Life is seldom simple so we must make sense of the twist and turns
From the monthly archives:
With no previous announcements or hints Apple today quietly unveiled upgrades to its iMac line of computers. The Apple store was down for a while this morning as Apple updated it’s web site with information on the new iMac models.
These upgrades include faster and more efficient processors (up to 3.06Ghz) and better graphics cards (NVIDIA [...]
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I’ve spent time today thinking what I want to take with me on our upcoming Alaska trip. I’m starting to put together a list so I don’t miss anything and to also make it easy to weed out those things I don’t [...]
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WordPress is a very popular free Internet blogging application software that can be themed and modified to fit individual preference. This site is constructed on WordPress.
Has it been “two” weeks already (kidding)? It seems like yesterday that WordPress 2.5 was released and now there’s another WordPress Update (2.5.1) that again fixes a very important security [...]
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Sometimes when peering through the viewfinder I see what I believe to be simply a good photo only to realize upon later examination that what was captured was more then first [...]
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While the U.S. economy in general appears to be on the verge of a recession, Apple thus far appears immune to the slowdown:
Apple – Apple Reports Record Second Quarter Results
Apple today posted revenue of $7.51 billion and a net quarterly profit of $1.05 billion, or $1.16 per diluted share, for its fiscal 2008 second quarter, [...]
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So, we all thought that Apple’s days with the PowerPC CPU were behind it and that all future devices would be based on Intel processors. We might have been wrong!
According to reports, Apple has purchased for $278 million cash a semiconductor company, PA Semi, which designs energy efficient CPUs based on IBM’s PowerPC architecture. Yes, [...]
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The past couple weeks have been “blooming crazy” here in central North Carolina. There were a multitude of bees zooming about my head as I took this shot…which come to think of it is [...]
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I’ve been reading up on the subject of outdoor/nature photography techniques in hopes of honing my knowledge and skills in preparation for a major trip (and photo opportunity) that’s planned.
The last half of May my wife and I are going to fly to Seattle and embark on an Alaskan cruise. The one week cruise will [...]
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It’s that time again when trees are pollenating and driving my allergies crazy. Luckily, I only suffer sever allergies for a short period in the spring.
As I was growing up I had severe hay fever only when I was working our farm helping my father mow, rake, bale and put-up hay. With increasing age [...]
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Safari is Apples’ web browser available for both Mac OS X and Windows PCs.
Apple has released version 3.1.1 of its Safari web browser which included fixes for several security issues.
The upgrade is a 39mb download and is available for both Macs and Windows PCs.
This upgrade is highly recommended for all Safari users.
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This white park bandstand surrounded by new blooms has me anticipating the coming of spring and summer.
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SoFoBoMo '09
