The latest Apple tablet rumors rang true this morning with the official announcement of a 128GB version of the fourth generation iPad, twice the capacity of the previous maximum capacity model. The new tablet will go on sale Tuesday, Feb. 5 for US$ 799 with wi-fi and US$ 929 with cellular and wi-fi. We look at the advantages of a large-capacity tablet for photographers on connect.dpreview.com.
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Things have come a long way since the world’s first vending machine – a 2000-year-old device that dispensed holy water when a coin was slipped into a slot. Some now-vintage models dispense art or books – other new machines can cook food, recognize your face, respond to touch, and allow you to trade in your old gadgets and gizmos for new devices or even cold hard cash.
The Art-o-Mat is a pioneer in the realm of vending-machine reuse – a series of retired cigarette dispensers have been converted to vend art. With over 90 recycled machines around the United States, they have sold work from 100s of global artists.
The key to submitting your own micro-masterpiece? Making whatever you do – be it sculpture, craft, photography or painting – fit into a cig-sized box. People not near a machine can also order a carton of ten works to be shipped anywhere in the world.
Switching gears, but not styles or machines: here is a lovely vintage machine that vends printed-word art (best known as books). From its creator, Craig Small: “The Biblio-Mat is a random book dispenser built … for The Monkey’s Paw, an idiosyncratic antiquarian bookshop in Toronto.”
As to its operation: “When a customer puts coins into it, the Biblio-Mat dramatically whirrs and vibrates as the machine is set in motion. The ring of an old telephone bell enhances the thrill when the customer’s mystery book is delivered with a satisfying clunk into the receptacle below.”
Some vending machines are not about the money at all, like the Swap-O-Matic – a set of one-stop non-shops for trading what you have for something else you want. Added items are turned into credits, which, in turn, can be converted into other objects – reduce, reuse, recycle, swap!
Rube Goldberg loved to draw complicated machines designed to complete wonderfully simple tasks. Here are 10 examples of Rube Goldberg’s enduring oddball legacy:
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Few machines have revolutionized the way we live like the household washing machine. How will we wash clothes in the future? Maybe in some of these machines…
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Photocrati has spent many days coming up with very educational and detailed virtual classes. Two are currently available; one on your overall photography website and the other specific to SEO.
SEO is often overlooked or thought to be a waste of time, but Photocrati has made it a point to tell you why it is well worth the time.
Photocrati has recently launched two interactive courses on the Udemy education platform. Here are some details:
For $ 97, Supercharge Your Photography Website teaches you the fundamentals of getting your photography website going and how to optimize it for your customers and business success.
You will learn about: Hosting, WordPress, Website basics, Plugins, Themes, Layouts, Galleries, Pages, Blogging, Social Media and more.
For $ 49, SEO for Photographers dives into the SEO of your photography website and how you can implement the basic, most crucial SEO techniques into your website.
You will learn about: What and Why, On and Off Site, Meta Tags, Link Building, Local SEO and more.
In the graphic below, you can see how blogging plays a roll in your site’s rankings.
With Google’s new Author Rank algorithms, blogging and social media is more important than ever. To learn more about this, check out the courses and get started today.
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Saurabh tells the board members that they can appoint Urmila on an unofficial basis. Urmila pleads with Simran and Manas not to entrust her with such a responsibility. Manas convinces her to take up the job. Wadhwa Nursing Home gets inaugurated by Simran. Manu fights with his brother and takes Gauri with him. Mrs. Saxena is worried sick trying to trace Abhimanyu. Gauri asks Manu why he doesn t marry Simran. He replies that it would be difficult now but Gauri requests him to think about it.
This is an update to my previous video, which is posted as a video response. I made a higher quality version of this one because my older video was nominated to be a Youtube Partner video (yay!) but I can’t use it because of the Kingdom Hearts footage for my intro and the Breaking Benjamin music in the background. Anyways, same video, just higher quality and slightly more detailed. Enjoy! 😀 A foolproof and 100% working method on how to get any Pokemon in any of the Pokemon DS games. If you are using Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HG or SS, follow the same exact instructions as that in the video. If you are having problems seeing the video, here’s a tutorial: 1) Go to www.pokegts.us (for non Black and white users, go to www.pokegts.us 2) Select the category you want (All Pokemon is recommended) 3) Select a Sub Catagory (Generation 1 = FireRed and LeafGreen, Generation 2 = Gold and Silver/HeartGold and SoulSilver, Generation 3 = Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald, Generation 4 = Diamond, Pearl and Platinum, XD is Pokemon XD Gale of Darkness, Colosseum is Pokemon Colosseum, Generation 5 is Pokemon Black and White [All the names will be in Japanese]) 4) Select the individual Pokemon you want 5) Customize the Pokemon in any way you desire (except Nature) 6) Go to the bottom and hit Submit Custom Stats DO NOT CLOSE THE WINDOW AFTER HITTING THAT! 1) Go to your DS and load the Game. 2) After pressing start, scroll down until you see Nintendo WFC Settings 3) Click the big blue button 4) Click …
Video Rating: 4 / 5
Amazing whalewatch trip. January 25, 2010. 2 humpback whales come right up to our boat, close enough to touch. If you go whalewatching on Maui, make sure to choose a small boat such as those offered by Ultimate Whale watch, www.ultimatewhalewatch.com. The smaller boats get out to the action quicker, can move around to different locations quicker, and allow you to have the closest possible interaction with the whales. All photos and video in this presentation were captured with a Nikon D90 DSLR – 18-70mm Nikkor zoom lens.
Video Rating: 4 / 5
To receive a free bag from Think Tank, visit www.ThinkTankPhoto.com/affiliate and enter code AP-512, This will get you a choice of a few items to receive free with purchase! This is a review of the Think Tank Retrospective 30 bag. This is a great little bag for everyday camera use. It has more than enough room, yet its very compact and easy to carry. More great products from Think Tank!
Tokina has announced it will be exhibiting two soon-to-be-released lenses at the CP+ trade show in Japan. The AT-X 70-200 F4 PRO FX VCM-S is a telephoto zoom that’s designed for use on both full frame and APS-C SLRs, and features both optical image stabilisation and a ring-type ultrasonic autofocus motor with full-time manual override. Meanwhile the AT-X 12-28 F4 PRO DX is a replacement for the company’s existing 12-24mm F2 wideangle zoom for APS-C cameras. But rather than making the lens wider to match its competitors, Tokina has chosen to extend it further into the ‘normal’ range, to give an 18-42mm equivalent zoom.
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Halo Combat Evolved: Walkthrough – Part 3 [Mission 2] Halo (Gameplay/Commentary) Xbox 360
Halo Combat Evolved Walkthrough: Halo – Mission 2 This is Part 3 of my Let’s Play series from the Classic that is Halo Combat Evolved. I am currently working on a few exciting projects for my Channel that I am hoping to share with you all over the coming days/weeks, I hope you guys are enjoying this blast from the past in Halo Combat Evolved as this has been great fun to revisit and has brought back a load of great memories. Just to further reiterate I will be uploading this series on a day-to-day basis so keep checking back for more if you guys are enjoying this series. Lastly I would really appreciate if you guys could rate this video whatever you feel it deserves as a rating either way goes a long way! Follow me on Twitter – www.twitter.com Playlist- www.youtube.com
Video Rating: 4 / 5
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