I have a condition called Spondylolisthesis, in which my vertebrae are not properly aligned in my lower back. This makes me prone to rupturing my disc between the two problematic vertebrae, which in turn leads to problems with my sciatic nerve. Through my rehab stints, all of my PTs focused on strengthening my core…

This is sort of in reply to a previous post, but I thought I should put it out here for everyone to see since more people might benefit. Apparently, Adobe wants more than a .edu address. Here is what their proof of eligibility requirements for students is.

How timely is this article. I badly want a full version of photoshop, but legitimately and I can't afford the price tag. Now all I need a .edu email address. Anyone know how to get one of those with out going back to school? My college didn't let me take mine with me.

Thanks for the reply. Looks like I may need to re-look at CrashPlan; I may not have dug enough into it, b/c that sounds better than what I remember seeing.

This might sound like a weird question, but do all of those things mentioned (Crashplan, BackupPro, etc) encrypt your backup files? I'd like to start using something to do incremental backups of mine and my wife's computer to an external hard drive, but I need it to not encrypt the backup. It needs to be simple and…

Bulls@$t bingo.

Now that I read it again, it seems very disjointed.

Elope.

The Google+ photo community is amazing. Would be a great place for you to go to get some inspiration, if you think that might help.

I know a life coach. I could pass on her info, if you're interested. She's a really pragmatic, no BS kind of person, so it wouldn't be all new agey.

Depending on what you want to code, I would start a Wordpress blog and learn PHP. Once you've learned PHP, you can write plugins and themes and junk like that.

We're expecting our first child in about 12 days.

I went through and did a bunch of stuff on Codecademy over the last couple of days. It was all Javascript, which wasn't terrible, but I got to the third course and it's description was (paraphrasing) "for those who already have experience coding in other languages."

I would edit this a little to say "the heavier your camera, the more sturdy your tripod needs to be." Every pro tip I've seen is to get a carbon fiber (or something like that) tripod b/c it's light be extremely sturdy. If you're tripod is a hulking beast, you're not going to want to carry it and you won't use it.

I worked at Best Buy for a brief time and they called the extended warranties and other accessories for any given item "the cheese" b/c that is where they tried to make their cheddar.

Depending on your subject, I think this could make your photo very "Photoshopped." This sounds like it will mimic the desired effect from a shallow depth of field, but doing it in this way is going to look a little odd, in my opinion. You really need to make sure the blurred stuff is all on the same distance plane…

Most twisted and funny comment I've seen today. I was grinning until the speaker box comment and that one got me.

I was thinking the same thing. I hardly use FB anymore and I really don't want to go trudge through all this crap to make sure everything is as it should be.

The thing you have to understand is that the US climate is one of greater extremes. In many places, it's pretty hot in the summer (not as hot as India gets) and cold in the summer. In many places it's not uncommon for the temperatures to be 90-100 F in the summer and 100+ F during heat waves. Conversely, in the…

"The Basic Book of Photography" and a little bit of patience took me most of the way. Beyond that, a lot of playing around with the camera and trying different things out.