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A step by step guide to making an iPhone photograph

A number of people have asked me how I make my iPhone photographs and here's how ... it's all about making something out of nothing. It's about seeing potential in possibility and bringing that out. This is the key to all darkroom, photographic enhancing, post processing, etc and it holds true for work on the iPhone.

       

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plastic_bag_iphone_photo_how_t.zip (2775 KB)

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How to Ride a PONY!

Another brilliant post by The Oatmeal.

                     

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tagging

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Military Holiday Mail Instructions

Just received these instructions for mailing packages and letters to our troops oversees from the Department of Defense for the Holidays, and know they may be useful to others.  The holidays are sooner upon us than we think!

DoD Announces Recommended 2009 Holiday Mail Dates

[10/24/2009]

Source: http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=9017

The Department of Defense announced today the recommended mailing dates to ensure that holiday cards and packages for service members arrive overseas in time for the holiday season. "To ensure delivery to military APO/FPO addresses overseas and to international addresses, we suggest mail be sent by the recommended dates provided by the U.S. Postal Service," said Mark DeDomenic, the assistant deputy director and chief of operations for the Military Postal Service Agency (MPSA). "Beat the last minute rush by bringing your mail to your post office by these suggested dates.     Military Mail Addressed To Express Mail Military Service (EMMS)1/ First-Class Mail Letters/Cards Priority Mail Parcel Airlift Mail (PAL) 2/ Space Available Mail (SAM) 3/ Parcel Post APO/FPO AE ZIPs 090-092 Dec 19 Dec 10 Dec 10 Dec 3 Nov 26 Nov 12 APO/FPO AE ZIP 093 N/A Dec 4 Dec 4 Dec 1 Nov 20 Nov 11 APO/FPO AE ZIPs 094-098 Dec 19 Dec 10 Dec 10 Dec 3 Nov 26 Nov 12 APO/FPO AA ZIPs 340 Dec 19 Dec 10 Dec 10 Dec 3 Nov 26 Nov 12 APO/FPO AP ZIPs 962-966 Dec 19 Dec 10 Dec 10 Dec 3 Nov 26 Nov 12   1/ EMMS: Express Mail Military Service is available to selected military post offices. Check with your local Post Office to determine if this service is available to your APO/FPO of address.  2/ PAL: PAL is a special service that provides air transportation for parcels on a space-available basis. It is available for Parcel Post items not exceeding 30 pounds in weight or 60 inches in length and girth combined. The applicable PAL fee must be paid in addition to the regular surface rate of postage for each addressed piece sent by PAL service.  3/ SAM: Parcels paid at Parcel Post postage rates are first transported domestically by surface and then to overseas destinations by air on a space-available basis. The maximum weight and size limits are 15 pounds and 60 inches in length and girth combined.   DoD requests that those who send mail use the service member's full name (with or without rank or rating), unit and APO/FPO (Air/Army Post Office or Fleet Post Office) address with the nine-digit ZIP code (if one is assigned) and a return address. For packages, mailers are asked to print on one side only with the recipient's address in the lower right portion.  Packages must not be mailed in boxes that have markings related to any type of hazardous material, such as bleach, alcohol, or cleaning fluids. Parcels found by the U.S. Postal Service with such markings or labels on the outside of the box will not be processed. Instead, they will be handled as non-mailable matter - regardless of the contents or what is listed on the U.S. Customs form.  While there are specific restrictions for each five-digit military post office ZIP code (APO/FPO), it is prohibited to mail the following items to the CENTCOM region: obscene articles (prints, paintings, cards, films, videotapes, etc.); pork or pork by-products; alcoholic beverages; any matter depicting nude or seminude persons, pornographic or sexual items, or unauthorized political materials. Although religious materials contrary to the Islamic faith are prohibited in bulk quantities, items for the personal use of the addressee are permissible.  There may be size restrictions and customs declaration form requirements to some locations as mail going through the MPSA can be subject to the host country customs requirements. The time to deliver varies depending on the category of mail and the country of destination. Delivery may also take longer when armed forces are on the move during periods of heightened activity. Also please note, do not write "IRAQ" anywhere on the mail that you send. Once "IRAQ" is written on the parcel or letter, it is required to be sorted into the Iraqi postal system under the new Status of Forces Agreement. The last few boxes that had "IRAQ" written on them took over a month to finally get to this Post Office and the soldier it was intended for. Remember that all APO is still treated as mail that is within the United States.

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sausage instructions

Thanks for all the great food at the class today. For those who took sausages home, here is a summary of what to do.

The skinny ones (Charcuterie book Tuscan Salami) these are fast-fermenting and should be held at 85-95 degrees (90% humidity) for 2 days. This can be accomplished in a cooler with a bowl of hot water in a warm place or under a light bulb, etc. After 2 days transfer to your dry-curing chamber where you want to hold a temperature of about 55 degrees and ramp down the humidity from 85% down to 55% over a few weeks. These should be ready to start sampling in 3-4 weeks.

The fat ones (Bertolli's Genoa Salame) These are slow fermenting and should be held at 65 degrees (90% humidity) for one week. After the week they should be transferred to the curing chamber where you will want to maintain 55 degrees ramping down from 85% to 55% humidity over a month or two. After a week or two in the curing chamber, take the mold culture I gave you out of the freezer, rehydrate it and paint, or mist the surfaces of the sausages. These big sausages will be ready to sample in 2-3 months.

Don't worry about following these instructions exactly, but please do keep records of what you do.

Cheers,

Peter

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EDUtalk Instructions - iPhone Voice Memos

This is a really easy way to use an iPhone to contribute to EDUtalk.

1. Record a Voice Memo using the Voice Memos Application
2. click Share, open email
3. address the audio to post@EDUtalk.posterous.com
4. give your email a relevant title
5. send the email.

Notes:
 
If you have a posterous account and you have autotweet set up, posterous will pick up your avatar and will tweet your audio. If you don't want to tweet, send the email to posterous@EDUtalk.posterous.com.
 
Uploading will be quicker if you have access to a wireless connection.

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EDUtalk Instructions - AudioBoo

This is the second in a series of instructions on different ways that you can contribute audio to EDUtalk.  AudioBoo is an iPhone Application that posts audio to the AudioBoo site.  It is one of the easiest ways to post audio to the internet from an iPhone.

You need to download the AudioBoo application and set up a free account with AudioBoo.

To make a recording with AudioBoo, press the record button to start, then press the pause button to stop recording.  You can then choose to add more or press Publish to upload your audio to the web.

When you press the Publish button, you can give your recording a description and add tags. The tag is the important part; you need add the tag edutalk.

Now press Upload.

Your audio will be published to AudioBoo. Every 15 minutes, we check the feed of 'Boos' tagged edutalk, and these are pushed to the moderation queue here.

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EDUtalk Instructions - Gabcast

This is the first in a series of instructions on different ways for you to contribute audio to EDUtalk.

Gabcast is a simple phone-to-podcast service.  You can just phone up Gabcast and record your audio.  Once you have submitted your audio, it will be auto-magically picked up and pushed to the EDUtalk posterous site.

Here is how you do it:

1.    Phone 020 3318 2690
2.    enter channel number 30938 and # when asked
3.    enter password 1234 and # when asked
4.    record your audio and press # when finished
5.    press 2 to publish your audio, or listen to the other options.

That is it!

Please note that your call will be via London, so will be charged at the national rate unless you have 'free' minutes on your mobile phone.

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Welcome!

Welcome to the online home of the OLLI Writers' Group of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at California State University, Monterey Bay.  We envision a virtual space where we can share our work, expertise, creative criticism, and help support each other in our literary efforts. Just ask your instructor or OLLI director to add you as a contributor, and you will be able to post and comment here.

The easiest way to add content is to simply email it to post@olliwriters.posterous.com (almost any file you attach to your email message - photos, documents, even audio and video files! - will be displayed in your post for everyone to see). More details about how to use this online resource an be found here: http://posterous.com/faq .

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