Category Archives: Photography

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MacFilmmakers’: Apple Motion and Adobe CS4 Demos

Posted on September 23, 2008 by Administrator

MacFilmmakers’ had 2 trainers present new product features. Mark Spencer from Day Street Productions gave a talk on “Apple Motion workflow tips and tricks”. Mark is a very polished trainer and a pleasure to listen to. He said it took … Continue reading →

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Kihncert 2008

Posted on July 6, 2008 by Administrator

I went to Kihncert on the Green again this year in Discovery Meadow, downtown San Jose. There was a great turnout of friendly folks who love to party and still love 80′s rock. I listened to Starship, Night Ranger, and … Continue reading →

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Reliable DVD Data Archiving

Posted on February 12, 2008 by Administrator

Looks like the way to go to archive data on CDs and DVDs is to use Taiyo-Yuden media with software that implements Reed-Solomon codes like dvdisaster and PAR1/PAR2 in a jewel-box in a controlled environment. QuickPar Parchive wikipedia: Parchive All … Continue reading →

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Another Indonesia Trip

Posted on January 11, 2008 by Administrator

I went to Medan, Sumatra and Jakarta for the holidays on JAL, transiting in Tokyo. Since I had an overnite transit stay in Tokyo, the new Japanese foreigner immigration rules that started in November applied to me and I had … Continue reading →

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A Nikon Christmas

Posted on December 20, 2007 by Administrator

In my family, adults just give each other Christmas cards for the holidays. It helps to focus on seasonal sentiment instead of consumer materialism. But that doesn’t mean we can’t do some personal shopping … I picked up a Nikon … Continue reading →

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