Author Archives: Tom Long

AVCHD and Me

Posted on August 6, 2011 by Tom Long

Oooh.  Is that a new Sony camera you’ve got there?  Impressive.  Does it really shoot in full HD? It does?  Wow, can you show me some video you’ve shot with your new camera? No?  Why not? The problem with Sony’s … Continue reading →

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Seagate Tear Down

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Tom Long

Sometimes all a guy wants is a free hard drive. I purchased a new four bay enclosure for use with my HTPC. I had a new 2TB (Western Digital Caviar Green) hard drive but three empty bays. I remembered an … Continue reading →

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Camera Shopping

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Tom Long

I want to move up.  I love my point and shoot,  a Sony HX5V,  which I still intend to use as my “in my pack” camera.  But I’m tired of grainy low light pictures from family gatherings.  I think my waterscapes … Continue reading →

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Plus Me

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Tom Long

I’ve been dabbling in Google+ for several days, now. I wanted to share some preliminary thoughts. Pros The integration of Picasa, PicasaWeb (soon to be Google Photos), Google+ mobile photos, and Google+ is a wonderful feature. This is especially true … Continue reading →

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Name That Show

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Tom Long

filebot is a great little utility that has helped me not to miss theRenamer as much I was missing it, when I first got my MacBook Pro. Giving our files consistent names in a format easily used by metadata scrapers … Continue reading →

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