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    What are Target CD's and why are they collectible?

    I have Candy-O and Speaking in Tongues. My Stop Making Sense says "Made in West Germany", but no target.
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    Large Format Digital Printing

    The printed result looked great. I strive for accuracy in color reproduction from my monitors on down, so it looked basically the same as on my screen. I still want to go back for more photos, but so far I am happy. Thanks, guys!
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    Who needs a tripod?

    In fact, I had intended to use the timer, since there is no remote trigger available for the S3, but I had the limitation of large crowds (it was labor Day). Adding ten seconds to each shot was going to be difficult, if not outright impossible. Every time a crowd came through, it was full of...
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    Large Format Digital Printing

    I upped it in Corel Photo Paint and uploaded it to the Costco system. It will be ready today by one, so it is a $9 experiment that will soon be concluded. Zack, I may take you up on that if this doesn't work, or possibly for a future attempt. If I like the poster, I plan to print more for...
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    What is your favorite YouTube video?

    Sorry if this is a repost, but: This is the funniest damned thing I have seen in a long time! I don't know how many times I have watched it, but I can sing the literal lyrics in Rockband.
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    What is old 35mm equipment worth?

    That is an excellent idea, Cam! Thanks!
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    Who needs a tripod?

    How about like this? http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Camera-Photo-Tripod-with-Pro-Fluid-Head-for-Video_W0QQitemZ160348853644QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item255589558c&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14#ht_3632wt_1174
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    Large Format Digital Printing

    Cool. I have heard about some sort of fractal plugin for Photoshop that allows really good enlargements without pixelization. Do you think something like that would be worth persuing as well? I am increasing the size of my image about four times in order to do this print.
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    Who needs a tripod?

    Hey, Sam. Yeah, the "lugging" had more to do with the fact that the clamps on the two of the leg middle sections were broken, so I could only extend the lower sections. I kept it extended on the full hike because it was VERY crowded, and I had to take photo opportunities quickly. Some of...
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    What is old 35mm equipment worth?

    I want to sell my old 35mm equipment on eBay. It is a fully manual Vivitar V335, which uses a Pentax K-mount. I bought two lenses, both Albinar, one wide angle, one telephoto zoom (80mm to 200mm) for it, a manual trigger cable, and a flash unit for it. Its a good starter for someone to learn...
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    Large Format Digital Printing

    I took some amazing timed exposure digital pictures in Carlsbad Caverns, and want to print at least one to poster size. I've been looking online, and one of the best deals I found was Costco, who will print 20x30 posters for $8. I don't need breathtaking quality, and the camera is only 6...
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    Who needs a tripod?

    I just lugged my S3 IS on a tripod through the entire Carlsbad Caverns. I was doing very long exposures, up to 15 seconds, and getting some amazing results. Sadly, I discovered a ton of problems with my tripod, which I had not used in years. It worked well enough on the trip, but a Coke...
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    Garage Sale Help

    Thanks, guys! One of the big things I have to sell is a ton of nice pants and jeans that I bought in 2003-2005, when I had lost a lot of weight due to depression. I threw out anything that was clearly worn out, so most of what is left looks new. There are DKNY, Lucky, Kenneth Cole and...
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    Garage Sale Help

    Going to do a big garage sale, and I need some advice on pricing. I have stuff that hear sells well, like men's clothes. But I have not seen much more online other than hearsay advice on general pricing. Does anyone have a site to reccommend that might help?
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    Books you've read in 2009

    I'm almost finished with "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies". Funny stuff.
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    HTF on Facebook, or, I'm so behind the times

    "I have some fairly close acquaintances (especially spouses of friends) that I interact with (in person) a few times a year. A good friend of mine has a HUGE 4th of July party every year and about 30-40 of my friends/acquaintances show up. When we were all in our early 20's, we'd all hang out at...
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    Nibiru and Planet X....What's this all about?

    I thought Planet X was supposed to hit some years back. I guess it is like the transition to digital tv...the date just gets pushed back and will probably never happen.
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    Digital Photo Organizing

    Thanks, Sam. That is the essential starting point...moving all of the pictures to the external drive. The problem is finding all the folders that have been tucked away over the years, and the pictures hidden in them. Usually when I build a new computer, I don't really prep things in an...
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    Digital Photo Organizing

    I'm looking for reccomendations on digital photo organizing software. I have a mess on my hard drive. Generally, at best, I have a folder that is labelled to tell me what is in it, and nothing beyond there. The folders are scattered across several hard drives. Ideally, I would like something...
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    Your Next New Car

    I'm done with new cars. My last purchase was a 2003 Toyota Tacoma double-cab 4x4 V-6 SR5 red/tan last August. New bikes are a different story...
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    Organizing a large mp3 collection

    Unfortunately Microsoft is picky about what software it allows to work with the Zune, which would be the Zune software. (Ironically, the Zune software does NOT run under Win XP Pro x64. Argh!) Media Monkey is good stuff and worked with my Zens. Probably the best way will be through...go...
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    Organizing a large mp3 collection

    I've edited my tags and they are great. When I was looking for album art, I would find a lot of it on Wikipedia. Wikipedia also usually had chart positions and information for single releases, etc. I'd like for some software to be able to sort through my mp3s and identify which songs were...
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    Organizing a large mp3 collection

    Actually, I bought a Zune to avoid iTunes. I have heard about this particular playlist function. I know WMP can find album art on the web. I'm wondering how much farther it would have to go to, say, find chart positions, single release dates, and apperances on compilations, and put that...
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    Organizing a large mp3 collection

    I have a large collection, around 21,000 songs. I would like to create sort of a "culled" version of the full collection for carrying with me that would include only hits, released singles, fan favorites, band favorites, and personal favorites. As for the last category, it would require personal...
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    Circuit City closing down 150+ stores in midwest (and now all of the stores)

    Excellent. I have been feeling this way in my own job of air traffic control for quite a time. Management shits on the employees and then wonders why the organization fails. Is it really that big of a mystery? BTW, I have wondered if anyone ever bothered with cracking the DIVX encryption...
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    Mini Nuclear goes Real.. wow.

    My ex designed one of these for space. Its applications could be terestrial, as is described above.
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    What is the weirdest Youtube video you've seen?

    Hehehehe...I don't even remember who showed me that one, but it has always stuck in my mind. You might recognize a young Ru Paul in it. "Where's the pickle?" "That's the surprise!"
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    Allergy Help?

    I had no symptoms yesterday...hope it lasts.
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    New Bike

    Well, I saw a few of them in Ruidoso at Aspencash this spring. We opened the saddlebags and discovered that the funky-shaped saddlebag is actually a funky-shaped saddlebag door. The interior appeared half the volume, at best, of my Nomad's bags. It was sort of a "Why did they bother?" kind of...
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