September 5, 2007
So what's YOUR technical irky?
We all have things that irk us in one way or another. When it comes to understanding technology, if you're not the person building a better mouse trap, then writing the manual for that whiz-bang contraption, a feeling of dumb and dumber overtakes you. You've tried, and you've tried, and you've huffed and you've puffed and there's steam blowing out of your eardrums. You're frustrated because you just can't get it to work. I imagine that even rocket scientists encounter the occasional hiccup when attempting to do something of a technical nature. So what's your technical irky?
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September 4, 2007
Technical Irkies
My brain hurts.
I spent a good portion of the weekend pouring over a book about my Nikon D200. You see, when it comes to photography, I'm not a photographer, I just play one on TV. What that means is that my brain fails to comprehend shutter speed and aperture. Though I've been lucky on occasion with some of my bird photos, I remain unable to fully understand settings.
My plan was to produce a photograph where motion blur was a key element of the composition. The idea, taken from a recent Digital Photography School blog post, was to take a photograph that consisted of two elements: an object in focus and a motion-blurred sky. I thought I could figure it all out and make the shot; unfortunately the results proved otherwise. Every single photograph I took was in focus, the brilliant blue sky with its billowy white puffs of cotton-ball clouds also in focus. Where's the blur? ARGH! What, pray tell, was I doing wrong?
I was stumped, so I hit the books in an effort to absorb and comprehend. As is often the case when I do this to myself, I find the self-induced pressure produces nothing more than a Texas-sized headache. For me, learning how to do something properly typically involves someone showing me how to do it and/or explaining it in a way you'd explain something to a 10-year-old. (I am fully aware of my, uhm, learning disabilities.)
That's only the first of my technical irkies. The second is my inability to comprehend my Sony HandyCam. I've had this camcorder for quite a while now and have managed to record some fun bits; however, I can't figure out how to port what I've filmed to my laptop. Surely this should be a simple thing. The HandyCam uses cassette tape or Memory Stick. My initial recording was via cassette tape, which is where the fun bits reside. I just can't seem to move the data from point A (camcorder) to point B (laptop). I even read the manual from cover-to-cover. Any suggestions?
*sigh*
My brain hurts.
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August 18, 2007
Technical Irkies - 2
I don't like having to scroll down to the bottom of a comments box in order to read the first comment. I'd prefer the (my) comments listing to reflect the first comment at the top instead of at the bottom. Anyone know how to do this in MT?
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August 4, 2007
Technical Irkies
Update: fixed. :-) Thanks Greg!!!!
"Irkies" is a word I made up to express things of a technical nature that irk me. My current tech irky is when I select a bookmark in Firefox. I don't know if this is a Mac thing or not, but the minute I select Bookmarks from the menu bar, it hangs until the favicons are loaded. I don't need no stinkin' favicons; just give me the damned bookmark already!
So... my question is... how to prevent/stop/disable the favicons from loading. Anyone?
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