| Cheap Video Camera Impressive Buy | | Posted Thursday, January 11, 2007 2:51:23 PM by Blog57 Team | | If you love to take videos or if you're just a gadget geek, then you'll want to see this. A new video camera that costs less than $150 is put to the test. For about $130 you can have one of the smallest video cameras around. "They're making everything extremely small. And it fits in my purse, it's very convenient." This is what the video looks like shot by the pure digital point and shoot camcorder. "What's the price?" "130 bucks." "Oh yeah I would pay for it. It seems like something logical that you could use on vacation or at a sporting event." "The video is actually pretty good. In fact, you're looking at me now through the camera. And you're listening to me through the built-in microphone that's on the camera. I know you're wondering how do you see the video, there is no tape.... | |
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| | | Pakistani shutterbug featured in Time | | Posted Friday, January 05, 2007 12:48:39 PM by Blog57 Team | | WASHINGTON: A young Pakistani amateur photographer, Ali Khurshid from Karachi, has been recognised by Time magazine as one who is working in a non-verbal medium and whose work, posted on the Web, like that of millions of others, is helping the world come together. Ali Khurshid (22) was featured in a Time magazine essay that said, "There aren't that many digital cameras floating around Karachi, Pakistan, or computers, for that matter. Ali Khurshid started taking pictures with a disposable Kodak his parents gave him when he was 8. Since then he has graduated to fancy digital gear, but he has hung on to his low-tech attitude." "I love how the best pictures are usually taken with Holgas and other toy cameras," he was quoted as saying. "It just confirms my belief that the eye is supreme in taking a brilliant photo ...... | |
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| | | COMMENTARY: Ah, the gift that keeps on confusing | | Posted Monday, November 13, 2006 2:51:53 AM by Blog57 Team | | As chestnuts roast and turkeys baste on Christmas morning, fear will imbed itself across the faces of millions of unsuspecting consumers, especially old ones like me. It's not that I can't figure out how to operate modern electronic gadgets; it's just that they're taking more and more time to figure out, and I don't know how long I've got to live. Tis' the season to be thoroughly frustrated. In just over a month, we will gleefully tear open colorfully wrapped Christmas gifts and cry out in Yuletide ecstasy, "Oh yes! I've always wanted one of these?" Filled with trepidation, the horrid reality of the unknown will slowly grip our senses. The device is definitely electronic. It smells new. Santa is the man! But which side is the top and where's the front? The gift receiver hasn't a clue how the device works and therefore is tied with the gift giver in operational knowledge.... | |
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| | | State of the Arts | | Posted Thursday, November 09, 2006 2:52:38 PM by Blog57 Team | | Theres a fascinating exhibit currently at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art. Its called The Border Film Project. Thousands of disposable cameras were distributed along the Arizona border with Mexico to migrants and Minutemen. These amateur photographers took pictures of their daily lives and returned the cameras via mail to the BFP sponsors. As the museum publicity says: "The resulting images provide rare insight into the complexities of individual experiences. The juxtaposition of these images is profound. It reveals differences and similarities that suggest fundamental questions about humanity, identity, security and survival." In other words, it is designed to show that there are always two sides to every issue. Art of a different kind. The exhibit runs through Jan. 28. * * * * * Jackie and I have fallen in love with El Salvador.... | |
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| | | Students provide blank canvas, Carey offers vision, encouragement | | Posted Monday, November 06, 2006 12:52:51 PM by Blog57 Team | | A group of second-graders is making pictures of butterflies on fabric in Shauna Carey's art classroom on a recent morning. They outline the butterfly wings with wax, then use fabric markers to color them after the wax dries. Suddenly, Carey spots Israel Garza, who has colored a portion of his butterfly's wings brown. .... | |
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| | | Your world. Here. Now. - | | Posted Sunday, November 05, 2006 6:48:45 PM by Blog57 Team | | MONDAY, NOV. 6 - HALLETTSVILLE - Blood drive, 2:30-4:30 p.m., Stevens Rehab and Nursing, 106 Khun St. MONDAY, NOV. 6 - VICTORIA - Catholic Daughters of America Court St. Ann No. 369 meet at 6:30 p.m. with a memorial Mass for deceased members at the K.C. Hall. For information, call Margaret Kutchka, at 361-575-5944. MONDAY, NOV. 6 - YOAKUM - Blood drive, 8:30-11:30 a.m., Hancor Inc., 801 Hickey St. MONDAY, NOV. 6 - YORKTOWN - Blood drive, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Yorktown Community/Masonic Lodge, 510 W. Main St. .... | |
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| | | Arts Calendar Oct. 29 to Nov. 5 | | Posted Thursday, November 02, 2006 6:51:35 AM by Blog57 Team | | To get your event listed in the Arts Calendar, e-mail the information to barbara.badwound@rapidcityjournal.com or mail to: Arts Calendar, Rapid City Journal, P.O. Box 450, Rapid City, SD 57709. Include the phone number of a contact person. Submissions will not be taken over the phone. Deadline is noon Monday for publication the next Sunday.Galleries A Walk in the Woods Gallery and Gifts, downtown Custer Jim Whartman is the featured artist this week. Whartman's paintings include bison, antelope and horses in a natural setting on the western plains of Nebraska's panhandle. Hours are 10 a.m.-6 p.m. daily. Call 673-6400 or go to www.WalkWoods.com. ArtForms, 360 Main St., Hill City Karen Carlson of Hill City and Anita Paige of Rapid City are the featured artists for October. Besides what she calls "narrative photography," Carlson also makes three-dimensional paper tole pictures.... | |
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| | | Councilwoman forced to resign | | Posted Sunday, October 29, 2006 10:48:57 AM by Blog57 Team | | NORTH HALEDON -- When Christmas was just days away and the staff of the North Haledon Co-Operative Nursery School still had not been paid, director Dana Petrie got worried and then suspicious. She carefully pored over bank documents that afternoon, and discovered several checks made out by school bookkeeper Diana Merkel for amounts in round numbers - $2,200, $1,000. .... | |
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| | | Rechargeable Batteries are the Best Deal | | Posted Wednesday, October 25, 2006 10:48:38 PM by Blog57 Team | | But disposables still make up the largest share of the market. So, before you go blow your money we will show you the best values. Powering everything from digital cameras and portable music players to laser tools and even tape measures, it's no wonder we spend over four-billion dollars a year on batteries. But how do you know what's the best battery for your needs? Consumer reports just ran tests on 16 different disposable AA batteries, including ones from Duracell, Panasonic, and Energizer. There were four types in all; lithium, premium alkaline, regular alkaline, and nickel oxy-hydroxide. Tests evaluated the battery life in high-drain devices such as a digital camera, and medium-drain devices such as a CD player. The tests showed big differences in battery performance depending on what's being powered.... | |
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| | | Parade to honor Central Florida servicemen and women | | Posted Sunday, October 22, 2006 6:48:07 AM by Blog57 Team | | Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer and Orlando Harley-Davidson will honor Central Florida servicemen and women Oct. 21 with a "Thank You Troops" event at Downtown Disney. The event will start with a parade featuring military vehicles and motorcycles, followed by a patriotic celebration including a care package drive and letter-writing campaign to the men and women currently serving overseas. .... | |
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