Monthly Archives: April 2005

Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger Review

Posted on April 28, 2005 by Adam Tow

John Siracusa is at it again, this time with his 20 page review of Tiger, the latest version of Mac OS X. Siracusa always does a good job of making the complex easy to understand. I’m looking forward to using … Continue reading →

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OpenRAW and Digital Media

Posted on April 26, 2005 by Adam Tow

Some time ago, I had to transfer files from an old PowerBook 180 to my PowerMac. At first I thought that I was out of luck, because I had no machine which could read floppy disks anymore (I had sold … Continue reading →

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Adobe Photoshop CS2

Posted on April 20, 2005 by Adam Tow

Last night, I attended a Photoshop Users Group meeting at Adobe, where they previewed Adobe Photoshop CS2. Can you believe that Photoshop has been around for 15 years now? I still remember using PS2 back before layers support! There were … Continue reading →

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Canon Rebates

Posted on April 19, 2005 by Adam Tow

Canon is offering rebates on camera bodies, kits, and lenses. You can get $500 back from the purchase of a EOS-1D Mark II! $100 back from a EOS-20D? Is this a sign that new cameras are coming soon? Canon Rebate … Continue reading →

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smugmug and ReadyNAS 600

Posted on April 14, 2005 by Adam Tow

smugmug spoke at the April COBA meeting last night. Chris and Don MacAskill and J.T. were on hand to demonstrate the various features of their popular photo web site. Their passion for their product struck me the most during the … Continue reading →

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Digital Rebel XT

Posted on April 12, 2005 by Adam Tow

While Eric is off swimming with the sharks, he had shipped to my house a new Canon Digital Rebel XT. My first impression after opening the box was, “This thing is soooo small!” I had always thought that Canon would … Continue reading →

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Hair Cut!

Posted on April 11, 2005 by Adam Tow

I’ve rejoined the ranks of those without long hair! On Saturday, Rae and I went to diPietro Todd Salon for my free haircut, courtesy of Alice 97.3, Locks of Love, and Rogaine. I wish I had set my appointment for … Continue reading →

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New Hairstyle

Posted on April 6, 2005 by Adam Tow

I heard on the radio yesterday that diPietro Todd Salon is having a promotion with Locks of Love and the makers of Rogaine where if you donate at least 10 inches of hair, you’ll get a free salon-style hair cut. … Continue reading →

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ReadyNAS 600

Posted on April 4, 2005 by Adam Tow

I bit the bullet last week and ordered an Infrant ReadyNAS 600 1TB RAID NAS box from AJump. Longtime readers will note that I’m currently using two [periodically] mirrored 250GB hard drives. I filled up the hard drive in February … Continue reading →

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