Jessie Atkin posted a new blog on Digital Landing. Read about the recently released underwater camcorder case.
Personal camcorders continue to gain in quality and function, and that goes for their accessories as well.
Canon has recently released information on its WP-V1 underwater housing for it’s new HD Vixia H20 and HF200 camcorders. It looks a lot prettier than underwater cases we’ve seen before, but it’s just as expensive. At nearly $600 you should be prepared to film a lot of fish or swim lessons for that kind of cash.
The cash doesn’t make the idea any less appealing though. Think of the possibilities in kids home movies or super on the cheap independent filming. There’s only so much land on the planet, most of earth is water anyway.
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Footnote for genealogy research
Chris McGinn posted a new blog on Digital Landing! Read about Footnote.com and researching your genealogy.
Recently I have gotten into genealogy research and have been fascinated by the tantalizing bits of info I have found about some of my family members. To this point, I haven’t wanted to sign up for any of the services like Ancestry.com because I am always hesitant to “subscribe” to sites.
However, I am very interested in a site called Footnote.com. What sets it apart is that while you can subscribe to the site, you can also pay for individual documents. Just $1.95 each. So I could download the image of my ancestors page in the 1930s census for less than $2. I can save it on my computer or view it on the site whenever I want.
Footnote also has a social aspect with individuals being able to add information to the site or to pages for individuals appearing on the site. Great for families with several research lovers to connect.
Next I’m going to explore my local library which has the Ancestry.com library edition. I’m not sure what I’ll be able to look up there, but I’m excited that it will be free!
How do you research family history?
Recently I have gotten into genealogy research and have been fascinated by the tantalizing bits of info I have found about some of my family members. To this point, I haven’t wanted to sign up for any of the services like Ancestry.com because I am always hesitant to “subscribe” to sites.
However, I am very interested in a site called Footnote.com. What sets it apart is that while you can subscribe to the site, you can also pay for individual documents. Just $1.95 each. So I could download the image of my ancestors page in the 1930s census for less than $2. I can save it on my computer or view it on the site whenever I want.
Footnote also has a social aspect with individuals being able to add information to the site or to pages for individuals appearing on the site. Great for families with several research lovers to connect.
Next I’m going to explore my local library which has the Ancestry.com library edition. I’m not sure what I’ll be able to look up there, but I’m excited that it will be free!
How do you research family history?
Finally a photo organization solution?
Chris McGinn posted a new blog on Digital Landing. Read about how the new Apple iMac feature involving photos and faces.
I am just days away from ordering my new Apple iMac and one of the many features I am excited about is iPhoto’s facial recognition capabilities. Now maybe I can organize the thousands of photos I have of my family. With iLife ‘09, you can now identify people in a photo and iPhoto will search through your other photos for that person. You can also create special albums that are automatically updated as you add new photos.
I can’t wait to find all the other ways I can save time! What is your favorite Apple time-saving feature?
I am just days away from ordering my new Apple iMac and one of the many features I am excited about is iPhoto’s facial recognition capabilities. Now maybe I can organize the thousands of photos I have of my family. With iLife ‘09, you can now identify people in a photo and iPhoto will search through your other photos for that person. You can also create special albums that are automatically updated as you add new photos.
I can’t wait to find all the other ways I can save time! What is your favorite Apple time-saving feature?
Rugged and Ready
Jessie Atkin posted a new blog on Digital Landing. Read about the new digital camera that won't break without trying.
Digital camera’s are everywhere now (obviously) but, as with any camera, there pretty expensive and pretty fragile. Unless you get the kid friendly little tikes types odds are your camera will not survive a tumble down the stairs.
That’s why the Canon PowerShot D1 is a fantastic upgrade. It’s Canon’s first point and shoot with rugged capabilities (like being able to be submerged, dropped, freeze, to a point, and survive). Still with 3x zoom and 12 megapixels you’re not sacrificing quality, and as always it’s sleek and cool looking. Supposedly interchangeable face plates will also be offered with the D1 so you can customize your look.
$329 is pricey, but not out of range for the camera type and lets be honest, in the long run not having to pay for fixes and repairs may help the camera pay for itself.
Digital camera’s are everywhere now (obviously) but, as with any camera, there pretty expensive and pretty fragile. Unless you get the kid friendly little tikes types odds are your camera will not survive a tumble down the stairs.
That’s why the Canon PowerShot D1 is a fantastic upgrade. It’s Canon’s first point and shoot with rugged capabilities (like being able to be submerged, dropped, freeze, to a point, and survive). Still with 3x zoom and 12 megapixels you’re not sacrificing quality, and as always it’s sleek and cool looking. Supposedly interchangeable face plates will also be offered with the D1 so you can customize your look.
$329 is pricey, but not out of range for the camera type and lets be honest, in the long run not having to pay for fixes and repairs may help the camera pay for itself.
Super Powers
Jessie Atkin posted a new blog on Digital Landing. Read about the latest technological advances in decoding a person's feelings.
Well, it’s not Heroes but it is mind reading, and it is real.
Canada’s largest children’s hospital has come up with a way to read infrared light absorbed in the brain to decode a person’s feelings. They specifically tested drink preferences with subjects. They hope it the technology can be used to look at the true feelings of people who can’t speak.
So maybe you won’t be able to cheat off the kid sitting behind you during an exam, but helping those with physical limitations seems like a more heroic use of the skill anyway.
Well, it’s not Heroes but it is mind reading, and it is real.
Canada’s largest children’s hospital has come up with a way to read infrared light absorbed in the brain to decode a person’s feelings. They specifically tested drink preferences with subjects. They hope it the technology can be used to look at the true feelings of people who can’t speak.
So maybe you won’t be able to cheat off the kid sitting behind you during an exam, but helping those with physical limitations seems like a more heroic use of the skill anyway.
TV on YouTube?
Chris McGinn posted a new blog on Digital Landing! Read about you can watch tv shows through youtube.
Not that you haven’t already been checking out choice tv snippets and shows on YouTube, but now the site has formally partnered with names like Sony, LionsGate, CBS and MGM to offer favorites like 90210, StarTrek and MacGyver. YouTube’s show channel also has offerings from PBS, old favorites like I Dream of Jeannie and even soaps.
Joining Hulu and an ever-growing number of web tv sites, YouTube is trying to stay with the wave that is moving viewers online (and subsequently on-demand).
So how many hours a week do you watch on your computer rather than your tv?
Not that you haven’t already been checking out choice tv snippets and shows on YouTube, but now the site has formally partnered with names like Sony, LionsGate, CBS and MGM to offer favorites like 90210, StarTrek and MacGyver. YouTube’s show channel also has offerings from PBS, old favorites like I Dream of Jeannie and even soaps.
Joining Hulu and an ever-growing number of web tv sites, YouTube is trying to stay with the wave that is moving viewers online (and subsequently on-demand).
So how many hours a week do you watch on your computer rather than your tv?
Ping.fm
Chris McGinn posted a new blog on Digital Landing! Read about how you can update multiple social networks at once!
I knew it had to exist–A way to update all of your social networks via a single site. I’m sure there have to be others but I found Ping.fm via Geek Sugar.
You can update up to 30 different social network sites like Twitter and Facebook via text or email to the Ping.fm site. Can you imagine the time-savings if you have multiple accounts?
This might be enough to make me jump into the Twitter-sphere.
I knew it had to exist–A way to update all of your social networks via a single site. I’m sure there have to be others but I found Ping.fm via Geek Sugar.
You can update up to 30 different social network sites like Twitter and Facebook via text or email to the Ping.fm site. Can you imagine the time-savings if you have multiple accounts?
This might be enough to make me jump into the Twitter-sphere.
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