A while ago I posted ”Macro Photo Studio 1.1“  I mentioned some modifications I wanted to make for Revision 1.2 of Macro Photo Studio.  The main issue I was experiencing was a brownish hue showing up in pictures taken with the Macro Photo Studio.  It turns out, it was the reflection off the cardboard.   I implemented the most essential changes first.  I’m calling this change revision 1.1.1.  Essentially the the resolution was to apply white paint to the interior floor and walls of the macro studio to increase the reflectivity of the light...

Have you ever uploaded a picture for your social network profile only to discover it was resized on you?  The problem is not that it was resized, the problem is with the scale.  If the scaling isn’t proportional then that great picture might not be so flattering.  It will be like looking in one of those Distortion Mirrors in the Fun House.  It could distort the picture so much that it doesn’t represent the true you. There are 3 options to resolve this issue: Offer your techie friend a coffee, Jolt or Rockstar in return for helping you scale your image to the right...

Last month, in my blog “Making my own Macro photo studio“  I mentioned a few changes I would make to my studio and environment to improve the macro photography experience. Revision 1 1.) I opened up the front bottom of the Macro photo studio.  This allowed me to place the object in the studio without the problems of maneuvering it over the front lip of the box. 2.) I increased the lighting source from 40 watt to 75 watts for each bulb.  Each bulb outputs 830 lumens. 3.) I added a third light source to the top.  I improvised with a mechanics drop light.  In the future,...

I’ve known about Fog Creek Copilot for some time now, but I never really tried it before.  I knew there was an offer to use Copilot for free on the weekends, so I decided to try out Copilot today. The method for setting up a Copilot help session is as follows: Step 1 – Helper initiates help session Visits Copilot.com Clicks on Help Someone tab Enters name Clicks Go button Enters the email of the person being helped Downloads and runs Copilot Helper program When Copilot Helper runs, it establishes a session with a remote server that will connect the two computers...

Farm Town is habit forming.  One might event say Farm Town is even addicting.  Anyone who has played it before would agree that once you start being successful at expanding your farm, you really enjoy the game.  The question is how does one advance so quickly.  My friends have asked me the same question.  They’re struggling along and see slow progress on their farms but they look at mine and have farm envy.  I’m not the best, but I’m advancing pretty quickly.  I didn’t learn some of these secrets until someone shared with me, so I’m going to tell you a...