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Stoic with Flare

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Derek

I was importing a bunch of photos into Lightroom last night and ran across this one. After a couple minor corrections I’m loving it now.

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Friday Five – January 20, 2012

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Derek

So the big news in the tech world this week was… Newt Gingrich. Just kidding it was SOPA – a proposed piece of garbage legislation written people that don’t manage their own Facebook and Twitter accounts that, if enacted, could … Continue reading →

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Modifying a SharePoint 2010 workflow email

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Derek

The out-of-the-box SharePoint 2010 workflow approver email notification no longer contains a link to the workflow task associated with the workflow item.  While that’s ok if the approver is using Microsoft Office 2010 and the document is an Office document, … Continue reading →

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Upgrading to Lightroom

Posted on December 18, 2011 by Derek

So…  let’s quickly recap since it’s been a couple months since I posted anything.  My PC finally died (which was really Amanda’s old PC because my last PC died first, and I just adopted hers).  Got a new PC.  Picked … Continue reading →

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Happy Halloween!

Posted on October 30, 2011 by Derek

  My Mom gave me this photo recently, so since I’m not dressing up this year, here’s a blast from my past.  Costume sponsored by Federal Meats.

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Preservation is the way – thoughts following #presconf

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Derek

It was a great week for Buffalo.  The National Trust preservation conference has wrapped, and I’m admittedly still coming down from the “conference high” (the condition where you’ve been drinking the Kool-Aid for a week and reality has yet to … Continue reading →

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Ariella goes to Preschool

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Derek

Monday was Ariella’s preschool open house/orientation.  Of course I snapped a few photos…   Today was the first official day of preschool – no parents!  You can see how concerned Ariella was about this… Of course she was fine with … Continue reading →

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John Deere and Friends

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Derek

On our second trip to the Fair, we convinced Ariella to skip the paid rides and head over to the train exhibit.  Right next to the train was this beautiful sea of green.  I had fun with these pics…   … Continue reading →

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Erie County Fair Digital Camera Shootout Winner!

Posted on August 14, 2011 by Derek

For the past few years I’m hemmed and hawed about entering some photos in the Fair’s photography competition.  This year I saw the Fair advertise a “digital camera shootout”.  You were to show up at a designated date and time, … Continue reading →

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Friday Five – July 22, 2011

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Derek

Friday Five is my [most]weekly technology tidbits post. #1 – Google’s ’20 Percent Time’ Will Survive The Death of Google Labs [TechCrunch] Google announced this morning that it will be shutting down Google Labs, a platform that allowed users to interact … Continue reading →

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