If you’re using a consumer grade point-and-shoot Canon digital camera, you’ve got hardware in hand that can support advanced features way beyond what shipped in the box. With the help of a free, open source project called CHDK , you can get features like RAW shooting mode, live RGB histograms, motion-detection, time-lapse, and even games on your existing camera. Let’s transform your your point-and-shoot into a super camera just by adding a little special sauce to its firmware.
What is CHDK?
The Canon Hacker’s Development Kit, aka CHDK , is a firmware enhancement that supports an impressive array of Canon digital cameras. I emphasize the enhancement aspect of CHDK because the tool is non-permanent and non-destructive, meaning that you load it onto your camera whenever you want to use it; CHDK makes no changes to your camera, and turning it off is simply a matter of restarting your camera. Installing CHDK involves copying a couple of files onto your camer...
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Finding Your Story: Management Zingers #11From: feeds.feedburner.com
Post Date: 2008-04-27 03:06:59
So what’s your story?
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by David Zinger
Click here  to read Tim Wright’s method to find your management stories. Tim Wright writes right on Culture to Engage .
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Here are 3 reasons according to Tim why collecting stories are important at work:
Organizational culture contributes to success.
Leaders (managers included) build cultures by their actions and communications.
Stories are pivotal elements of that culture-building communication.
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more TotalTunes Control Swallows the Best iTunes Add-Ons [Featured Mac Download]From: feeds.feedburner.com
Post Date: 2008-04-26 18:00:00
Mac OS X only: Freeware application TotalTunes Control is an all-in-one iTunes controller and add-on that rolls track notifications, Last.fm integration, Growl notifications, keyboard shortcuts into one beautiful, fun to use package. When we recently featured free alternatives to the MacHeist bundle , we included handful of freeware iTunes controllers that could take the place of CoverSutra, but TotalTunes Control blows the whole bunch out of the water. It’s got loads of worthwhile fu...
more Fill a Used Print Cartridge with Invisible Ink [How To]From: feeds.feedburner.com
Post Date: 2008-04-26 16:30:00
If you’ve got a spare printer ink cartridge and a document you only want one person to see—or just some free time and a cloak-and-dagger kick—one helpful Metacafe post has a project for you. The tutorial requires a utility knife, some invisible ink pens and a syringe, and an empty ink cartridge, with black seeming to be an easier solution that the yellow-only solution the creator recommends. It’s a fun way to cover up sensitive documents, and a guaranteed friend impres...
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