Tech Bytes


Today's digital shutterbug is likely to be part artist, part geek. This section groups rants and raves on the technical aspects of photography: DSLRs, lenses, PC hardware, software, and web technolgies for photo display.

SF Panorama

October 9th, 2009

San Francisco shot from the Golden Gate on a hazy day in July. That’s the Bay Bridge to Oakland on the left in the background. This panorama was stitched together from 8 photos in Photoshop CS4 using photomerge. Photos were taken hand held but it came out surprisingly well.

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Puzzled

July 11th, 2009

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Customizing WordPress

June 7th, 2009

Some more useful tips.

Custom Page Templates
Using your theme’s Index.php or single.php, you can create a custom template for new pages.
You will need to add the following code at the very top of the file:


< ?php
/*
Template Name: Sample Custom Page
*/
?>

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FF Problem

June 2nd, 2009

Fix for a Firefox problem opening a local file:
Windows cannot find ““. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again. To search for a file, click the Start button, and then click Search.

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FireFox 3.5RC2 Hacks

June 1st, 2009

More Chrome Hacks
Mozilla 3.5 has a redundant new tab button to the right of the tabs. Lots of users find this annoying.
You can easily remove it without another addon.

Edit userChrome.css. Add this code:
.tabs-newtab-button {display: none}

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