Vacation Photo Tips

The company everyone loves to hate provides some good advice on their own software as well as ideas for more effectively using your tech equipment whether it be computers or cameras. Microsoft has an article titled: 6 Tips for Super Vacation Snapshots. The advice they offer is good for those amateurs taking vacation pictures with their digital cameras. It's not bad advice for those who someday hope to become professionals either. If you haven't visited the Microsoft site, this is an excellent opportunity to give them a try. Explore the site. You'll be amazed at what you find.

Online Community for Student Artists

That's how 5oup (not a typo) defines itself. Student artists are encouraged to register. After doing so they can submit a 10-image portfolio and have a world wide audience. At this writing the site had 860 user profiles available. The students have studied at colleges and universities all over the world. There are forums where artists can share experiences and ask questions from those with more experience. There are also international postings of jobs and internships.

So What Else Can You Do with an iPod Besides Play Music & Videos?

If Music and Videos aren't enough for you then you must visit 50 Fun Things to Do with Your iPod. While the iPod architecture is fairly closed, hackers have still been able to get in and figure some new shortcuts. There are some interesting ideas. Some may fall outside of the legal limits of use but I'm certain you'll skip over those and go to the more appropriate uses.

Alcoholic Comics

Most of us grew up with comics like Superman, Spiderman, and Mickey Mouse. But there are other comics out there as well. This is one of those alternative comics. At Ethan Presoff's site you can see the complete set of Alcoholic Anonymous comic strips from 1968-1974. If you go to Ethan's home page you can find additional comics from the past. Here is just a sampling of the titles: "If an A-Bomb Falls" (1951), "The H-Bomb and You," (1954), "In Tune with Fun" (1950's Accordion Comics), and a lot more than I can mention here. If you'd like to see some non-traditional comics this site seems to have quite a collection.