Organizing Digital Photos for Scrapbooking
July 15, 2009
Organizing Digital Photos for Scrapbooking
by: Debbie Luker
Digital cameras are becoming more and more popular as time goes by. As a scrapbooker, I find it easier to store and organize digital photos then regular photos. This is how I organize them.
After loading your photos onto your computer, create folders. Copy and paste photos by date and event. I like to even take this a step further and copy and paste what photos I want per layout. So when it’s time to scrapbook, I simply look at my different folders and decide which one I want to work on. I then look to see how many pictures there are and figure out a layout that would work well. I take in consideration different sizes I could print the photo, with regular film processing you can’t do that. I then print out only the ones I want to work with.
With digital photos, you can crop, trim, or change color tints on your photos. Think black and white photos would look better then the scattered colored photo? No problem, simply got to your photo editing program and play with the coloring. If the subject of your photo is off center or something distracting is in the picture, use your photo editing program to crop or zoom in.
Attracting Birds to a Tropical Garden
July 13, 2009
Attracting Birds to a Tropical Garden
by: Brian Ramsey
Some individuals enjoy bird watching but prefer to do their bird watching in their back yard. Below is some advice on attracting wild birds to your back yard.
Firstly it depends upon having wild birds in the general area where your house is located and then you can attract then to your backyard.
3 Tips to Find the Coolest Charms Online
July 12, 2009
3 Tips to Find the Coolest Charms Online
by: Ryan Tenney
Wow, Charms are popular items these days. There are thousands of online businesses that sell Italian charms to all sorts of people who are interested in collecting or wearing charms as a fashion statement. We’ve dug through a lot of the offers out there and we found that charms of all sorts can be bought for reasonable prices if you look hard enough. Here are the 3 tips to find the coolest charms online.
1)Search for charms on multiple search engines. While this might seem a little obvious to most people, guess what? Different search engines produce markedly different results. For instance, everyone seems to love Google these days. Google is, indeed a remarkable search engine, but it’s not everything. A lot of new sites have a very tough getting a decent Google ranking no matter what they do. While it may seem weird to dub Microsoft an underdog, the MSN search results might return all sorts of charm related sites that you can’t find elsewhere. Search for “Italian Charms” on MSN and Yahoo, not just Google and you will find very different sites selling different types of charms than those on Google.
Metal Detecting - Understanding the Technology Is Important
July 10, 2009
Metal Detecting - Understanding the Technology Is Important
by: Robert W. Benjamin
Metal Detecting for fun or profit can be one of the most exciting and rewarding of hobbies. A metal detector can cost very little, as low as $50 or higher that $400 for a top of the line model. This is one hobby where you really do get what you pay for, because the more expensive top of the line detectors use the most advanced technology and they have the best features available.
Metal Detectors use one of three types of technology:
BFO (Beat Frequency Oscillation) - Metal Detectors using BFO technology have two coils of wire, one large coil is located in the search coil of the detector, the other small coil of wire is located within the System Control Pack. Each coil of wire is connected to an oscillator that produces pulses of current. These pulses of current pass through the coils generating radio waves. A receiver housed within the System Control Pack receives the radio waves and makes a series of tones based upon the frequencies of the radio waves. When the detector search coil passes over a coin or other metal item a magnetic field is created around the coin or metal item, this magnetic field causes interference with the frequency of the radio waves generated by the search coil. And changes the tone produced by the reciever.
Murder Solved From The Grave
July 8, 2009
Murder Solved From The Grave
by: Steve Hill
I am very interested in reading about ghostly stories and spirits etc. A couple of years ago I heard about a story which is apparently true, about a murder which was solved from the grave.
This happened in the UK.
A woman in her twenties always believed she had special powers of being able to have contact with the spiritual world, however she did not want these powers and she certianly had never told anybody else about it. For the purpose of this article, I will call the lady Sue.
One evening about five miles away from where Sue lived, another young lady who I will call Lisa, was brutally murdered by somebody she had never met before.
Sue and Lisa had never met.
As you may be aware, the police find it harder to solve murder cases where the victim is unknown to their killer. These types of murder are also quite rare.
Later that evening Sue was awaken by a noise in her bedroom. As she sat up there was a woman on her bed sobbing, it was Lisa. Sue who was strangely quite calm asked her, who she was, why she was crying and why she was in her bedroom.
Easy Does It - Small-Scale Tricks to Dazzle Your Audience
July 6, 2009
Easy Does It - Small-Scale Tricks to Dazzle Your Audience
by: Chris Lloyd
How to Get Started If You’re a Beginner
Whether you’ve been practicing magic for two days, two
years, or twenty, the only effective magic trick is one
that actually “fools” your audience. This ability to create
a good illusion depends in huge part on one thing:
rehearsing!
Let’s face it-no matter how great a trick is or how useful
a magic prop is, you won’t surprise or delight anyone
unless it’s performed smoothly and confidently. What if you
drop your deck of cards or accidentally mishandle a coin?
The illusion will be destroyed, and you’ll have lost your
audience’s trust.
When you’re just starting out it’s understandable that
you’ll have to practice in front of an audience several
times before you get it just right. No one expects you to
be perfect right away. But you also can’t expect to fool
anyone unless you put in the time to practice your skills
and work with your props (if you are using any).
The tricks in this chapter were chosen because they are
“RTR” Remote Control Cars
July 4, 2009
“RTR” Remote Control Cars
by: Matt Garrett
What could be the best possible gift for your child this Christmas? What could be the best possible replacement of his old car with which he does vroom-vroom all the day? Well the answer is simple. Present him with an RTR Remote Control Car.
An RTR Car implies a ready-to-run car. It is a remote control car which comes assembled from the company. All you have to do is put the batteries in the car and it’s ready to use. The functioning of the car is controlled by a remote, provided along. The remote is easy-to-operate and contains all the buttons which control the featured movements of the car. These RTR Remote Control Cars are also used for racing purposes. You might find your child racing with his friend’s remote control car.
The RTR Remote Control Racing is fast emerging as a recreational hobby which is not merely confined to children. Adults and aged people are also finding these RTR remote control cars racing as a real fun.
As the craze for RTR Remote Control Cars is growing among the kids, toy manufacturers have started manufacturing various types of it. Today you can choose from different types of RTR Remote Control Cars.
Reading Minds - What Is Mentalism, and How Can You Perform It?
July 2, 2009
Reading Minds - What Is Mentalism, and How Can You Perform It?
by: Chris Lloyd
Many people have heard of mentalism, but few know exactly
what is involved. So let’s start with a clear definition.
Mentalism is defined as a sub-category within the field of
magic. It has to do with tricks dealing with the mind’s
power. Rather than relying heavily on tools or grand
illusions, it has more to do with try to give the
impression that the magician can tap into the minds of
audience members, or use his or her own mind control to
cause objects to move, etc.
Some people think that mentalism actually depends on some
spiritual connection between the supernatural realm and the
magician. While there might be a very remote possibility
that some magicians actually do have some insight into the
spiritual world, most illusionists use mentalism tricks and
strategies just like in any other type of magic. Over the
next few pages you’ll learn some of them!
For example, remember at the beginning of this course when
we talked about Derren Brown and his ability to make people
Flower Pictures - A Mild Obsession #3
June 30, 2009
Flower Pictures - A Mild Obsession #3
by: Patrick Heathcock
Yellow daisy, oh yellow daisy - please tell me about fills and flags! How does one use them effectively?
Good question sighs my daisy. An answer or two…
One can shoot anything straight without flash in good daylight and get okay results. I’ve read a load of articles in the last few months saying that bright sunshine is bad, bad, really bad, for color saturation when shooting flowers or anything for that matter - true often, but not always so.
One needs to consider all sorts of things - purpose, time of day, result required, etc! Dawn and dusk produce warm, shadowy light and if one wants to take a landscape photograph of note, this would be the ideal time to do it…using a tripod of course! Shutter speeds slow down in order to get the depth of field required, f16 or even f22, so one is often shooting at Ľ or ˝ a second. I’ve met a few people who can handhold shutter speeds that slow but most of us…never in a million years! In the landscape world tripods rule okay!
Leather Jacket Care
June 28, 2009
Leather Jacket Care
by: Jake Berlin
If you own a fine leather jacket then you’ve probably drawn a few looks here and there because of the style. Unfortunately over time, even a great leather jacket can turn ugly on you if it isn’t properly maintained.
Prevention is Your Best Option
When you first bring your leather jacket home, you want to condition and waterproof it. After that, proper care will keep it looking fabulous for years. In fact, did you know that with proper care, leather out wears denim 20 to 1? I’ve heard stories where a good quality, well maintained leather jacket can last as long as 50 years!
Find out everything you can about your leather jacket, get the right stuff and set aside time for mandatory cleaning. If you don’t do it yourself, then pay a pro to clean your leather jacket for you. You can thank me later for that tip!
Leather Jacket Repair
How can you repair the sleeves on your leather jacket when the edges are cracking, without making the leather weak or super soft?
