An injured Acehnese girl, who lost her entire family when a tsunami hit the region last week, wipes her face as she takes a rest at a hospital in Banda Aceh, Aceh province, Indonesia. (AP/Binsar Bakkara)
The recent tsunamis have created a disaster of staggering human proportions. It is a deeply tragic situation. In the midst of the sadness and suffering, you can make a difference. You can help by donating to the agency or organization of your choice.
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Soon after I was up and running with WordPress, my blog software, I wanted to change the look of the page. I found some helpful links to guide me in the process.
I found some information on CSS at Nuclear Moose.
I found the following VERY helpful tutorial on how to change the look of a WordPress blog .
I needed a good color chart and found a great one at Visibone.com.
If you want to make some simple changes to the look of your basic WordPress blog, the last two links should be especially helpful.
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The Epson P-2000 may be the first truly practical and well-designed compact photo storage/viewer unit for photographer’s who want to download their memory cards on the go. As an added bonus, it supports movie and audio files.
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Christmas jigsaw puzzle. Help Santa come down the chimney.
Down Christmas Lane, a collection of “old fashioned” Christmas images.
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Drew and his grandma
Since everyone was here early due to a power failure on the other side of town (see the Dec 23 post), we decided to open presents and have Christmas dinner on the 24th. It was a good plan and it is a good thing we did.
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Ski Island. Oklahoma. Photo copyright (c) Jim Doty, Jr.
May the joys and blessings of this season be with you now and throughout the coming year!
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Snow and ice has hit our part of the country. 207,000 people in our county are without power and over 300,000 state wide. Melissa’s surpervisor called this morning at 5:25 AM to tell her to stay home, the medical clinic would be closed due to the weather. That was a nice surprise so Melissa had an unexpected day at home. At 9 AM our children who live across town called to tell us their power is off.
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Every day people come to my primary website wanting to know which is the better camera, the Canon 20D or the Nikon D70. The answer for most people is that it really doesn’t matter. Let me explain why.
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Green Anole, Florida. Photo copyright (c) Jim Doty, Jr.
I don’t enter photo contests but a friend talked me into entering the NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION’S annual photo contest this year.
I learned today that I am one of the finalists. Out of over 5,000 entries, my green anole photo is one of 52 that was selected to be featured as a “Photo of the Week” on the NWF website. The photo will appear the second week in July 2005. I was quite surprised!
You can see a larger version of this photo here.
Drew. Photo copyright (c) Jim Doty III
My son Jim recently launched a website. You can see lots of family photos (mostly of our grandson) , a nice collection of history links and some of his painted DBA armies. Go visit!
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This is THE place to go to find the complete guide to scanning your system for viruses, trojans, spy-ware, mal-ware and other computer infections:
Major Geeks Support Forums
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My son Jared sent me this link to the Pictures of the Year. Take a look!
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My son has been after me to take Omega-3 fish oil. The following article explains why. It is quoted verbatim from About.com.
“Fish Oil and the Heart, From Richard N. Fogoros, M.D., Dateline: April 15, 2002
“Three new studies add strongly to the growing evidence that consumption of fish and fish oil supplements can reduce death from heart disease.”
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I have been a big fan of Imagematics software for some time now. This will be a brief review since you can read the details about the products at the Imagematics website. My endorsement is very simple. It is my favorite software for taking still pictures and creating web ready “movies” and slide shows. Imagine the “Ken Burms” movie effect where the camera pans across the scene, but it is add done with still pictures. Or create photo albums online where the photos change like pages turning in a book.
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PACKING LIGHT FOR TAHITI: LIVING WITH THE NEW AIRLINE TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS
Tahiti Nui’s northeast coast. Photo copyright (c) Jim Doty, Jr.
With a 10 kilogram weight limit (22 pounds), it was hard to carry all of my photo gear onto the plane to Tahiti. I had to make some hard choices.
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The recently announced Canon 1Ds Mark II is an extraordinary, 16+ megapixel camera with a 35mm sized imaging sensor. The January 2005 issue of POPULAR PHOTOGRAPHY magazine calls it “the new benchmark for image quality in a portable SLR”.
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Welcome! This is the new location for my photo blog, launched December 9. I’ve copied a few older articles from my old photo blog. The primary emphasis will be photography with random reflections on other topics. My photo website is JimDoty.com.
Swimmer. Photo copyright (c) Jim Doty. Jr.