Archives for September 2007
Eight Photography Secrets
Published on 24 Sep 2007 at 1:07 am.
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Filed under Photography.
I have been selling my photos online at several sites.
Shutterstock
Bigstockphoto
iStockphoto
Fotolia
and today I read about this article in the Shutterstock forum.
This article lists eight photography secrets that amount to some useful advice:
1. Learn to see and frame your pictures in perceptual layers
2. Think “icon”
3. Use stereotypes to strengthen your point
4. Take advantage of basic human nature
5. […]
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LEGO Geneva Mechanism Instructions
Published on 23 Sep 2007 at 12:18 am.
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Filed under Fun, Inventions, Lego, NXT, Robotics.
Some time ago, I posted a little LEGO invention of mine, which implements the Geneva Mechanism. The Geneva Mechanism takes continuous rotary motion and converts it to intermittent rotations. This mechanism is used in film projectors to advance the film frame by frame.
The instructions for building this mechanism can be downloaded in this zip file.
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Powerset Labs Launches
Published on 21 Sep 2007 at 1:26 am.
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Filed under Entrepreneurship, Internet, Inventions, Research, Software, Solutions.
Powerset launches Powerset Labs at TechCrunch40. Powerset is developing a natural language search engine that interprets the meaning of your query to return the results you are looking for. See their blog here.
I worked with Barney Pell at NASA Ames before he formed Powerset. I must say that I am really looking forward to this […]
Environmentally Friendly Diapers!
Published on 17 Sep 2007 at 10:00 pm.
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Filed under Green.
My wife and I are expecting our first baby around the end of Novemeber, and we are diving in headfirst (like everyone before us) into parenthood. One thing that has always bothered me were diapers. There is a lot of waste associated with diapers. Cloth diapers seemed to be the most responsible option, however, there is […]
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How to Restore the Show Desktop Icon on the Quick Launch Toolbar
Published on 17 Sep 2007 at 9:50 am.
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Filed under Programming, Software, Solutions.
Last night when my machine was bogged down and I became impatient, I inadvertently threw away my Show Desktop Icon that came with the Quick Launch Toolbar. There is no easy way to restore this, so I went searching online for a solution.
Here is what I found from Microsoft support:
1. Open the Notepad program so […]
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