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Software, Printers, Cameras
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Joe Farace • Jun 01, 2001 • 0 comments

FlashPix Farewell
Back in the last millennium--1996 to be exact--the FlashPix file format was hailed as the next great graphics file breakthrough. Back in these olden days FlashPix was touted as the new, open standard for digital...
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Stocking Stuffers
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Joe Farace • Dec 01, 2004 • 0 comments

"You can't have everything. Where would you put it?"--Stephen Wright

After you open an ink jet printer's box, the manufacturer warns you about using third-party inks and how doing so can void the warranty. In the automotive world, the federal Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act (

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Stocking Stuffers
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Joe Farace • Dec 01, 2000 • 0 comments

When the outside temperature hit 100 yesterday, I knew it must be time to write my annual "stocking stuffer" column. The best stocking stuffers are relatively inexpensive, useful to the recipient, and small enough to fit in a stocking, but some of...
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Stocking Stuffers For Imagers
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Joe Farace • Dec 01, 1999 • 0 comments

This year, more and more people will be doing shopping for that perfect holiday gift by using the Internet. Why not? It's the best place available to find a state of the art gift for your favorite digital imager--or maybe even yourself. A web search...
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Take A Creative Break, Today
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Joe Farace • Aug 01, 2000 • 0 comments

"You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take."--Wayne Gretsky

Back in the Cretaceous era while studying photography at the Maryland Institute of Art, I was privileged to have Jack Wilgus as an instructor. One of my fondest memories of...
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Thanks For The Memories, Adding RAM Can Be A Good Solution
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Joe Farace • Jan 01, 2002 • 0 comments

Untitled Document

"Memory feeds imagination."--Amy Tan

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The Best Things In Life Are Free; Who Says?
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Joe Farace • May 01, 2005 • 0 comments

Photos © 2004 Joe Farace, All Rights Reserved

"Creative work is play. It is free speculation using materials of one's chosen form."
--Stephen Nachmanovitch

The GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a free open source photo retouching and image authoring program. While some of its fans claim it's just as good as Adobe...
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The Big Picture
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Joe Farace • Nov 01, 2000 • 0 comments

"To have a camera is to open your world, to take a bite out of a moment"
--Sharon J. Wohlmuth

In Shutterbug's Photography Buyer's Guide 2000, you'll find information on computer monitors...
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The Law Of Unintended Consequences Redux
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Joe Farace • Jan 01, 2004 • 0 comments

"It's déjà vu all over again."--Yogi Berra

One of the most surprising, to me anyway, unintended consequences of the digital revolution is increasing marginalization...
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The Old Operating System Debate
Mac OS Vs. Windows
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Joe Farace • Apr 01, 2002 • 0 comments

"Different
strokes for different folks."--Sylvester Stewart from "Everyday People"

Occasionally I get e-mail from
readers who think I'm biased toward Macintosh computers...
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