past Tuesday's post. There's a reason for that, or, possibly several , but I can't talk about it right now. Seriously.
But, it's a boring secret anyway and you wouldn't really want to know it.
(But, if you secretly do want to know, stay tuned and I'll eventually share it!)
My wife calls the Discovery Science channel the "Lion King channel", because when she needs me to be calm and entertained, this is what she puts this on, like a mother puts her toddler in front of the Lion King.
Sadly, she's pretty much right.
How It's Made is one of my favorite shows. Whatever channel it's on instantly becomes the "Lion King channel" for me. Even boring stuff is fascinating when it's being made by big, high-speed machinery.
So, today, while I'm...
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