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Benefit of Taking a Nice Photo?

Michael — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 02:53:59 +0000

I suppose its flattering to have a picture selected to be used for a travel guide. It just happened to me the other day because of a picture I took and posted on Flickr. The managing editor of Schmap Guides sent me an email asking permission for “inclusion in the second edition of our Schmap [...]

Why, Oh Why Can’t an iPod Touch Fly?

Michael — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 04:07:55 +0000

I owned a Macintosh at RPI that a professor gave me back in the early 90s. I had an Apple Newton. I currently use a Powerbook for work. I’m an Apple stockholder. But what I’m not, unfortunately, is an iPod Touch owner.

I’d love to be, but as a professional with a life, family [...]

Trying out flickr

Michael — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 13:25:35 +0000

So I’ve been bugged by several people to use flickr instead of Picasa Web Albums. I admit that Flickr has a prettier interface, but nothing really beats the ease of use of Picasa when you use that tool to manage your photo albums on your computer (or if you use iPhoto on a Mac and [...]

RIAA is trying to kill Internet radio… again

Michael — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 03:13:25 +0000

Internet radio provides an alternative to the bland programming available from today’s commercial radio stations. When I attended college I was a dj and the president of WRPI, 91.5fm. It was the college radio station for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. I really enjoyed the experience because of the variety of music I was exposed to, and [...]

Google’s Picasa Web Albums

Michael — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 02:15:06 +0000

Review of Google's Picasa Web Albums [...]