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Anniversary

Anniversary

February 19 marks a particular anniversary for me, not exactly a celebratory one. It marks the date in 2019 when I started digging into widespread copyright infringement on Facebook and began logging them in a spreadsheet. I see the date every time I open this file...

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Monthly Leaf Pile – August 2020

Monthly Leaf Pile – August 2020

The waning days of summer are finally upon us here in the Northern Hemisphere and one I am sure many of us don't care to repeat again. Michigan weather has a way of reminding us not to start counting those changing leaves just yet. Cherish those occasional cool,...

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Messiah

Messiah

During this strange time in the world, I find myself wandering my archives a bit more aimless than usual. Coincidentally with the recent religious holiday, I stumbled on this older image I created in 2012 and never developed it further. I just didn't know what to do...

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Revisiting old slides with my D800

Revisiting old slides with my D800

Gary Crabbe wrote a post a bit over a month ago asking if his images shot on slide film are now dead.   If you pixel peep slide scans vs. the digital files available from today's cameras, slide film certainly leaves a lot to be desired.   It has a very different look...

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Mac Pro Mercury Accelsior

Mac Pro Mercury Accelsior

When I upgraded to the Nikon D800, I was a bit concerned that processing 36 MP files would overtask my somewhat aging 2008 Mac Pro.   I certainly did not want to invest in a new computer on top of a camera, although that is a very real consideration these days....

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Playing dead

Playing dead

My site has been 'playing 'possum' since last Thursday and was resuscitated yesterday.  Mouth hanging open, tongue hanging out, no breathing signs...the works...not a fun experience.  But after hours on phone support and much back and forth on support tickets, things...

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Pecking seed and unplugging

Pecking seed and unplugging

For the longest time, I have resisted engaging with Twitter.  I really didn't think I had the time to keep up with yet another social media outlet in addition to my blog, my website, and Facebook site - and keep up with all the sites that I follow.  From a business...

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Technostress

Technostress

For anyone who has visited here in the last 24 hours or so I have probably wondered what the heck was going on. Last night my blog acted very strangely as I was saving a post - in fact - it kicked me out and asked me to log in again. Only this time, my blog login...

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