essential tidbits

Daily tidbits: Photo editing and WordPress tutorials – second time around

January 22, 2009

Finally, I did something I’ve been putting off for the longest time, editing and resizing some photos. I really wish, hope and pray to have my own digital camera… I want to take really nice photos and the 3 megapixels point and shoot Sony Cybershot is not that appealing anymore as it used to be when it first came out. More digicams are coming out in the market at much lower price and they have even better features. If ever I’ll be buying a new one, it would definitely be a Canon.

Already started late in the evening with the WordPress tutorials. And I thought I would sleep early but thanks to Small Potato’s very organized lessons, I was able to keep on. I previously ended with Lesson #4 (Header Template) and continued this time with Lesson #4b (Header Template Continues). Learning the tutorial can be addicting! Oh look at the time now…

P.S. I’m sleeping with little C again.

Update: Slept at past 2AM and finished 13 lessons in all, from #4b to #8 (How to Validate). Yey! I’m so excited to continue with the next topic which is what makes WordPress themes attractive, the CSS part.   

Posted by tidbits at 11:31 pm | permalink | Comments Off

Fast technology upgrade

Amazing how technology keeps on upgrading in just few years or even months. For instance, mobile phones used to be big and bulky, but now they’re getting so tiny and slim enough for your palm. And they’re packed with loads of features than their predecessors. I wonder what would be the next mobile phone feature aside from being loaded with camera, mp3 player, organizers and other nifty details. I know the research guys at Nokia are always thinking ahead and envision future mobile phones to be mini-computers, capable of more advanced features that every businessman or gadget freak would be happy about.

Laptops are evolving fast as well. I often think of having a mini-laptop for those days when I’m on the go. My HP Pavilion notebook which I fondly call “Pavi” is slimmer compared to most notebooks but in contrast to the mini-laptop, it’s just heavier and bulkier. And now, USB flash drives keep increasing their data sizes. From MBs (Megabytes) of data when they first came out, flash drives are now available up to 16 GBs (Gigabytes). That’s a lot of data storage and the prices are even more affordable. 

Posted by tidbits at 6:11 pm | permalink | Comments Off