http://blog.bradgrier.com Byte-Sized Technology In Easy-to-Understand Language Thu, 01 Jan 2009 01:27:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I decided to take a scan through some photos from earlier this year. This one from our summer vacation stuck with me as one that I could play with. And I did. Using Lightroom again. A bit of Sepia. A bit of dodging and burning, and I'm rather pleased with the ... http://blog.bradgrier.com/2008/12/31/top-of-the-world-provincial-park-2008/ After a great Friday evening with our good friends, we returned home to find this incredible ice fog over the city. The fog caught the uber-bright lights from a local RV dealership, creating this rather nifty lighting effect. Related posts:Two resources for planning your lunar photography evening A friend pointed me ... http://blog.bradgrier.com/2008/12/22/light-streaks-in-heavy-ice-fog-on-a-very-cold-winter-night/ Between home and work, I have various Windows, Linux and Macintosh computers. I centralize my media on a Network Attached Storage (NAS) device, accessible by all. As you can imagine, I use different media players on all. My biggest hurdle has been consistency in user experience. I've had to run iTunes ... http://blog.bradgrier.com/2008/12/17/songbird-saves-the-day/ We went to the Alberta Legislature last Thursday to listen to A Joyful Noise choir -- Tess sings in it. The night was warm and we parked at the other end of the Leg. The Christmas lights were in all the trees, and in the centre fountain was this very neat ... http://blog.bradgrier.com/2008/12/16/alberta-legislature-ice-sculpture/ A friend pointed me to this BBC article about tonight's full moon. It seems that tonight's full moon event will occur when the Moon is the closest it's been to the earth (during a full moon) in 15 years. Well, methinks. A perfect time to get out the photography and telescopy ... http://blog.bradgrier.com/2008/12/12/two-resources-for-planning-your-lunar-photography-evening/ Usually Google Apps for Business is the last of Googles free online application suites to receive new features, but ever since Google enabled Google Labs within Apps for Business, new features are rolled at the same time. Today Gmail received a simple Task List manager: Like many of Google's enhancements, it's a ... http://blog.bradgrier.com/2008/12/09/gmail-adds-task-list-to-gmail/ CD Case Calendar (Dec. 2008) Originally uploaded by bgrier After exploring fd's Flickr Toys a bit I rediscovered the cool CD Case Calendar application. Take one month Add one photo (Selena and Heloise at Christmas) Stir gently Viola! Related posts:Google Calendar is finally here…. It’s finally arrived…Google Calendar promises to be the Holy Grail...Who’s a bad dog ... http://blog.bradgrier.com/2008/12/08/cd-case-calendar-dec-2008/ P1030481 Originally uploaded by bgrier Today I picked up one tool that my photography kitbag has been missing for a while, a flash slave trigger. And this one of the first shots taken using it. Beer, of course :) Slave was a Vivitar 283 sitting about 60 degrees to the right of the glass, ... http://blog.bradgrier.com/2008/12/06/get-back-to-where-you-want-to-be/ A couple of weeks ago I found the following in an email from my webhost: Your web hosting account for bradgrier.com has been deactivated (reason: site causing performance problems). Although your web site has been disabled, your data may still be available for up to 15 days, after which it will be deleted. After ... http://blog.bradgrier.com/2008/12/03/jilted-by-my-old-web-host/ Due to a monumental FUBAR between my website host, server restrictions, and some resource-heavy wordpress plugins, Bradgrier.com is currently without a home. All is not lost: I have a backup of the site, content, posts, comments etc I retain my domain names etc I have a boat-load of work ahead of me as I ... http://blog.bradgrier.com/2008/11/21/in-transition-as-the-page-says/