Want a fast PC for under $1500
I have been looking to build myself a new Workstation, as I was searching I found this.
http://www.hardware-revolution.com/ultimate-gaming-computer-for-1500/
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Picasa 3 New features
Google recently released Picasa 3 beta version. Picasa is google’s free photo management, editing, and publishing tool. I find it quite useful for a number of tasks. See video below
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Learning After Effects and Video Production Techniques
One of my most favorite tutorial websites is Video Copilot, they have a great selection of free tutorials that are very informative and most importantly won’t make you fall asleep, the first tutorial I did was the planet earth zoom, you can see the results here.
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alanson
Pentax k10D my camera of choice
I recently bought the Pentax K10D on recommendation of a college of mine, I will hopefully put up a review soon. Watch this space.
- 10.2 megapixels
- “Shake Reduction” system
- New dust removal system
- New 22bit A/D converter
- New Pentax Real IMage Engine
- New exposure modes for more control
- 11 Point SAFOX VIII autofocus
- 2.5″ LCD screen with 140 degree viewing angle
- 72 water and dust seals
- Unlimited continuous JPEG shooting
This digital SLR camera combines 10.2 effective megapixels with a host of advanced technologies — including the PENTAX-original Shake Reduction (SR) system — to deliver high-quality digital SLR photography and responsive operations to advanced amateurs and experienced hobbyists.
Developed as the result of PENTAX’s pursuit of higher-quality, finer-resolution digital images, the K10D combines 10.2 effective megapixels with an array of advanced features and a series of improvements at every stage of digital SLR photography. PENTAX believes that, while some of these technologies and improvements may not be actually reflected in the product’s specifications, they do make a significant difference in the final images. Important features include the PENTAX-developed Shake Reduction (SR) system to minimize the adverse effects of camera shake, a newly developed A/D converter designed to convert a large volume of data more faithfully and swiftly, and a new high-performance imaging engine designed exclusively for the K10D.
The K10D also comes equipped with a host of features and functions designed to assist the photographer in various aspects of high-quality digital SLR photography. They include a new Dust Removal (DR) system to keep dust off the CCD surface, a PENTAX-original exposure system for faithful reproduction of the photographer’s creative intentions, and a dependable dust-resistant, weather-resistant body construction. All combined, the K10D delivers exceptionally high image quality and responds brilliantly to the exacting demands of advanced photographers.
If anyone has done any HDR shots with this camera I would be interested in what sort of results you got, and would also be interested in what you thought of the camera in general, in the past I have used Cannon 350D.
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alanson
Decent good and free security software
Recently I have had a number of people asking me about spyware and viruses and how to protect against them, for starters if you haven’t already done so get the following software.AVG Freeware Antivirus (Do not install multiple antivirus programs on your computer!)
ComboFix (use only if still infected after using all of above and read instructions!)
I have had good success with using the above software, although it is certainly not guaranteed work, especially if your using software such as LimeWire (just don’t do it), if you must use a P2P program use a torrent program such as Uttorent and a torrent search engine, also you may want to protect yourself using PeerGuardian.
Good Luck!
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JKdefrag for easy defragmentation
One of the things that has got to be a pain using windows is that if you want to defrag your drives you need to either manually run it or schedule it using the Scheduled Tasks tool. I have found a better way… use JKdefrag!
JkDefrag is a disk defragmenter and optimizer for Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vista/2008/X64. Completely automatic and very easy to use, fast, low overhead, with several optimization strategies, and can handle floppies, USB disks, memory sticks, and anything else that looks like a disk to Windows.
It is by far one of the best out there, I recommend setting it up to run as a screen saver simply copy and paste the files into the windows directory, take a look at the screen savers and JKdfrag should be selectable as an option.
And did I mention it is free!
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