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Re: Scanning photos and setting dates
Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:36:58 +0000
On 2009-11-17 23:44:45 +0000, Mike Lane <mike.lane.usenet@ntlworld.co.uk> said:
> Howard wrote on Nov 17, 2009:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I am about to start scanning in a few hundred photos from prints from
>> the late 80s and early 90s. I have done this before and it is
>> depressing the lack of resolution :( bu ...
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Re: Scanning photos and setting dates
Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:33:00 +0000
On 2009-11-17 23:30:09 +0000,
real-address-in-sig@flur.bltigibbet.invalid (Rowland McDonnell) said:
> So: I'm not being a lot of direct help, but the job's do-able and you
> could do worse than by starting googling for EXIF data and comments as
> attached to image files of type jpg, png, tiff, and gif. Graphic ...
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Re: Scanning photos and setting dates
Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:16:26 +0000
J. J. Lodder wrote on Nov 18, 2009:
> Iphoto is a disaster.
> It hides everything from view,
> and stores all it's info in a fragile database
> that can't be exported.
> Good for family snapshots only,
I don't understand what you are saying at all. I have never lost anything
from iPhoto (and if I did I ke ...
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MBP latch problem
Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:08:04 -0800 (PST)
Noticed last night that the lid on my 2008 Santa Rosa MBP 17 doesn't
latch shut. If I look closely, when it's nearly shut the magnets in
the base correctly pull out the two catches, but they don't seem to
*catch* properly.
I'm loathe to take it in under Applecare as I've swapped a HDD and
replaced the white ap ...
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Re: Apple's bluetooth mice and rechargeable batteries
Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:59:34 GMT
Jim wrote:
> Now that I have my first ever wireless Apple device (a Magic Mouse, soon to
> be two due to SWMBO offering dire threats if she doesn't get one really
> feckin' soon) I was wondering what their performance is with rechargeable
> batteries? Obviously it's a bit early to tell how the Magic Mouse fairs, b ...
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Re: Mac jewellery
Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:56:49 +0000
On 2009-11-18 12:06:59 +0000, Jim said:
> On 2009-11-18, Bella Jones <me9@privacy.net> wrote:
>> Sara <saramerriman@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> That's Christmas sorted then!
>>>
>>> http://www.etsy.com/shop/creativedexterity
>>
>> Holy nutkin's knackers, bantam!
>>
>> That's a wad of cash!
>>
>> ...
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Re: Mac jewellery
Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:54:20 -0800 (PST)
On 18 Nov, 12:06, Jim <j...@magrathea.plus.com> wrote:
> I can't help feeling I could make something myself that's quite close, using
> just an old Mac keyboard, a hammer, and a small amount of string and glue.
Yeah, but it wouldn't be art. ...
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Re: Apple's bluetooth mice and rechargeable batteries
Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:20:10 GMT
Jim wrote:
> On 2009-11-18, Hans Sluiman <not@this.address> wrote:
>> Jim wrote:
>>> Now that I have my first ever wireless Apple device (a Magic Mouse, soon to
>>> be two due to SWMBO offering dire threats if she doesn't get one really
>>> feckin' soon) I was wondering what their performance is with rechargeable ...
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Sheet fed scanners and ...
Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:39:43 +0000
Hi All,
Firstly I'd like to report I've been ploughing though our/// my
paperwork here and converting it all to .pdf's via a Fujitsu ScanSnap
S1500 (and a special thanks to Steve Hodgson for the heads up and help
on that). [1]
It comes with some software (ScanSnap Organizer) that allows you to
scan to a work ...
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Dead iMac?
Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:08:53 +0000
On behalf of a mate whose iMac seems to have just died.
Switch on, starts to power up, fan comes on full blast, screen stays
blank, won't boot up.
Dead? Easy fix? Early reply would be obliged as he has some presentation
on it and has <checks watch> 55 minutes to try and rescue it.
(Sounds FUBAR'd to me, tho ...
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