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Clearing Up the Confusion E-Zine Vol 03 Issue 11
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Vol 3, Issue 11
Lisa, Kaylie, and I, with a few friends, went to see the "new" U
of M Museum of Art. They just recently re-opened with a whole
new wing and we thought it would be a fun family-friendly weekend
event.
Kaylie loved it. OK, to be accurate, she loved running from
place to place, letting out joyful yells which she could hear
echoing back at her from every hard surface. Daddy spent most of
his time in "chase mode", trying to keep the little one out of
trouble.
Not always succeeding.
At one point Kaylie was running down a hall with me walking in
pursuit. She couldn't go far, as halfway down the hall was a
glass wall and door cordoning off a series of meeting rooms and
offices. I knew what she wanted to do -- press her face and
hands up against the glass (as she had done with all of the other
glass in the place).
Apparently I was incorrect in my assumption, though, as I
realized that she wasn't slowing down at all. Sure enough, a
loud *KUNG!* rang through the place as my little sweetie ran
smack into the wall. Fortunately, no children were harmed in
order for me to tell this story. Tears dried up shortly after
Momma arrived and once again we were ready to enjoy the art
museum at speeds only a toddler can maintain.
Like Kaylie and the glass wall, there's a lot of stuff in the
online world that I don't notice until I run into it
(fortunately, I don't make that *KUNG!* noise when it happens).
When I do happen upon something particularly cool, I try to save
it in my bookmarks for later perusal.
And then I forget about it.
This past week I decided to try to clean up my bookmarks. In the
process I discovered a few gems which I thought I would share
with you.
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In This Issue...
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1. Article: Unburied Treasures
2. Shameless Self-Promotion
3. The Fine Print
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1. Article: Unburied Treasures
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So I thought I would clean out my bookmarks the other day, both
those on my Firefox browser and those that I had saved using
Delicious (http://del.icio.us/). I think I cleared about two of
them. I started clicking and before I knew it, I had gotten lost
in all of the cool stuff I had squirreled away. Now, I have
hundreds of links that I've saved over the past several years. A
*lot* of them are tutorials and explanations for the various
technical tools I use in my business -- probably not the most
fascinating thing in the world. Still, one or two of the others
seemed like they might appeal to the general user.
* Arbor Parents FAQ
(http://www.unixmama.com/arborparents/faq.html) -- This site
contains a remarkably long list of good things for parents in
the Ann Arbor/Washtenaw County area should know. Child care,
clothing, doctors, you name it. If it's about your child, it's
probably listed here somewhere. One of my favorite sections of
the list is the one that has activities for kids "especially on
a snowy day".
* Babbel (http://babbel.com/) -- I remember when I first
discovered this, well over a year ago. The site provides free
foreign language lessons in English, German, French, Italian,
and Spanish. From the little I played with it, the site is
pretty slick. I had fun trying to revive some small portion of
the German I learned in high school and college. My only
complaint is that the language I want to learn, Japanese, isn't
available and there are no plans to include it in the near
future. For any of these other ones, though, it might be
something to check out if you are considering learning a
language and would like just a small taste before you jump in
on a full program elsewhere.
* Digital Photography School
(http://digital-photography-school.com/) -- Of all of the
non-technical sites, I'd have to say that this one was the one
that got me the most excited. Lisa and I bought a nice
point-and-shoot camera a few years ago and I've always kind of
wondered how to get the most out of it. OK, I've wondered what
all the buttons and dials are for. What's an aperture setting?
What's the ISO setting do? When would I use manual focus? DPS
has a series of tutorials and articles for everyone from the
complete novice (me) to those who work regularly in the field.
After going through one of their "beginner" tutorials, I'm kind
of excited about getting out there and trying some shots.
It's funny how bookmark lists can pick up so much stuff that we
don't remember even half of the links in there. It's kind of
like that junk drawer in the kitchen. Check it out every once in
a while. You'll never know what tools got buried under the
accumulated layers.
So what treasures do you have tucked away in your bookmark list?
Drop me a line at gpeters@cyberdatasolutionsllc.com and let me
know.
Copyright 2009, Greg Peters
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3. The Fine Print
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