"Photoshop Crash Course
Lesson 1
by Jim Frew
Photoshop Crash Course: "Page 1 — Photoshop Crash Course — Lesson 1"
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Google Reader - Tour
"A quick tour of Google Reader"
Google Reader constantly checks your favorite news sites and blogs for new content. Whether a site updates daily or monthly, you can be sure that you won't miss a thing.
Check it out
Google Reader constantly checks your favorite news sites and blogs for new content. Whether a site updates daily or monthly, you can be sure that you won't miss a thing.
Check it out
Monday, April 23, 2007
Why and How DPI Matters When Printing
Digital Designer Toolbox » Blog Archive » Why and How DPI Matters When Printing:
"Sun16Jul '06
Why and How DPI Matters When Printing
Melissa's ideas about Designing Pages
Digital Prepress and inkjet printing are apples and oranges. The processes are completely different. A digital prepress is like a giant laser printer. The toner is a fine powder that is baked onto the paper. Ink jets use liquid ink that spreads when applied to paper because it’s liquid and thats what liquid does. As a result, ink jets print photo quality images with continuos tones as the ink spreads and overlaps. Files don’t need to be as large or contain as much information for a great ink jet print as they do for a great pre-press print. There is no visible quality increase over 150 dpi on an ink jet and in fact printing at higher quality may simply use more ink and cost more money."
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"Sun16Jul '06
Why and How DPI Matters When Printing
Melissa's ideas about Designing Pages
Digital Prepress and inkjet printing are apples and oranges. The processes are completely different. A digital prepress is like a giant laser printer. The toner is a fine powder that is baked onto the paper. Ink jets use liquid ink that spreads when applied to paper because it’s liquid and thats what liquid does. As a result, ink jets print photo quality images with continuos tones as the ink spreads and overlaps. Files don’t need to be as large or contain as much information for a great ink jet print as they do for a great pre-press print. There is no visible quality increase over 150 dpi on an ink jet and in fact printing at higher quality may simply use more ink and cost more money."
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Saturday, April 21, 2007
Picasa: Organize photos, instant albums, labels, stars, advanced picture search
Picasa: : "Organize
Picasa instantly locates and organizes all the pictures on your computer.
Find the pictures you forgot you had.
Picasa organizes your entire collection while you watch, scanning the images on your computer and automatically sorting them by date."
More on Picasa: Organize photos, instant albums, labels, stars, advanced picture search:
Picasa instantly locates and organizes all the pictures on your computer.
Find the pictures you forgot you had.
Picasa organizes your entire collection while you watch, scanning the images on your computer and automatically sorting them by date."
More on Picasa: Organize photos, instant albums, labels, stars, advanced picture search:
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Flower Garden
This one is just for fun -- click on the title and enjoy yourself. Try holding the mouse down or try individual clicks. Hit refresh on the browser to start over.
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Crowdsourcing
Randy Burge: Internet allows us to resource the crowd
By Randy BurgeMonday, April 9, 2007
To learn more about the phenomenon of "crowdsourcing," visit crowdsourcing.typepad.com.
Crowdsourcing is one of those heady new words, a neologism coined from two other words, to describe global work-related phenomena unleashed by Internet connectivity.
Crowdsourcing is a new business model taking the concept of work, workers and business beyond the more familiar work force stretches of telecommuting, outsourcing and open-sourcing, to ever-expanding virtual realms with great opportunities and perils for business or careers.
In crowdsourcing, a job no longer equals the output of one person, nor the work of a group, nor even the company in some examples. Rather, the tasks normally assigned to one person, work group or company are opened up via the Internet to be completed or resolved by an undefined number of people who may either work for pay or who contribute as volunteers.
More on crowd sourcing
By Randy BurgeMonday, April 9, 2007
To learn more about the phenomenon of "crowdsourcing," visit crowdsourcing.typepad.com.
Crowdsourcing is one of those heady new words, a neologism coined from two other words, to describe global work-related phenomena unleashed by Internet connectivity.
Crowdsourcing is a new business model taking the concept of work, workers and business beyond the more familiar work force stretches of telecommuting, outsourcing and open-sourcing, to ever-expanding virtual realms with great opportunities and perils for business or careers.
In crowdsourcing, a job no longer equals the output of one person, nor the work of a group, nor even the company in some examples. Rather, the tasks normally assigned to one person, work group or company are opened up via the Internet to be completed or resolved by an undefined number of people who may either work for pay or who contribute as volunteers.
More on crowd sourcing
Monday, April 16, 2007
PC Cleanup Pays Off in Performance
From AARP
"Some experts believe that, in addition to physically cleaning your computer (which many people pay to have done), PC operating systems, hard drives, applications, and data files should occasionally be scrubbed to improve PC performance, reliability, and system life."
More... PC Cleanup Pays Off in Performance:
"Some experts believe that, in addition to physically cleaning your computer (which many people pay to have done), PC operating systems, hard drives, applications, and data files should occasionally be scrubbed to improve PC performance, reliability, and system life."
More... PC Cleanup Pays Off in Performance:
Saturday, April 14, 2007
101 Fantastic Freebies
Page1 - MSN Tech & Gadgets - Downloads: "101 Fantastic Freebies
By Preston Gralla, PC World
Want to make your PC more productive, secure, informative, and entertaining? These downloads and services will do the trick--and they don't cost a dime.
Once upon a time you actually had to pay for great software and services -- hard to believe, but true.
Luckily, we no longer live in that world. The Internet is stuffed with great downloads and Web sites offering free software and services of every kind. Want to tune up your PC, keep it safe, create graphics, or back up your system with gobs of free storage space? You can find free software and sites to do all that, and plenty more.
We revved up our cable modem and searched for the most intriguing free offerings out there. After we took each download or service for a test-drive, we picked the very best, and came up with the following list of 101 great freebies.
We didn't do it alone, though -- you helped. We polled PC World readers, asking for your top freebies in several categories, so here you'll find your favorites as well as ours. "
By Preston Gralla, PC World
Want to make your PC more productive, secure, informative, and entertaining? These downloads and services will do the trick--and they don't cost a dime.
Once upon a time you actually had to pay for great software and services -- hard to believe, but true.
Luckily, we no longer live in that world. The Internet is stuffed with great downloads and Web sites offering free software and services of every kind. Want to tune up your PC, keep it safe, create graphics, or back up your system with gobs of free storage space? You can find free software and sites to do all that, and plenty more.
We revved up our cable modem and searched for the most intriguing free offerings out there. After we took each download or service for a test-drive, we picked the very best, and came up with the following list of 101 great freebies.
We didn't do it alone, though -- you helped. We polled PC World readers, asking for your top freebies in several categories, so here you'll find your favorites as well as ours. "
Saturday, March 31, 2007
Urban Legends Quiz
MSN Encarta: "Urban Legends Quiz
by Myriam Gabriel-Pollock
Did you hear about the old lady who microwaved her poodle? Or the sewer alligators of New York City? How about lethal Pop Rocks and mysterious hitchhikers? See if you can tell which of these urban legends were true stories and which are just tall tales."
Click here for Quiz:
by Myriam Gabriel-Pollock
Did you hear about the old lady who microwaved her poodle? Or the sewer alligators of New York City? How about lethal Pop Rocks and mysterious hitchhikers? See if you can tell which of these urban legends were true stories and which are just tall tales."
Click here for Quiz:
Friday, March 30, 2007
Friday, March 23, 2007
Tips for Taking Great Pictures
"Top 10 tips
Make your pictures stand out with just a little know-how from our top 10 tips for great pictures."
Kodak Tips:
Make your pictures stand out with just a little know-how from our top 10 tips for great pictures."
Kodak Tips:
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Give to ninemillion.org with every search
Hi, you can help contribute to the education of refugee children simply by searching on the Web. Learn more at: http://click4thecause.live.com/default.aspx?locale=en-us
Sunday, March 18, 2007
Friday, March 16, 2007
Deter. Detect. Defend.
Deter. Detect. Defend. Avoid ID Theft: "This website is a one-stop national resource to learn 
about the crime of identity theft. It provides detailed information to help you Deter, Detect, and Defend against identity theft. While there are no guarantees about avoiding identity theft, there are steps you can take to minimize your risk and minimize the damage if a problem occurs:"
Learn More...:
about the crime of identity theft. It provides detailed information to help you Deter, Detect, and Defend against identity theft. While there are no guarantees about avoiding identity theft, there are steps you can take to minimize your risk and minimize the damage if a problem occurs:"Learn More...:
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Online Virus Scanning
Most antivirus vendors will offer a free online scan of your computer. Beware, though, of some of the lesser known fly-by-night companies that will find dozens of serious problems and attempt to sell their product.
I am listing some reputable ones here.
Symantec-Norton
McAfee
Trend Micro
Windows Live One Care
I am listing some reputable ones here.
Symantec-Norton
McAfee
Trend Micro
Windows Live One Care
Regional Virus Information
McAfee.com - Regional Virus Information: "Find out which viruses are infecting PCs in your neighborhood and around the world."
Monday, March 12, 2007
Wednesday, March 07, 2007
Photoshop Toolbox
Tools - Photoshop Toolbox Reference: "Here is online version* of the 6th chapter of As Simple As Photoshop - a video-book for Adobe Photoshop users.
This section is a comprehensive Toolbox reference. Click on a tool's icon to view its animated usage instruction.
n.b. This is a large site with a variety of information covering all aspects of Photoshop and has information on Elements and Paint Shop Pro as well. The page we are linked to is a toolbox reference but also included is a sidebar with additional features available on the site.
This section is a comprehensive Toolbox reference. Click on a tool's icon to view its animated usage instruction.
n.b. This is a large site with a variety of information covering all aspects of Photoshop and has information on Elements and Paint Shop Pro as well. The page we are linked to is a toolbox reference but also included is a sidebar with additional features available on the site.
Monday, March 05, 2007
Computer Basics II
Computer Basics II: "Internet Resources"
Click on this link for an assortment of internet resources.
Click on this link for an assortment of internet resources.
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