The next cool thing from Adobe…
I’ve been playing around with Adobe AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) during the past few weeks and am very excited about what I’m seeing. It think this is going to create some unique opportunities for Adobe. If you are interested in a new kind of application, take a look. You can download the player and several [...]
My travel camera – Nikon Coolpix P5100
I travel fairly often and every time I don’t carry a camera, some incredible photo opportunity will unfold in front of me leaving me frustrated. For example…traveling home from a trip, I glance out the window and see this: So, I decided to get a compact camera that is a bit more travel friendly than [...]
What a new plane looks like
I’ve flown 17 different types of planes since November, 2002 when I first started flying but most of these planes (including mine) were built in the 70′s. I even flew one that was built in 1944! My local airport recently acquired a brand new Diamond DA40 airplane – a 4-seater, single engine airplane made of [...]
Attention Pilots – Pilot Logbook Excel Spreadsheet
Ok, for non-pilots, this will seem silly…but if you are a pilot, go to http://www.cheappilot.com/ and grab a copy of a spreadsheet I created a couple of years ago that many use as a flight log. It provides graphs, currency checks and more. Free to download.
Mojopac!
I have recently come across a new type of virtualization technology that is completely unlike vmware. Check it out at http://www.mojopac.com. Basically, it utilizes your existing running copy of Windows and creates a virtual environment within it. The benefit is that there is very little if any performance hit and very little memory overhead (50MB!). [...]
Adobe LiveCycle?
I’m often asked by friends, family and taxi drivers what I do for Adobe. When I mention the LiveCycle products, I almost always get a strange stare back. So, at that point, I start lying and tell them that I am the guy that created the filter that lets you stretch body parts in pictures. [...]
Garmin 396/496
Ok, this falls under the cool toys category. A few months ago, I purchased a Garmin 396 GPS to use while flying. In addition to the usual things you would expect from a GPS, it also offers near real-time weather that is broadcast from the XM Radio satellites. After flying with this a few times [...]
Nikon D300 – my next camera?
A few weeks ago, Nikon announced several new cameras including the D300. I have my eye on this one. Cost is expected to be around $1800 for the body…hmm… http://www.dpreview.com/previews/nikond300/ – DPReview.com’s preview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FacjKekL9Xs – D300 and D3 at IFA2007 http://galleries.daveeinsel.com/d300test/ – showing off high ISO pics – very impressive http://www.pbase.com/dlcmh/nikon_d300_iso_6400_samples – more high ISO [...]
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom – a MUST HAVE for digital photographers
About 2 years ago, while attending an internal Adobe show and tell, I got my first sneak peak at a very little known product within Adobe called Lightroom. About 5 minutes into the presentation, I saw tremendous value and got into the early beta. Now, Lightroom is at version 1.2 and has a rapidly growing [...]
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