Writer, Photographer, Late-Nighter
My book Take Control of Your Digital Storage has just been updated to version 1.1. The 127-page ebook answers your questions about SSDs, hard drives, NAS, and more on the Mac. As I wrote when the book first appeared: Hang ...
It’s time to step away from your camera. No, not put it away for the holidays—we’re talking about triggering the camera remotely! In the latest episode of the PhotoActive podcast, Kirk and I talk about various ways to trip the ...
I've just updated my book Take Control of Your Digital Photos, Second Edition to version 2.0!
My latest article for DPReview is a deep-dive look at the iPad Pro for photographers. It's so close to being an ideal machine. Read why.
If you’ve ever enjoyed the pleasure of making double mortgage payments, please give a whoop: Kim and I accepted an offer today on our old house! We’ve lived in a new home since the beginning of October (02), but our old house in Renton has been slow to sell (despite great interest rates right now, ...
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The UPS guy just delivered an iCurve, an aqueous-looking laptop stand. I used to connect my PowerBook to a 17-inch Apple Studio Display (the old blue CRT, not the gorgeous newer LCD), but after the monitor died and I bought a PowerBook G4 Titanium (with its 15-inch widescreen), I figured I didn’t need an external ...
Expect to read a lot of praise for TiVo in this blog. For the record, I have a DirecTiVo unit that ties into DirecTV, recently upgraded with a 120 GB hard drive kit from weaknees.com. Why praise TiVo this week? My wife and I have been fans of the show 24 since the first episode, ...
A few people have asked me, “What’s your blog about?” Although there are topic-specific blogs out there (like Glenn’s WiFi Blog), this one is just a place to express my own thoughts and interests. Hey, wait! Come back! I hope to be endlessly interesting; comments or questions gladly accepted. 🙂
At Macworld Expo a couple weeks ago, my friend and author Dori Smith was showing off her Sony-Ericcson T68i phone, and she played a ring tone with the expectancy that I’d immediately recognize the tune. I failed. Looking at my confused expression, she said, “You know, Alton Brown!” Nothing – Alton Brown could have been ...
I invited a few of the boys from the office over to watch Reign of Fire on DVD, a movie set in the near future after dragons have emerged from deep in the Earth and pretty much scorched everything. Although I can’t say it had good dialog, or even much of a plot, it was ...
A friend sent this essay by John Le Carré, “The United States of America Has Gone Mad.” As we get deeper into Bush’s oil-fueled vendetta in Iraq, I have to admit that I agree with what Le Carré is saying. (Though hopefully his statistics of American support for a war – 88 percent – is ...
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