I mostly used tutorials at Adobe's website and some I found on Youtube as well: [tv.adobe.com]

Darn. I was just thinking the other day how I should invent a website that consolidates photos from your accounts on various social networking and photo sharing sites. I knew someone was probably already working on that. Looks very cool.

I agree that those coupon freak shows are over the top. Most of the stuff they buy with coupons are processed foods that families should eat less of anyway, and they stock up on multi-year supplies of things like paper towels. When you see ten cases of soda pop sitting in someone's bedroom-converted-to-walk-in-pantry,…

All good advice. We did many of these things after my wife lost her job a few years ago. Of course the biggest monthly bill of all for most of us is the grocery bill. We are far from those insane people on the extreme couponing shows, but we have found that it is easy to save quite a bit just by watching for good…

You're right, and it's a really sad statement about America that it is cheaper to get a burger, fries, and a giant soda from McDonald's than it is to buy the fresh produce for a healthy lunch from the Farmer's Market or grocery store. Of course if there were no farm subsidies that make meat (and the feed that…

Many people ask why you would make a photo taken with an expensive modern camera look like it was taken with a cheap plastic film camera? Personally I agree that these looks are over-used thanks to how easily they can be applied using apps like Instagram and Hipstamatic. However they can be useful and can improve the…

Right... as long as you don't overcook it, and you let it rest after cooking before cutting into it, it's pretty tough to screw up a good steak (meaning you purchased good meat to begin with). Everyone has their method that they swear by, but it seems like the advice I've gotten from chef friends has always been…

The whole EVIL market is moving pretty fast these days and I certainly can't keep up with all the latest offerings from the different manufacturers, but m4/3 had a big head start and still seems to be the most mature system in terms of camera/lens selection. The native lens selection is quite comprehensive now, but…

It's one we have had for a couple of years and looks just like the model you linked to (ours is white). I read another review of the same clock that mentions the same problem. Supposedly these types of issues are caused by frequency fluctuations in the power grid. Most clocks that plug into a wall outlet use the…

The dogs start whining for breakfast usually about 6am. I don't know if they want food or if one of them just really needs to pee (our female has a tiny bladder). The desire to avoid cleaning up pee first thing in the morning is what gets me out of bed.

30 minutes or 1.5 hours. Just depends on the day (some days I need to be in early) and what happens in the morning (finding out one of the dogs threw up or peed by the front door adds some time for cleanup). When I need to be at work early I will shower the night before and just wake up, get dressed, feed the dogs,…

We have the BioBrite clock and I agree that it is helpful. At least in the Winter. We live in the Pacific NW, and in the Summer the sun will come up well before I'm ready to wake up. I tend to just use my iPhone alarm. In the Winter the sun will not come up until I am at work (or on my way), so the sunrise clock…

@ThistleDog: I shoot with both professional build DSLR gear (Nikon D200 and f/2.8 zooms) and a Panasonic GF1 m4/3 camera with several m4/3 lenses (20mm f/1.7, 14-45mm, and 45-200mm). No doubt my DSLR gear is built to withstand more abuse and harsher elements, but the m4/3 cameras (and presumably the Sony and Samsung…

Thanks for the clarification from everyone. I guess he is talking about the "automatic focus capabilities" being rendered practically useless rather than the camera or the lenses themselves. Still... it's kind of a strange phrase, because you lose all autofocus capability when you attach a non-native lens using an…

As an EVIL con you wrote: "Using adapters to add additional lenses means losing automatic focus capabilities (or at least rendering them practically useless)."

This is one of those things that is in dishwasher manuals, but hardly anybody ever reads the manual. I finally did, when we got a new dishwasher. I already knew to run the disposal to keep it from backing up into the dishwasher, but there are actually all kinds of good tips in the manual. Most people use way too much…

VOTE: Your Local Independent Bookstore partnered with Google eBooks!

I like this for a couple of reasons: I've been wanting an e-Ink reader for outdoor use, and I wanted something that could read Google Books because I can support my local independent bookstore when I purchase Google eBooks through their website (they get some of the profit just like with paper books). Google is…

So every time I get a discount that song will get stuck in my head? Better be some big savings. Clever idea though.

I regularly use more than 50 apps (including the built-in apps) on my iPhone. I've been a fan of handheld information since 1997 when I had a text pager that could receive headline news. The Palm IIIx was my first real handheld, and through many years of owning various Palm OS devices I used all kinds of apps for the…