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!<http://www.dxo.com/design/dxo_int/images/0/pix.png! The latest version of DxO (my favorite image editing tool), won’t display properly on the latest Mac OS X 10.4, it used to work with 4.5, you just have to turn off the GPU Acceleration option. On the Mac, this is in DxO/Preferences DXO – Simply better images Since…

OK, I have a UV filter to protect all the lenses, but there is one filter called a “circular polarizer”:http://www.cs.mtu.edu/~shene/DigiCam/User-Guide/filter/polarizer.html which most folks will tell you should have. It has a couple of purposes. When taking pictures of fish in water, you can actually see the fish !http://www.cs.mtu.edu/~shene/DigiCam/User-Guide/filter/filter-polar-fish-wo-pl-icon.jpg! !http://www.cs.mtu.edu/~shene/DigiCam/User-Guide/filter/filter-polar-fish-wi-pl-icon.jpg! And…

Apple – Mac OS X Leopard – Up-to-Date Customers who purchase a qualifying new Macintosh computer on or after October 1, 2007 that does have not Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard included can upgrade to Leopard. Powered by ScribeFire.

I’ve already mentioned that the Nikon D40X and their 18-200 lense are a wonderful travel kit, but what about the Canon user? For the Canon photographer, there is no equivalent until now. The new “Sigma AF 18-200 f/3.5-6.3 DC OS”:http://www.popphoto.com/cameralenses/4603/lens-test-sigma-18-200mm-f35-63-dc-os-af.html seems to have lots of sample to sample variation, but…

In Windows, there are a zillion ways things can start. The registry can do it, there is a special group in Start Programs that does it. You have to always look carefully to make sure not to be too slow. The Mac OS X isn’t any different. Here are the…

!<http://www.myjones.com/gifs/orangecream2.jpg! People have been talking about customization a la “Cafepress”:http://cafepress.com for mugs and t-shirts, but what about ordinary things like M&Ms: Now “My M&Ms”:http://mymms.com let’s you write messages on the back of the tiny M&Ms themselves. How cool. Expensive at $12 a 7 oz bag, but fun! “My Jones”:http://myjones.com let’s…

!<http://images.appleinsider.com/leopard-preview-time-machine-10.jpg! Until I read this piece, I thought of Leopard (OS X 10.5) mainly as eye candy, now I see that this Time Machine is a truly elegant way never to lose a file. Basically, you stick an extra hard disk into a USB drive and you get a back…

The main bad news is that it relies on an easily closed exploit in Safari, so the next update will close it. At least though there is hope to get to the 1.1.1 feature set. I must say that it looks like Apple is going to win this arms race…

Mac Rumors: Mac OS X Leopard on October 26th? Appleinsider believes that Apple is preparing for announcements late in October, specifically between the 22nd and 27th of the month. They specifically point to October 26th as the likely ship date for Mac OS X Leopard, but don’t rule out the…