Still do not think it is worth a generator. Looks like with still 230,000 customers out we will have another dark night, and the refrigerator will need to be cleared out, but how much is that? $200 every year or so? It is not like I would have TV Internet and heat from a portable generator, that generator would be […]
The Story behind the image The sun and moon on the eights. These three photos were picked as they went well with the main photo of the moon, which has been a photographic challenge for me for a while. Taking a photo of the moon is quite an art. This moon shot was taken on Tuesday, September 26, 2017 8:15 PM […]
The Story behind the image, February The caledar printing company, Bay Photo, choose pink for the base color of February (probably to do with the 14th). Joan and I descided that flowers would look good on this calendar, and choose one from Georgetown . Georgetown, is one of our favorite places to walk. Not only because of Georgetown Cupcake, but because it is […]
Benchmarks depend on many items. I used ATTO_Disk_Benchmark_3_05 to test the drives on the Lightroom system I built. —————— System Information —————— Operating System: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit (10.0, Build 16299) (16299.rs3_release.170928-1534) Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7700K CPU @ 4.20GHz (8 CPUs), ~4.2GHz Memory: 65536MB RAM Available OS Memory: 65460MB RAM On my previous post on why I built the computer this […]
Background I have always like photography, and as a child even developed Black and White film at school, but with the cost (or complications of self) development, I moved away from deep photography, and into general picture-taking of vacations, holidays and events. When technology brought us a 8mm CamCorder with a Firewire port for digital video production, I jumped into […]
The story behind the images on the 2018 calendar. I thought I would tell the story behind the photos I used on this year’s calendar. My hope is to do this for each month. I read an article that Baker’s Beach was a great place to take photographs of the Golden Gate Bridge. So on a business trip to San […]
I got mine! In April 2017 Nikon announced a series of products to celebrate their 100th year anniversary. Looking at the selection there were two items that caught my eye. The camera bag and the 70-200mm lens. I was considering the 70-200 after renting it a few times, and the one for the 10th year was Grey came with separate […]
First, did you know Before we get into the review, a few items that you might not be aware of. Echo’s can call each other’s Echo’s can call the Alexa App (thus Echo to iPhone) Echo’s can ‘ drop in’ to each other. This is a call that you do not need to answer, just pop in… Echo’s can call […]
Worked through many failed attempts to have Amazon Echo control my whole house audio. The main source has been iTunes on a Mac Mini, connected to the whole house amplifier. I have tried many things (spoofing HUE HUB the closest) to have Alexa control iTunes on the Mac. I have had a gen 1 Amazon Echo that I got from […]
The power went out last night around 8:30 due to an accident on Business route 7. According the Sheriff’s Office tweet, “W. Main Street near Simmons Road (between Purcellville and Round Hill) will be closed for a significant period of time due to a single vehicle crash involving a utility pole. Utility crews from @DomEnergyVA are on scene and power […]
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