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2007
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I grew up in Eagle Rock, a community in Northeast Los Angeles, California. Many of my early childhood memories involve a trip to the Eagle Rock Branch library. I still have pictures in my mind of the way books were arranged on the low shelves in the children's section, the polished wood floors, ...
06/26/2007
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Occam's Razor is often paraphrased as "The Simplest Solution Is Usually The Best Solution". (Brother Occams' original phrase in Latin was "entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem" which is translated in Wikipedia as "entities should not be multiplied beyond necessity".... Demonstrating...
06/25/2007
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When I looked at this sample image I used to illustrate merging images, I couldn't help but recognize how much it looked like the typical real estate marketing images I see in ads all over town:And since the cat is now out of the bag that Marilyn and Elvis are alive, and well and selling real est...
06/22/2007
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I recevied a request from Ginger Sala:For marketing purposes I want to combine 2 separate photos of Roger and me...both are currently on white background. I want to put them together and overlay them on another photo..beach background.Let's see ......First choose and open your three photos.One fo...
06/22/2007
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Last week I joined Facebook, just like many other AR members. It wasn't long before my News Feed and Mini-Feed were filled with notices of stuff posted by my friends. And other than "My Wall" I couldn't see how the heck to post anything.For example, it seems you can't post and share links witho...
06/17/2007
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Are you following the drama aboard the space station?On Tuesday, as astronauts were installing new solar panels, three navigation computers crashed and could not be restarted.Not to make light of a potentially serious situation, but anyone who has worked with computers for any length of time pro...
06/15/2007
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A while back, I was pondering Russell Shaw's statement that ..."Man too often finds that his "solutions" become his new problems. Most of the difficulties one faces on a regular basis (problems) are, in fact, themselves solutions to earlier problems." You know I keep wondering if Compact Floures...
06/15/2007
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Jonathan did a terrific job lassoing and extracting his image to create this professional picture.But you want to know a secret: I can lasso basic shapes - like windows - pretty darn good. When it comes to lassoing complex shapes - like people - more often than not, the lasso will go skitering c...
06/11/2007
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A few days ago Maureen Henry posted a blog looking for Photo Editing Help. The photo she was looking to fix was an underexposed "before" shot of a kitchen. Now that the kitchen is painted and staged, she wanted to be able to show both a "before" and "after" shot. She has a great "after" shot, ...
06/10/2007
A new way to enjoy Second Saturday Art Gallery Night in Northeast Los Angeles! Ride the Highland Park Arts & Culture Shuttle! June 9th - Artists in the Arroyo: An Evening in Highland Park On the evening of June 9th, 2007 LA Commons is sponsoring the Highland Park Arts & Culture Shuttle to connec...
06/07/2007
