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November 25, 2009

Learning Photography

About a year ago, my brother-in-law — who is an amateur photographer – gave my husband and I his old professional-grade DSLR camera.  Since then, I’ve been learning how to use the manual settings.  Trust me, it’s harder than it looks.
In fact, for certain things I have found it is better just to go back to [...]

April 26, 2009

Cell Phone Recycling

Most people don’t keep their cell phones very long these days. They get a new one after just about one year because by that time the technology has advanced enough to make the newer phones far better than the ones that they have. Many people are starting to realize that it’s important to recycle their [...]

March 22, 2009

Crazy New Internet Access

Have you heard of satellite internet access? I heard about it on the TV last night. I think this is quite possibly one of the greatest inventions on the world. I can’t even begin to imagine checking my Facebook account from the middle of Death Valley. Of course, why stop there? I mean, I’ll be [...]

December 18, 2008

Taking Control of the Situation

With the demands for equipment in manufacturing facilities today, it is important to have systems that automatically keep track of internal processes. For production systems that require air, gas, or other fluid, a flow meter is an invaluable tool to keep track of how fast or how much of a gas or fluid is travelling [...]

December 9, 2008

Making Use of Our Land Inheritance

Last week, my family inherited a vast area of hand that I inherited from my parents.  It was a nice area beside a pine forest with a beautiful river crossing it.
 
We had been thinking hard what to with it and we had environmental concerns in our mind.  Our final decision was to convert a portion [...]