Archive for January, 2010

Jan 28 2010

iPad – It’s a Consumption Device

Published by Andy Rush under General

Immediacy. This is the age we live in. I’ve got to have it now, especially information. Apple released its iPad yesterday. People couldn’t wait to find out what it was. People kid me about being an Apple fanboy. I don’t fret about that much. I’m a technology geek. I like and want to find out [...]

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Jan 22 2010

Picasa2flickr

I love Picasa, a free photo management tool, and Flickr, a great (also free) online photo sharing/storage service. Picasa, now owned by Google, does have its own photo sharing service and it is quite good. However, I give Flickr the nod because it has more professional features that I use and seems more [...]

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Jan 13 2010

The Making of an HD Screen Grab

Published by Andy Rush under HDTV, Imaging

After my last post, you may be asking how I do an HD screen grab from a recorded TV show. If there is such a thing as a rabid fan of my blog, you may remember a similar post from back in the day (it was Feb 12, 2006!). That was back in my PC [...]

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Jan 12 2010

Colbert’s in HD? So What.

Published by Andy Rush under HDTV, Technology

Here’s another “what’s new” in the new year item. My two favorite late-night TV shows are now shown in HD – The Daily Show and The Colbert Report. In case you didn’t know the latter show is pronounced “Cole-BARE RAH-pour”, as both “T”s are silent. From this you might guess that the show is a [...]

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Jan 08 2010

I Love This Time of Year – Part II

Published by Andy Rush under New Media, Technology, umwnewmedia

So CES is in full swing and there is varying opinion when the question “did you see anything cool at CES” gets asked. Some of the gadget blogs that I mentioned in the last post make it sound like everything is cool. So here is my take on what I’ve read about so far. By [...]

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Jan 07 2010

I Love This Time of Year – Part I

Published by Andy Rush under New Media, Technology, umwnewmedia

There’s no question that a new year brings a sense of anticipation for better things. The whole resolution thing is a great indicator that people at least psychologically want to make things better and are excited about what is to come. 2009 in particular seems to be a year that people are more than pleased [...]

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