Monthly Archives: March 2005

smugmug at COBA

Posted on March 31, 2005 by Adam Tow

smugmug will be presenting at the April 13, 2005, meeting of the Camera Owners of the Bay Area. The company has been around for 30 months now and has over 60,000 customers totalling 18,000,000 images! The company is supremely dedicated … Continue reading →

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iPod Photo Connector Reviewed

Posted on March 31, 2005 by Adam Tow

There’s a review on the iPod Photo Connector out on Playlist. The skinny? While it downloads RAW images from digital cameras, it can’t (yet) display them. Plus, the transfer rates seem to be pretty slow (12 minutes for 250MB) and … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography, Reviews, Technology | 1 Comment

NetNewsWire

Posted on March 31, 2005 by Adam Tow

Here’s to second chances! Alex has been using NetNewsWire for a couple of years now and is a big fan of the Mac OS X newsreader. Though I used it for a little bit, I found myself going back to … Continue reading →

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Canon Firmware Updates

Posted on March 29, 2005 by Adam Tow

Canon has posted firmware updates for the EOS-1D Mark II and the EOS-1Ds Mark II. Three new languages (Russian, Traditional Chinese, and Korean) added to the camera menus Improvement in communication reliability when using some CF cards The issue of … Continue reading →

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Eric’s Loft

Posted on March 28, 2005 by Adam Tow

Last weekend, I went over to Eric’s loft in Oakland to test his Dell 3000cn color laser printer. I’m still thinking of purchasing a 3100cn, which just happens to be on sale again. 40% off via a techbargains.com coupon! It’s … Continue reading →

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Cindy’s Something-Something Party

Posted on March 24, 2005 by Adam Tow

Last Saturday, Rae and I attended Cindy’s something-something birthday party at her place in Santa Clara. We had come from San Jose, where we saw film Year of the Yao, a documentary covering the first year of Yao Ming’s career … Continue reading →

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LaserJet 6MP Resucitated

Posted on March 21, 2005 by Adam Tow

My trusty LaserJet 6MP, which had stopped working over three weeks ago, has finally been resucitated. Who knows how much longer it will work, but I’m happy that I can now print again from my Macs. I originally thought that … Continue reading →

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Image Annotation

Posted on March 17, 2005 by Adam Tow

Longtime readers will know that I’ve undertaken a huge task of annotating all of my images. At last count, I have taken over 70,000 images since October, 1998. I started this project at the end of 2003, and it’s taken … Continue reading →

Posted in Journal, Photography | 2 Comments

Screen Capture Tip

Posted on March 16, 2005 by Adam Tow

I’ve known about the Command-Shift-3 (and Command-Shift-4 in OS X) shortcut to take screenshots of a Mac for years. That said, I always wanted a way to save the screenshot to the clipboard. The answer was right there in front … Continue reading →

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Dell 3100cn Opinions

Posted on March 15, 2005 by Adam Tow

Dell’s got another 30% off deal for the 3100cn color laser printer. I missed a 40% off deal by a week, so the price will be $384 (instead of $330) after discount. I’ve read a few reviews, and the consensus … Continue reading →

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