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The PUPS Act
This is my dog, Keiler. He’s almost 9 years old – which is pretty old for a large breed like his. He’s a hovawart – an old breed of German guard dog that comes in blond, black, or what I call “Rottweiler” (black and brown). Keiler is a remarkable dog. He’s got an artificial hip
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Autotuning Everything
A recent phenomenon (and an unfortunate one, in my opinion) to hit the music industry is the use of Auto-Tuning software to correct pitch. For just a few hundred bucks, you can get a plug-in for your audio editing software that will insure every slightly off-pitch note is automatically brought into perfect tune (corrected to
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Fisheye Lens
My cat is forever trying to figure out how to break into the fishtank. I always wondered if it somehow terrorizes the fish. One day, remembering we have a waterproof case for the Flip Camera, I thought it might be fun to drop it in the tank and film the situation from the perspective of
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Planning to replace your iPod screen yourself? Think Again!
OK I admit, I probably should have known better. But just in case there are folks out there getting ready to make the same mistake, you may want to read on. Call it an effort of video vigilantism if you want – I just want to get this out there to help keep down the
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Two Video Contests
When you love animals as much as we do in our family, it’s hard to get upset with folks sponsoring a video contest to support the ASPCA. And I didn’t really need the half of the prize that would have gone to me – an iPad (the other half was a $500 donation to our