Unpacking MatPat’s New LoreFi ARG
“Hello. My name is Gregory Daniels. I’m twelve years old. I live at 3251 Spring Lake Drive, and I’ve been kidnapped!” Not exactly what you’d expect to hear when loading up a lofi beats YouTube channel. Then again, MatPat’s newest alternate reality game LoreFi isn’t only focused on creating a playlist of over eight hours […]
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New Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ20
The FZ20 gives you the freedom to shoot the way you want. Manually adjust the focus with the focus ring to create a particular effect.
News Article: Kodak, Sony deemed best by digital camera buyers
Eastman Kodak Co., the world's largest photography company, and Sony Corp., the world's second-largest maker of consumer electronics, again topped the J.D. Power and Associates customer satisfaction survey, while Canon Inc. cameras slid in almost all categories.
New Camera: Canon EOS 1D
Canon's new EOS-1D Mark II N can record 8.5 frames-per-second for up to 48 frames in one burst.
New Camera: Canon EOS 5D
The new Canon EOS 5D offers advanced photographers a lightweight, robust digital SLR that uses Canon's superlative EF lenses without a conversion factor.
New Camera: Canon PowerShot S80
PowerShot S80 perfectly embodies the compact design and superior handling that are the hallmarks of the S-series, and as the top model in the line, it's equipped to impress.
New Camera: Pentax Optio S60
Looking for digital that is easy to use and hard to put down? Discover the Optio S60 with 6.0 megapixels, a 3X zoom and a giant 2.5 inch monitor.
New Camera: Canon PowerShot SD30
Sure it's a fashion statement, but the PowerShot SD30 Digital ELPH lives up to its looks with impressive features including a 5.0 Megapixel CCD, high quality optical zoom and a cool new Camera Station.
New Camera: Canon PowerShot SD450
A 5.0 Megapixel CCD, genuine Canon optical zoom and advanced technology ensure superb images, while a new 2.5 inch LCD screen makes shooting and playback both fun and convenient.
New Camera: Canon PowerShot SD550
The camera's significant design achievement is matched by advanced imaging technology, for photography that makes as big an impact as the camera itself.
New Camera: Olympus SP-500 UltraZoom
If you want a high quality camera that offers amazing 10x optical zoom power, this is the camera for you.
New Camera: Olympus SP-310
An ideal digital camera for ambitious photographers, the SP-310 offers an array of impressive photographic options for creative freedom.
New Camera: Olympus SP-350
Its unique frame is packed with features including 8.0 million pixels, a 6.4cm LCD and 24 scene modes.
New Camera: Olympus Digital 600
The large 6.4cm LCD shows a view that is 4.5 times brighter than on conventional cameras so you can see what you’re shooting.
New Camera: Pentax OptioWPi
Stylish, compact design measures just 4.0 x 2.0 x 0.9 inches and weighs just 4.2 ounces. Easily slips into or out of a pocket or bag.
New Camera: Nikon Coolpix S3
Pro-quality ED Glass optics for incredibly sharp, clear images plus a 4x digital zoom for a total zoom of 12x.
New Camera: Nikon Coolpix S4
High Quality 10x Optical Zoom-Nikkor 38-380mm Glass Lens (35mm equivalent): allows you to zoom in on all the action and capture incredibly sharp, clear images plus a 4x digital zoom for a total zoom of 40x
Surban Speaks - from (new) Black Eagle Girls and the Pirates of the Mystic Caravan., by Kenneth Mulholland
Almost a whole year had gone by since both Priscilla Black and Monique Bateleur had passed within the gates as first-year students although, in that short space of time, they had had several adventures that most people would never encounter throughout their entire life. After all, not every one had the perplexing experience of encountering extra-terrestrial creatures from somewhere far off in deep space beyond Canis Minor, The Dog Star.
Buster - from (new) Black Eagle Girls and the Pirates of the Mystic Caravan., by Kenneth Mulholland
'Buster has found your target and is waiting. You go tomorrow around midnight. Four hours maximum to get the goodies. And don't forget, I'll be right there with you all the way.'
Mastering Cloud Complexity Remains A Challenge, Finds New EPAM Continuum Report
Cloud computing has driven, and continues to drive, a paradigm shift for enterprise IT. Mastering the cloud has become essential for businesses amp;hellip; but what does that mean, and how can it be achieved? In a recent report titled 'From Taming Cloud Complexity to Achieving Cloud Mastery,'amp;nbsp;EPAM Continuum, the integrated business, technology and experience consulting practice of EPAM Systems, Inc. (NYSE: EPAM),amp;nbsp;answers the most pressing questions on the topic and reveals how to achieve the ultimate goal, mastering cloud complexity.
Coming Soon: A New Home for Behold
I may be a good programmer and good at designing standard user interfaces. But I'm definitely NOT a designer of nice looking websites. Many people have commented, not so positively, on my selection of colors and style for both my personal site at www.lkessler.com and my Behold pages.
Through a close connection I have, the owner of Elite Designs prepared a teaser for me of what Behold's site could and should look like. That was a no-brainer, and I had to take the plunge. We are close to having the final design and have a few wrinkles left to work out.
So take a look at www.beholdgenealogy.com for the new look. I'd love to hear your comments and suggestions about it.
It will take a few weeks to complete everything, since I'm switching the blog over to Wordpress, the forum over to Simple Machines, and I'm moving the whole website from Myhosting to IXwebhosting.
Regarding Myhosting, I'm very disappointed with them. I joined them 8 years ago, and signed up with them because of an unlimited bandwidth plan to allow for future growth with no worries. Those sorts of plans became rarer, and 4 years ago they eliminated theirs, but did honor my plan ... up to last month. The new limits are so restrictive that if I only get 5 times the traffic I now have, I'll exceed my allowance. I put up with some of their other limitations, but other webhosts now offer more than they do. I have had an account with IXWebhosting for a couple of years, and I'm quite confident they'll be what I need for the forseeable future. But, it's never pleasant to switch.
Newsletter Blues
Happy New Year everyone! I've worked hard and really customized Wordpress to look and work exactly as I'd like. It's ready to go as soon as I get the rest of the site up.
One of the next tasks was to replace the mailing software that I was using to send out my Behold News to people who had purchased or downloaded Behold. You might have noticed that you didn't receive a mailing for my last version in November. I didn't send one out because I had problems back in August with my mailings. My software kept shutting down every few hundred people and I'd have to restart it quite a few times. I wasn't sure if everyone had received it, and I'm sure some people received it twice. I didn't want that to happen again, so I didn't send one out in November.
I was thinking of switching to phpList to be my mailing program. But in the last couple of days, I found out the real problem and phpList wouldn't be any better than Spd E-Letter would.
There are three ways of sending Mass Mailings:
- From a program running on your website. This is what Spd E-Letter and phpList do. What I discovered the trouble here is that webhosts limit the number of mailings you are allowed to make in an hour. This is to prevent spamming. My number of mailings is now getting large enough that it would take quite a number of hours to send them all out at the limits they allow. If I had 10 times the list size, it would take days. So this is no longer a solution for me for the future.
- From a program running on your computer. Unfortunately this has the same problem. The limit instead is imposed by the ISP who you get Internet service from.
- From a company on the web that provides e-mailing services. This appears to be my only option. My research indicates the way to go is to stick to one of the top two: AWeber or GetResponse.
But next it's off to Vanilla and finishing up the rest of my "new" site.
New version of Site Search Engine - a free Windows program that creates a site specific search engine
Version 1.10. The new check box 'Empty list' can help if you don't like having all the pages indexed to show up when the search string is empty.
Search engine optimization (SEO) news
Web Developer News
New version of Secure HTML - a free Windows program that creates password protected Web pages
Version 1.6. The new command line parameter -s (Silent - no errors or warnings) has been added.