by Jason Prahl | May 27, 2006 | Blog, Photography
The next time you are at Walmart or some other discount store pick up a cheap spray bottle.
You can get at least two great uses out of one of these.
1. When you are out shooting flowers spruce up those shots with some simulated rain drops. It can make an ordinary flower shot a bit more interesting. If you are like me and don’t want to get up early in the morning to catch the morning dew then this $2.00 investment will be a great asset to your photography equipment.
2. The next time you are barbequeing use the spray bottle to keep your chicken from getting too dry. Spraying the chicken down with water periodically will help the chicken come off the grill nice and juicy.
by Jason Prahl | May 25, 2006 | Blog, Miscellaneous
I’d heard tons about how good Lost is but never really got into it. Well, I rented the DVD’s of Season 1 and I’m addicted. I’ve watched all of Season 1 in the past week. I’m now trying to download Season 2 from the torrents, since the DVD for Season 2 doesn’t come out until October and I don’t want to wait that long to get caught up!
So, when does Season 3 start? :)
On another note I’ve been listening to the soundtrack to Lost and am digging it. It makes me want to go home and watch the show!
Update: I finished watching all of Season 1 and Season 2. Alot of questions were answered by the end of Season 2 but there’s still much that isn’t. Of course if there wasn’t I wouldn’t be looking forward to Season 3 would I? :)
by Jason Prahl | May 24, 2006 | Blog, Computer Tips
Ever since I’ve had the Axim x51v I’ve had a couple of issues that have irritated me.
Firstly the device would mysteriously lose either the SD or CF slot altogether. Sometimes it would lose both. After a reset they would return.
Secondly, sometimes the device just would not turn on. Even though the battery had plenty of charge.
Thirdly, the battery would periodically drain itself dead after being off for a day or two.
Apart from these issues I’ve been extremely pleased with this handheld and it’s easily the best out of the many Pocket PC and Palm handhelds. The battery life is good, the screen is great, the BlueTooth and Wife work great. I love that it has both a SD slot and a CF slot. The shape and design are great and the device itself is solidly built.
So, needless to say I was estatic when I found this posting on Aximsite.com. Each of the above issues and a couple of others are said to be fixed by their little work-around. Apparently all of these issues are caused by the Activesync application on the handheld attempting to do a sync even though it’s not on the dock. Basically the fix is setting up an exchange server link and changing the sync timing to manual. If you actually do use an exchange server link to update your info on the pocket pc then you have to change the sync frequency to manual. The only downside to this is you have to trigger the sync on your own, which I actually prefer myself.
I made the change 2 days ago and I haven’t lost my SD nor CF card yet and the battery is still showing full charge. It’ll take another week or so to see if this really has fixed the above problems.
by Jason Prahl | May 24, 2006 | Photo - Animals, Photoblog
by Jason Prahl | May 23, 2006 | Photo - Kids, Photoblog
I went on a camping trip this past weekend, maybe it’s because I’m tired but it doesn’t seem like I managed to get very many good shots. I don’t know I’ll look at them again tommorrow. Besides the season finale of 24 is on tonight so I have more important things to do!
by Jason Prahl | May 22, 2006 | Blog, Photography
When going out to shoot water by a river or lake make sure you bring along some bug spray. The makers of Off! have some handy wipes that you can easily fit in your camera bag and take along with you. This is especially important if you are going to be shooting by the water around sunset, because the mosquito’s and other little impolite creatures will work you over! On a camping trip this past weekend I spent some time as the sun was setting getting long exposures by a river. I had thankfully sprayed myself with Off! and still managed to get a couple of decent bites. Although I managed to keep the bugs away for the most part I didn’t get as many decent shots as I had hoped for.
Update: 06/21/2006 I didn’t take my own advice and went out shooting in some tall grass. I now have a bite from a spider or tick on the back of my leg that is a large dark color now. I ended up going to the doctor and getting some prescriptions (anti-biotic and one with cortisone). It’s much easier to give advice than to take advice, especially taking your own advice.
