Smartphone Camera Alternatives

Smartphone Camera Alternatives

Smartphone cameras are improving every year making fewer people buy single purpose cameras.    An iPhone used by a good photographer has better results than a…

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iMovie quick start and file management

iMovie quick start and file management

Apple’s iMovie can be confusing to use especially if you don’t use it often.   Apple has changed the sequence of steps and the way…

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Linksys DPC3008 with COMCAST vs. Verizon FIOS using Airport Extreme

Linksys DPC3008 with COMCAST vs. Verizon FIOS using Airport Extreme

Verizon FIOS increased its monthly internet charge to $80 and wouldn’t budge on price.   Coworkers reported COMCAST was ok as an ISP and it…

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iPhone connection for a 2005 Prius

iPhone connection for a 2005 Prius

The 2005 Prius does not come with an auxiliary 1/8″ stereo input jack to send iPhone music through the car stereo. Option 1 – FM…

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Simple password generator

Simple password generator

On the internet, every password should be unique to each site that is storing your username and password.   This protects you on other sites…

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Rotate photos from Mac Finder with keyboard shortcut

Rotate photos from Mac Finder with keyboard shortcut

Windows Explorer will rotate a photo via right-click.    Mac OSX doesn’t have this ability but it can be added with no additional software. Steps…

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Password manager apps free and paid

Password manager apps free and paid

Almost every week you hear of passwords stolen from some website.   Often people will use the same password for every site they use.  …

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Open Source alternatives to OSISoft PI

Open Source alternatives to OSISoft PI

OSISoft PI is the industry leader for operational historians.   Historians take simple time-based data and store it for retrieval later.    For example, a temperature…

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Use folders instead of iPhoto

Use folders instead of iPhoto

iPhoto is a great entry-level tool for managing and editing photos on the Mac.   Using iPhoto on large photo collections (>10,000) is risky as…

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Switching to a Mac

Switching to a Mac

Background – Why Switch to a Mac? Macs are becoming more popular as installing unique software on the computer is less of a need with…

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