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Monday Makeshfit Mayhem - the SuperSquid

Posted by eB on September 8th, 2008 filed in nerdy, news, photo, tech

It’s been a rainy day here in South Bend. Great for indoor work getting caught up, unpacking stuff from Art Beat (still finding glitter everywhere) and getting a few quick projects out of the way while photos back up and get sent out for orders.
Introducing the SuperSquid. Location photographer’s battery charging helper.
On location [...]

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Drobo arigato, data roboto

Posted by eB on July 23rd, 2008 filed in nerdy, news, tech

Last week we added some robotics to the office to back up thousands of photographs while we aren’t looking / are working / taking care of Adrian. After a long debate, mostly of internal monologue arguments, I decided to try the Drobo, a “data storage robot.”

(Cool photo, not even mine)
Currently it’s doing it’s robot work [...]

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WOW: Photoshop Express (beta)

Posted by admin on March 27th, 2008 filed in Adobe, nerdy, photo, tech

Adobe has made a friend or two around the eBphotography world. Of course they make Photoshop, the CS3 suite that makes our albums, designs our website, and gives us a conversation piece around fellow computer and photo geeks. They introduced Lightroom in beta and I tinkered and tested and used it throughout a wedding season [...]

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back that thing up

Posted by admin on February 20th, 2008 filed in apple, nerdy, tech

Yep, it’s about something geeky, not booty shaking beats. Sorry kids, it’s how I roll. Fresh.
I may have mentioned it earlier on in my Mac life but having a working backup of your computer is essential, and not just if you use your compy for business. An ugly crash in late 2006 was the straw [...]

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mailbox mudslide

Posted by admin on January 5th, 2008 filed in apple, tech

You’ve got mail… LOTS of it. Our edit & layout software decided to jam up last week and after series of hopeful, simple fixes turned up nothing it was time for a clean sweep, reminiscent of my semi-annual windows maintenance plan. (yikes!) All Mac apps worked fine and when all was restored this evening it [...]

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iLife 08

Posted by admin on August 10th, 2007 filed in apple, nerdy, tech

Caution: Kid entering candy store

Definitely check out the new iLife.
One of the best reasons the Mac makes my work simplified.

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