I saw a Microsoft Office 2007 update upload in one of my auto update sessions a couple of days ago. I have the full office suite on my business/home computer. I am also running Windows seven ultimate as my OS. Yesterday I was manipulating some old Excel worksheets (.xls) which I use for tracking material orders in my store. I immediately became alarmed after I opened the first spreadsheet. I could look at it but...
Continue reading...Baboons Need PTO
I watched a program about stress last night. It was one of those things you watch where you see yourself being described and it makes you pay attention. The funny part was it was a story created about a hippie professor and his life long study of stress in baboons. There is a joke there somewhere… but I swear I did watch the movie. It is a National Geographic special. The timing is good. My...
Continue reading...July 4th Photography
I was just sitting on my rear porch playing with my 2yr old Sony NEX-5 camera. I had put a lens adapter on it and connected my Minolta 100-200mm telephoto lens.1:4.5 (22) lens. On the Nex-5 it is equivalent to a 150-300 lens on a 35mm camera. Nothing special as far as subject, just the usual Egret, Mallards, and Russian Geese. The lens is manual focus in this situation. Far side of lake is about...
Continue reading...Camera Hacking
I may be paranoid, but I have a suspicion. Probably because I can see doing this myself, strictly as a matter of a business decision. The decision is to not make a software product as good as it could possibly be because I want to protect a more expensive and higher quality and higher profit product that I produce. I am thinking about the consumer market photographic camera business. All the major camera makers have...
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