One of my favorite tech memes is “What’s In Your (Gear) Bag?”, where geeks empty their messenger bags, backpacks, and purses to show off the things they carry with them on a daily basis.  I also really enjoy reading about the gear that fellow techies use to enrich their lives–their main computer, their travel items, [...]

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Yesterday I was very excited to try out Blurb’s book layout software, BookSmart.  It looked like exactly what I wanted to create a beautiful, high-quality photo book from my wedding pictures.  Almost as soon as I found it, I signed up for Blurb and was emailed a download link.  I had a lot of trouble [...]

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I’ve been married going on a year and a half now, and I have an entire iPhoto library full of the gorgeous pictures my sister took of our wedding and reception.  My groom and I have settled into married life, I managed to get the thank you cards out on time, and I’ve made good [...]

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I’ve been really excited to see what I can do with my photography and digital video, so I decided that today would be the day I would get the Canon Hacker’s Development Kit working on my already awesome Canon SD750 camera.  After my initial research, I discovered that there is finally a beta version of [...]

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Back in February, I purchased a Canon SD750 digital camera. I had done extensive research on the various cameras I was interested in, and the SD750 stood out among the pack on pretty much every feature. It was clinched for me after I had the opportunity to use a friend’s SD750, and not [...]

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