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Haven't used a camera in about 10 years other than an old very basic Kodak digital. We just moved to the beach and I'd like to take some photos of the beach, sunrise/sunset, the night sky etc. Maybe I'm researching in the wrong places, but the blogs of reviews I see are either way over my...

I thought this was pretty funny....A Kings of Leon concert was ended after 3 songs in St. Louis because a pigeon (or pigeons) pooped on the bassist three times. "I was hit by pigeons on each of the first three songs," Jared Followill said. "We had 20 songs on the set list. By the end of the...

I initially found this tutorial and tried to do it myself but it's too difficult...then I figured I'd just download the source file and try to edit the text on the poker chip image, but I can't seem to get to the layer where the text actually is. I just wanted to change the text to read CF...

Maybe a silly question, but I want to upgrade OS X and am currently running Tiger 10.4....Apple's site says from 10.4 I should buy some box package that comes with Snow Leopard 10.6.3 and iWork. I already have iWork. Snow Leopard alone is only $29 for an upgrade. Is it possible to just go...

Looking to get a pair of decent bookshelf speakers for my brother's 2 channel system in his work room. It's a birthday gift. He has a Yamaha 397 ( I think that's the # ), listens to mostly classic rock....It's just a work room he uses to hide from the wife, starts a few projects that he never...

Don't know how many Soundgarden fans are out there, but the band has reunited at least for a couple of concerts. They played a show last week in Seattle and are booked for a Lollapalooza appearance in Chicago....There's no official word on whether there will be a new album or a tour, but I'm...

Does anyone have any info on the negotiating range for a BMW? From what I can tell, they seem to seek $3,500 - $3,800 profit from cost to sticker so what I'm asking is if anyone knows how small of a profit they will actually sell a car for? Any thoughts about the 328i or 3 series BMW's would...

The wife gifted me with a new AV receiver (Pioneer VSX-819) which seems pretty well featured...I went to replace the old AV receiver this morning and found to my dismay that it only has screw terminal connections for the speakers......My speakers have binding posts which were connected to the...

I've got an iMac and a MacBook and want to set up a network so I can use the MacBook to connect to the internet wirelessly, and share the printer. I bought Airport Extreme at the advice of the sales guy at the Apple store, who told me that's what I needed because my cable modem (OOL) and my...

Surprised to see no one has mentioned Green Days new album, 21st Century Breakdown....I got it today, along with a Blu-Ray version of Bullet in a Bible (awesome on Blu Ray) from Best Buy. Green Day has always been one of my favorite bands and one of the few (Tool and Pearl Jam are others) of...

So I'm in want of a new receiver and had already settled on a Yamaha, which would be my first non HK receiver since I bought my trusty Sherwood back in 1976 which is still chugging along. I was ready to buy the 663, but now I see the new line has appeared. Of most interest is the expanded...

KEF or Def Tech with Yamaha V663? We're making a very small HT out of an 18 X 14 space, to replace our current larger and louder setup...My wife requires small speakers and doesn't want the house shaking. I settled on the Yamaha V663 after some research and in store audition...never had a...

Wife and I are looking for a new bed and latex beds seem to be the new big thing in mattresses. I don't like memory foam, but am told by sales people that latex is firmer, cooler, and easier to shift around in compared to memory foam, and an overall more comfortable sleep than a standard...

I was on newsday.com just reading some news stories when a pop up arose, closed my browser page, and told me it was scanning my computer for malware, When it finished, it left me with an exe file to save or cancel, and canceling just started the whole process over again. I did some research...

I held off purchasing a new laptop due to the new lineup being near. Now that it's here, I'm underwhelmed. I could still buy a previous generation 13" MB, load it up with 4G RAM and a 250G HD w/ 2.1 core duo and it's $1,347 or: Buy a new one, add to equal RAM and HD above, with a 2.0 core...

I want a new notebook, and have already decided on a macbook. No question. In fact I was about to order one the other day when I happened to catch a news story about new macbooks being rolled out in October. So I didn't order. Does anyone know what's coming in the new version of the MB? I...

MacHeist » Bundle Just in case anyone is interested. Pixelmator is quite good...it's no Photoshop, but it's pretty powerful and IMO a bargain app by itself at $49. SnapzPro is also good, and I love CSSEdit....great for anyone just learning CSS or interested in finding out how sites based...

So sfter 7 months of ownership, my iMac has taken its second dump...last time it was an image not being found which caused a loss of all data, this time a complete hard drive failure. Applecare refused to replace the computer because the first incident was a software issue, and this time it's...

http://www.wired.com/politics/securi.../11/mac_trojan Am I wrong in reading this and thinking the article is making a bigger deal of this development than it actually is?

Don't know what happened, but need some help. I've plugged in and turned on an external drive connected to my Mac at least 10 times without any trouble. Tonight, when needing to get a document off the drive, it won't work. I get a message that says "disk you inserted was not readable by this...

I'm having an issue with my Quickbooks installation, and their auto update feature. The response from Intuit was to go into terminal, and type a string which they say will prevent the program from checking for automatic updates every time I start the computer. So I have this string...

My dry cleaners lost a shirt of mine a few weeks ago. It was my favorite shirt, and I'm emotionally distraught. Perhaps I should sue the cleaners for the cost of the shirt, and an extra 50 million dollars? Can I do that, or do I need to become a judge first...

I picked up Frank Zappa's, Apostrophe CD over the weekend for $3 at a garage sale and really like it...I've paid zero attention to Zappa for some reason and was thinking about trying to pick up a few used Zappa CD's next time I'm near the local used CD store... Problem is, his catalog is...

Came home from work, turned on my Mac and got a flashing folder with a question mark on it. That's it. I've tried both solutions in the documentation that came with the Mac to no avail, and so I called Apple Care....which was closed. I have no idea what this is other than to guess that OSX...

Anyone have a recommendation of a web creation program for Mac which has WYSWYG capability? I can hard code moderately well but for several years I've only done so when I couldn't get Front Page to do what I wanted it to do, so I've become lazy. Dreamweaver is way more than I need and too...

It has only been 11 days, but I can't resist writing a partial review of my first Mac experience...Why? Because I'm enjoying using a computer for the first time in several years. I doubt I can offer any new information here yet, so this is pretty much just going to be a sharing of my experience...

I do plan on writing a full review in a few weeks but I just have to say that I think there's a very happy relationship brewing between me and my Mac. Setting it up couldn't have been easier. It paired with my wireless mouse and keyboard flawlessly. No Windows setup routine which I recall...

I've researched, plotted, planned and pestered some folks here about buying my first Mac. Planning on buying next weekend in fact. But before I do, I have two more questions. 1. I've heard a new line is upcoming soon but I don't know when that is. Is there any reason to postspone the purchase...

After being really close to buying a new Gateway PC, I'm thinking of getting a 20" iMac (Mac Pro is a bit out of my price range) and from what I've read the time may be right to switch from the PC. I use Adobe Photoshop CS and the rest of the Adobe Creative Suite daily on my XP based PC, and...

I've been a loyal Dell customer for at least 10 years and never had any trouble with them. The last purchase though, about 18 months ago for my daughter has been nothing but trouble. Power supply troubles twice seeming related to overheating according to Dell, blown memory module, fried monitor...