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2007
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Over at BloodhoundBlog, a conference, BloodhoundBlog Unchained, is taking shape. One interesting conversation revolves around a "theme song" for the event.Here's a theme song idea from Teri Lussier. The song is Won't Get Fooled Again ,,,, and here's a link to the lyrics for boomer suffering fr...
11/29/2007
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Did everyone see Teri Lussier's post on Blooodhound Blog about using Twitter: http://www.bloodhoundrealty.com/BloodhoundBlog/?p=2289One of the points Teri makes is about connecting with people in her hometown neighborhood through Twitter.The obvious way to do that, would be, of course, to search...
11/29/2007
The Magic Wand is such a simple tool that it does not even have a sub-menu. The Magic Wand makes selections by color rather than shape or outline. It is the selection tool of choice when selecting an irregularly shaped object of a fairly uniform color.One classic application of the Magic Wand ...
11/28/2007
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Dan Wiess will probably want to throw me out of the FaceBook Tips Group for such blatantly trollish behaviour. But, hey, the big game is only 4 days away! And this post is about FaceBook! Sort of.You probably know there are "Fan" groups on Facebook. Well, I'm a member of the USC Football fan g...
11/26/2007
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I'm posting this little bit of info that I just discovered, it might save someone else the few minutes of befuddlement I just went through.If you look down at the bottom of your blog page, there is a little "number page - next page" thingie that looks like this.That image is from the bottom of my...
11/26/2007
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Here's my FaceBook rant, and I'm pretty sure it is an annoyance for other people as well:Everytime you install a new FaceBook application, the app asks you to invite all your friends. And I think most folks just click OK without giving it much thought. Hence, all the FaceBook join this new app/...
11/25/2007
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Anyone else getting these? I normally just ignore/delete, but since I have now received it twice I'd thought I ask. The message comes over the Active Rain contact system:The sender's IP address (IP=Internet Protocol) displays in the AR message form, and being curious, I looked it up here via a ...
11/23/2007
The Marquee tool just doesn't get any respect.Most folks figure out how to use the Marquee tool pretty quickly. Just click on the tool. Click on a starting point in your image, and drag. However, with a little ingenuity, the Marquee tool can be used to make fairly complex selections. And it ca...
11/23/2007
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What the world needs now is some classic early 1960s vintage Folk Music. Go ahead and sing along: Here is a link to the lyrics and a little of the amazing history of this song: http://www.mysongbook.de/msb/songs/i/ifihhamm.html When Pete Seeger first wrote the lyrics, they were considered "radi...
11/22/2007
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If you are a frequent shopper at Amazon.com, you've seen it. Amazon is promoting a new device toy they call "Kindle" ... which they describe as "a convenient, portable reading device with the ability to wirelessly download books, blogs, magazines, and newspapers." I confess. This thing looks so ...
11/22/2007
