It's News to Me

On the 24th of last month, I blogged, prematurely it turns out, about the website, called KnoxBloggers, that Daryl and Mike and to a much lesser extent I were creating for our group of bloggers here in Knoxville. The problem was that we were trying out a variety of different looks and features and hadn't yet settled on the ones we liked best. However, we've now reached consensus on such things, and last night we took down the temporary page and opened the doors.

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Happy Birthday

Originally uploaded by Dr Reelgood.

Today is my son Mike's 38th birthday, and this is the birthday present he bought for himself. It is a Canon Digital Rebel XTi, a sweet new weapon in his photographic arsenal. In just over a year and a half, he has developed into quite an accomplished photographer. After I gave him and his family a Canon A510 to introduce them to digital photography and to record the growth of his son, Connor, who was born on 5/1/05, he was bitten by the shutter bug and for his birthday last year, he bought himself a Canon PowerShot S2 IS. Now, he has graduated to this model. It's pretty obvious that the course of the «disease» has progressed significantly.

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For a long time, at least since December of 2004, I've been searching for a tool that will permit me to record both sides of a Skype call. Finally, I've found it.

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No matter how much, or sometimes even how little, you may know about computers, you may have found yourself getting a call from a friend or relative requesting your help in resolving a problem they've encountered with their computer.  If you've ever had that experience, you are by definition «their computer guru» or as my friend Don Vernine likes to call it a «computer lizard.»  Knowledge about these matters is relative.  So long as you know more than the person asking the question, they look upon you as possessing magically acquired knowledge that is beyond their powers of understanding.  In such circumstances, it is helpful to have them go through a structured problem solving process beforehand, so that you can cut right to the chase and identify and resolve the problem.  This morning, my friend Paul Moor sent me a link to a Computer Problem Report Form that is sure to speed the process considerably.  Check it out and read it carefully.  You may find it very informative.

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