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I had a project recently where I shot some images of jewelry for a company selling their products online. As most of your are doing design work, this might be a project you'll undertake some day. Even if you don't shoot the pictures, I wanted to talk about some of...
There is one very important component in your computer and most users don't pay it much attention unless it completely fails. What is it? The power supply! This one "black box" provides power to your motherboard and all the components in your computer. Is your...
Today I want to step back from specific hardware and talk in general about monitors. There seems to be user confusion about various aspects of monitors.One of the most important specs you hear about a monitor is the diagonal size of the screen. For those of us in...
A common question I am asked is what computer to buy. I don't know your needs, your budget and definitely not the thousands of pre-built computers available. So this is a question that I simply can't answer for you. One thing I can tell you is that you'll often...
From time to time I hear from users who find transferring data from a DVD to their computer is painfully slow. While there can be a variety of reasons for the slow speed, the most common reason is the use of a painfully slow drive! The good news is that you can get...
I was sitting with some friends watching the college football championship game in 3D the other night when we started talking about the televisions we had as kids. I distinctly remember black and white TVs and that a 19" television was huge. Some of you pre-date me...
In March 2011 I told you about the Logitech Harmony 1100 Universal Remote. I still use mine on a regular basis and it does a great job of controlling devices. As I said in the original review, it was very easy to set it up for my devices. If I had any complaints...
I think back a few years ago when it was a big deal to have a wireless network, any wireless network. Now it seems as if any electronic device you buy will have wireless capabilities. When our office first got wireless, the main Internet connection was a shared...
Holiday shopping is going on everywhere and so I'm still trying to give you inexpensive tech suggestions for your friends, family and co-workers. Not only am I looking for gadgets that are cool, I want them to be truly useful. Last week I told you Don't Forget to...
I started the series of holiday "geek" shopping guys last week with SanDisk Cruzer USB Flash Drive and I'll continue today by talking about different types of cables and cords. In holidays past, you can probably remember at least one occasion where someone forgot...
Here in the US it is the day before the Thanksgiving holiday. I hope each and every one of you will get to enjoy a day with your family and friends. What are the Thanksgiving traditions? Typically there is a feast with a side of football on the television. Of...
This holiday season will present an interesting shakedown in the tablet market, specifically those sized at approximately 7 inches. Yesterday Apple announced the iPad mini and it will begin shipping on November 2, 2012. As rumors of the iPad mini has been swirling...
There has been a massive amount of confusion about compatibility of Photoshop plug-ins and Corel PHOTO-PAINT. A lot of this confusion comes from the differences with the 64-bit version of Corel PHOTO-PAINT X6. Even more confusion is caused by a paragraph in the...
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X6 has been released and I've been bombarded by questions via every method imaginable. As today is our designated "hardware" day for the blog, I'm going to focus on answering some questions related to the hardware requirements for CorelDRAW...
Today's post is a combination of a tip and a hardware product. Hopefully you spend some time on a regular basis keeping your computer clean in a digital manner. I gave you one such suggestion about Disk Cleanup a few days ago. In addition to keeping the digital...
Many users are confused about PostScript (PS) printers and why they can be useful for a designer. There are features of CorelDRAW that will only output on PostScript printers. The one most often desired by users is the ability to control the halftone screen when...
If you expect me to give you an absolute answer to the question of build versus buy, I won't be giving it to you. The right answer for you could be different than the right answer for someone else. Instead, I'm going to give you some of the pros and cons to each so...
Now that CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 has been released, I've been bombarded by questions via phone and e-mail. As today is our designated "hardware" day for the blog, I'm going to focus on answering some questions related to the hardware requirements for CorelDRAW...
