Technology Rules Until It Doesn't

Usually, technology rules!!! 


But invariably, technology,requires maintenance, and/or God forbid, re-DAMN-pair!  That's especially brutal if it's a piece of technology I have come to depend on.  Like my computer or in this case, my SMART PHONE!


I love my HTC Evo. But the charging port conked out.  And replacement won't be here until Tuesday.  Meanwhile, I have to disassemble the phone, take out the battery, and recharge the BATTERY each time the Evo dies.  ONE -TWO HOURS  later, battery is fully charged.  


Of course, if I had Donald Trump's bank account I could buy a bunch of batteries at $40-50 a pop between now and Tuesday.  But I'm not Donald Trump.  I don't have his money.


So today, technology bites!!!


:-(

I Got a Thing For Spring

How cheesy am I with that title?  Can't help it!  Today is the first day of Spring and I got a little pep in my step.

Been talking to some peeps for the past while.  I see some changes on the horizon that make this first day of Spring all that more inspiring.  There's something about sunshine, flowers, and shorts that makes everything significantly more tolerable  . . . and hopeful.

Anyway, my hat's off to Spring, to change and to hope.  :-)

Photoshop Elements 9: Placing Files (Love it!)

So today I learned about placing files in Photoshop Elements 9.  So far, this is my second favorite editing tool.  I put me in a hat in a photo of the same hat I spotted window shopping:

Too cool!  :-)

iPad 2 . . . hmm . . .

Loved my iPad. Upgraded to the iPad 2. And I gotta say, not overly impressed with iPad 2 versus the original!

The added cameras/FaceTime: thumbs down. Camera quality is poor and FaceTime is 'waste time.' Hello. Nobody really wastes time with basically 'mobile Skype.'

My biggest gripe is still the whole flash player issue. To me that's just silly not to support it. If I can read ebooks from Amazon's Kindle, I should be able to view the instant movies too. Plus I can watch just fine on my MacBook and iMac. Geez!

Right now my absolute biggest gripe is iTunes movie download times. OH MY GAH! It's like back in the day when everything went through phone lines! It's 30 minutes later and "28 Weeks Later" is still damn downloading.

Inexcusable!

Netflix downloads in a few SECONDS. iTunes should be raising the bar, not lagging behind.

Overall, I say if you still have your original iPad, keep it and don't worry with upgrading. I love Mac. But I have to admit, Steve Jobs and his team still have some work to do.

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Location:Brickton Village Cir,Fletcher,United States

Photoshop Elements 9

Holy moly!  Only to page 56 of 634 in "Photoshop Elements 9 ALL-IN-ONE FOR DUMMIES".  Geez!

Keep coming across misinformation.  Actually had to converse with the editor peeps about some things.  Something about the 'beta version' - whatever that means.

The latest isn't a biggie.  But they claim the navigator panel opens in panel bin in Windows and floats on the image in the image window in Mac.  Unless I'm missing something, it appears the opposite is true:

Gonna try to cram get some shut eye and cram some more info in my noggin this weekend.

Picture Page! Picture Page!

Been doing some playing, some experimenting, some dabbling . . . etc.  Gotta lot to learn still.  A lot of stuff dorking around with a point and click.


Started with flowers:

I needed some pics of butterflies for a watercolor project.  Took some shots with a friend's DSLR at Calloway Gardens:

Then I was fascinated with the vividness and richness of her DSLR so I finally got my own.  I started taking it everywhere, started doing some research, started exploring . . .

 . . . made some discoveries . . .

 . . . met some peeps . . .

. . . and got to capture some special moments.

HMM . . .

I  COULD GET USED TO THIS!!!  :-)

Spring

Spring is just around the corner! Thank God.

I am not a fan of Winter. Fall - yes. Winter - blah.

I even got a 'daylight' lamp thingy to spend 20 minutes in front of each morning.

So looking forward to more flowers to take pics of. Lately it's all been indoors - bars, clubs and the like. Fine and all.

 But I'm ready for some outdoors stuff! :-)

Life Happens. . . Damn it!

I do not like change . . . Unless, it affects me positively or not at all. It's a real pain in my ass when I get into a groove, a comfort zone, and then SPLAT!

Change.

Ugh.

So yeah. There have been, are currently, and will be changes. Recent ones have made it tough to stay the course.

Because change, aka LIFE, happens!

But 'the course' is rather open and nebulous anyway. No big.

Need to get some shut eye. But excited about some new ventures I'm getting more involved with. Maybe share next round if life doesn't 'happen' too much.

Damn it! ;-)





- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

Location:Fletcher,United States

"Dirty Blonde"

One of my absolute favorite apps is Evernote.  It's a productivity app that works for my hectic lifestyle.  


By nature, I have a zillion ideas running thru my head.  I do not, however, always have pen and paper.  And if I do, it may or may not get lost.  


Evernote rocks because it has options.  I can text, take a picture or, my favorite, leave an audio note!  Now that's sweet.


How many times have you asked a friend, 'What's the name of that one song so-and-so sings?'  And they're like, "I dunno.  Sing it.'  And you're all like, 'Forget it.  I aint singing it!', because you're too embarrassed?


The audio note takes care of that.  AWAY from people you can sing it right into your phone to research later.  Sweet!


I love this app.


I have 36 notes in it right now.  A good bit are as random as 'check out this website', 'google this actor' , 'dirty blonde' . . . 


Dirty blonde?


I've heard the term 'dirty blonde' off and on all my life.  But the folks the term applied to appeared downright brunette to me.  So what gives?  


What makes a brunette actually a 'dirty blonde.'


Well I checked out my Evernote and decided to cross this one off my list.  It looked pretty simple.  And it was.  


I definitely know what dirty blonde hair looks like.  And the distinction between dirty blonde hair and full on brunette is definitely separate and distinct.  Random research and education accomplished.


I learned something else. 


For folks with kids running around the computer or adults with heart conditions, you may want to utilize the family filter setting before using Google images for search term "definition of dirty blonde"!  


Oops!