Thursday, April 3, 2008

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Getting Started Adobe Photoshop

About Photoshop:

Adobe Photoshop is hands down, the most popular program for creating and modifying images for the web. Even those who don't have Photoshop can download the tryout version from www.adobe.com and follow much of this tutorial.

Section 1 - Getting Started

When you open Photoshop, the Photoshop desktop appears. The following components should be visible: top menus, options bar, image window, palettes, the status bar, and toolbox.

Menus

Photoshop menus (File, Edit, Image, Layer, Select, Filter, View, Window, and Help) appear at the top of the desktop. Click on a menu name and its menu items will appear.

Options Bar

The options bar appears right below the menus. Options for the tool that is currently selected in the toolbox appear in the options bar. The following example shows options for the Type tool.

Image Window

The image window/s houses the photo or graphic files you plan on editing.

Palettes

You can display or hide palettes by going to the Window menu (please note the layers palette).

The Status Bar

The status bar at the bottom of the Photoshop desktop provides information about your file and current activity.

Toolbox

The toolbox contains the tools you use to work with images in Photoshop. To use a tool, click on its icon in the toolbox. For the most part we will be concentrating on the marquee tool, move tool, paint bucket and color selection palette.

VRC in Sports Social Science

1. Virtual reality applied to sports: do handball goalkeepers react realistically to simulated synthetic opponents? Bideau Benoît, Multon Franck, Kulpa Richard, Fradet Laetitia, Arnaldi Bruno, France

2. Using Dual Number Method For Motion Analysis of Left Arm in a Golf Swing. Koon Kiat Teu, Wangdo Kim, Franz Konstantin Fuss, Singapore

3. Understanding Cross Cultural Differences During Interaction Within Immersive Virtual Environments. Sam Bucolo, Australia

4. A repository of virtual places as community memory: an experience of use. Ekaterina Prasolova-Førland, Norway

5. Meetings, Gatherings, and Events in Smart Environments. Anton Nijholt, The Netherlands

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Multiple URLs Require Multiple NavBars

Tech Tip
Multiple URLs Require Multiple NavBars Are you one of the hundreds of new members who either can't figure out how to add the WebRing NavBar to your site, or your site editing software doesn't allow you to add the NavBar, or you don't even have a web site?

Consider registering/activating your WebRing Blog.

As a member, you have a free blog waiting for you to activate it. Here's how:

  1. Sign in to your WebRing account and open your My Account page (if it doesn't open when you sign in).
  2. Click the "Register" button on the "Blog" tab.
  3. Fill out the form page that opens and submit it.
That's it! You will then have a blog at your disposal, and the best part is that the WebRing NavBar is already added.

Once you have registered your blog, you can post updates, provide tips and tutorials, showcase products, journal about your day-to-day lives, supply political commentary... the sky's the limit!

And, remember to join a WebRing Community after you start to blog.

Tips for Keeping Your Children Safe Online

By Sharon Housley

Parents are constantly struggling with ways to keep their children safe online. The Internet has a global reach and at this point no bounds, or limitations. Outside of installing filtering software children should be educated in order to protect themselves to this virtual monster. We've put together a collection of ten tips that should be observed while surfing online. At the very least these tips will prompt family discussions regarding safety.

1.) When on the internet personal information should be kept private. Just because someone asks doesn't mean you need to tell them. When someone asks for personal information, consider how they might use that information and whether it is necessary for them to have it.

2.) If you are conversing with someone online, don't assume that they are being honest with you. Just because they say they're 16 doesn't mean they are.

3.) Do not release your password to anyone, even if they say they are from your online provider.

4.) Overall it is best not to respond to unsolicited e-mail (SPAM), if there is something flagrant or inappropriate in the e-mail, consider reporting the sender to their Internet Service Provider (ISP).

5.) Do not give out or post identifying information, including address or telephone numbers.

6.) You may want to create a nickname for a screen name in chat rooms.

7.) Keep in mind when posting in chat rooms or newsgroups, that there may be lurkers (people who read but do not post). Your information can be read and seen by all.

8.) Keep an open dialogue with children surfing the Internet, remember if they come to you with a problem, your first reaction should not be to take away the Internet. Applaud child's confidence in confiding in you and work together to find a solution.

9.) Overall it is not a good idea to post or exchange pictures over the Internet

10.) Try to keep in mind the Internet is global and is *not* governed by any entity. This means that there are no limitations or checks on the information posted and accessible to Internet users.

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Cool Remote

http://vyskocil.free.fr/coolcom/

You need a: Palm PDA, a Palm serial cable, and a Coolpix serial cable. You also need a NULL modem and possible a gender changer, since regular NULL modem cable having one end Male connector and other end Female. What you really need is a NULL modem with both ends Male type. I bought NULL modem and a gender changer from Radio Shack; each costs more than $6.

After reading some posts about modification of USB cable to get a serial cable, I realized that I could modify the serial cable too. Basically, you just need to cut the connector open and switch positions of two cables (RD and TD are official names of the cables, which are connected to pin 2 and 3).

Actually you need to replace the connector with a new DB9 connector, which can be found at Radio Shack for a little over $3.

Detail Steps:

1. Cut open the serial connector side of Coolpix serial cable carefully, write down positions (connect to which pin) of each wire (wires are colored).

2. Cut or use a welder to disconnect the wires from original connector.

3. Weld the wires back to a new serial connector of solder connector type, remember switch the wires connect to pin 2 and pin 3 you write down in step 1

4. Use some silicon rubber glue/sealant as electric insulation and bonding.

Notes: Depends on the new connector you get, you may need to put a rubber or plastic tube to the serial wire at the end going into the connector, just to fill empty space there. Use black heat shrink tube to make it more professional.

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The Palm OS software is free, supports bulb and interval, and is available here: http://vyskocil.free.fr/coolcom/. The PDA buttons can be used to half-press, fully press (take the picture) and zoom in/out.

You will need the generic serial cable, either the Nikon SC-EW3, or its equivalent, made by Harbortronics: http://www.harbortronics.com/DigiSnap/SErialCAbleInfo.htm.

You'll also need a modem adapter (or cable) to match your PDA to the side of the SC-EW3 cable that would normally plug into your PC: the cable adapter includes the crossover functionality. A good source for those is: http://www.syncablesolutions.com

The total cost of this setup, assuming you already have a PDA (an "old" Palm III will do just fine) should be about $50, cheaper than the MC-EU1 or even the DigiSnap.

Disclaimer: I have no relationship with any of the vendors/products mentioned above.

PS: Once you have the SC-EW3 cable, you can also use it to attach your 990/880 to your PC and remap out those hot pixels, with the Cpixmap program found here (version 0.12 or later): http://e2500.narod.ru/ccd_defect_e.htm

Lock Computer vs Welcome Login Screen

You must go into Control Panel and open the "User Accounts" applet to change this setting. Click "Change the way users log on or off". For maximum security, uncheck the "Use the Welcome screen" option. This re-enables the use of the "Lock Computer" option from the ALT CTRL DELETE menu, but prevents multiple users from being logged on locally at a single time. This also returns to the Windows 2000 style login screen. If you'd rather have the ability to *not* be able to use "Lock Computer" and would rather allow multiple users to logon to the computer at a single time locally, leave this setting checked and also check "Use Fast User Switching".