Technology Information: 05/01/10

Best Digital Camera

Best Digital Camera


Best Digital Camera

Posted: 01 May 2010 06:02 AM PDT

A 5-inch display is average, a 2-inch LCD display is good, but the best LCD size would be 5 inches or higher.Digital cameras are usually furnished with optical of between 3x to 10x.Choose the size of memory that you need, if you're a photo junkie, you might need more than 32MB.One of the most important features of digital camera to make it into the best digital camera category is its mega pixel property.The best digital camera will always have a large LCD to help you frame your subject without having to squint to the viewfinder. Always make sure that your memory card is the right one for your digital camera.After spending sizeable amount of time at the mall figuring out which is the best digital camera for us, we finally have enough money to buy for that eye-popping, 7 mega pixel, 10x digital zoom, potable, candy colored, up to 512MB expandable memory of super hi-speed SD memory card and not to mention very portable, (that will be the envy of almost everyone we know).You wouldn't want to buy a DSLR and use it with your home activities or family outing and have to lug it around?And it's just not working for us!Memory cards can go up to 1G.The better the optical zoom, the higher it climbs up to the best digital camera category.Most digital cameras have both digital and optical zoom.We march to the mall armed with our life savings and lotsa pride in ourselves, when we pass by a new display - an eight mega pixel, up to 1G expandable memory, with built it mic and stereo surround, video playback capable, with 22 scenic modes kind-of-camera.

Don't just buy the latest or the one that claims they are the best digital cameras out in the market.What makes a digital camera, the best digital camera?The key point to find the best digital camera is to find one that will best fit you and your lifestyle.And so as we always want to have the best, armed with our life savings and a few credit cards, we buy the "best digital camera.Not the type that you'll just leave rotting in its box or after a few weeks of usage or so, up there in the attic.And so it confuses us.MEMORY CARD.Actually, the best digital camera is the one that you will enjoy and use.There are different types of memory card like the xD, SD, Flash card and the likes.LCD SIZE.MEGAPIXELS.Or you don't want to buy the latest point and shoot camera when you're serious about being a professional photographer.Of course, you can use this for starters, but if you're not a novice photographer anymore, you wouldn't want to get this kind of camera.But then again, that doesn't last too long, after two months or so, there's another "best digital camera.Well, there are certain factors to consider when looking for the "best digital camera" for us.It seems that every month, if not every week, different manufacturers are coming up with the latest digital cameras to entice potential clients.

The resolution of your image is based upon the mega pixel property of your camera.And these types of memory cards go with certain types of digital cameras.A mega pixel is equivalent to one million pixels.This means that as you enlarge the picture, you would get more detail and less blurry colors.And we sigh because the producer of this amazing gadget claims that this is the best digital camera yet out in the market.A higher optical zoom is always better than a higher digital zoom.The higher the mega pixels the better the actual photograph will come out.This is also helpful when reviewing your images, some cameras enable touch up and editing features with its LCD.

One UX Guy's Cool Infographic Resume

One UX Guy's Cool Infographic Resume


One UX Guy's Cool Infographic Resume

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 02:03 PM PDT

I came across a link to Mike Dunn's post about the re-make of his UX resume and was intrigued by his use of infographics to represent his multi-faceted skills and career experiences:


You can find more details about this process on Mike Dunn's post, Building a better UX resume.


I like his statement:


 "Good UX isn't about 'getting it done', it's about seeing the potential in every interaction."

Infographics:
Radial bar graph representing my various skillsets


The first proper representation of my work history

Final Version (pdf):

HOWTO: Use Gnome Network Manager in other DE

HOWTO: Use Gnome Network Manager in other DE


HOWTO: Use Gnome Network Manager in other DE

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 04:04 PM PDT

As of 10.04 beta I have begun using the KDE desktop environment. I really like many of the things KDE has to offer, however KDE's network manager applet (knetworkmanager) still is lacking compared to Gnome's applet. After installing the network-manager-gnome and manually launching it under KDE it worked great! The only issue I had was that when I rebooted I had to manually relaunch it and then even after I had added it to my startup programs it still failed to store my passwords (even though I had the gnome-keyring installed).

The following are the steps I have taken to have the Gnome nm-applet auto load at KDE's startup and have it work with the gnome-keyring.

#1 Firstly install the nm-applet and the keyring and remove KDE's default net work manager. On Ubuntu/Debian based distros you can do this with the following command in terminal: sudo apt-get install network-manager-gnome gnome-keyring && sudo apt-get remove knetworkmanager

#2 Add the command nm-applet to your desktop environment's startup applications.

#3 This is the trick to making the gnome keyring work under another environment, either launch the following three commands in order at startup or put them in a script and run it at startup:

eval "`gnome-keyring-daemon`"
export GNOME_KEYRING_PID
export GNOME_KEYRING_SOCKET

Log out and log back into your desktop environment and the gnome network manager should now be auto loading and saving your encryption keys!

Cheers,
~Jeff Hoogland

Raymond.CC Blog: “Blocking Daily Russian Comment Spammers in Wordpress” plus 1 more

Raymond.CC Blog: “Blocking Daily Russian Comment Spammers in Wordpress” plus 1 more


Blocking Daily Russian Comment Spammers in Wordpress

Posted: 01 May 2010 12:06 AM PDT


This blog is powered by Wordpress and is using Akismet plugin to detect and block spam comments. I’ve used Spam Karma 2 (SK2) before which is probably outdated by now and it really slows the blog down. Then I switched to a paid plugin called Comment Guard Pro developed by Taragana which is lighter than [...]

WinPatrol Revisited – Powerful HIPS with a Bite

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 06:30 PM PDT


I’m aware that while there are a lot of people glad to see me writing about Linux, I must say that it’s not the only operating system I use. And if you read my security suggestions, along side common sense, I’ve also recommended that people run an anti-virus and keep their patches up to date, [...]

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