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Re: Fiber network construction moves forward in Wake Forest

RickDeNatale — Fri, 11 Oct 2019 13:00:33 -0000

When will the fiber in the first phase of Heritage go live??????

Re: Wow yashica Matt from the inside.

RickDeNatale — Mon, 10 Jun 2019 11:14:56 -0000

I’ve had YashicaMat 124 since the 1970s. I haven’t used it for years. I’ll have to check it out when I get home. I’m sure it’s in better shape than my 1963 Nikon F.

Re: Shooting College Football with a 35mm Film Camera

RickDeNatale — Thu, 06 Dec 2018 14:18:42 -0000

Memories. Back in the early 1970s I was a member of PhotoPool at the University of Connecticut. We shot for the school yearbook. Of course back then it was all film. The club owned quite a few Pentax Spotmatics, some RolleiCords and a few other cameras, an a GREAT darkroom facility.

One time one of our members was shooting a UConn basketball game using a Mamiya TLR. This was back before most anyone even knew UConn played basketball, although the game was televised in-state. He was crouching down over the viewfinder and didn't notice the ref coming at him. He told us his dad saw the ref go down when he ran into him and congratulate him on the nice block on the ref.

Re: The 3D Printed Gun – All You Need to Know Right Now

RickDeNatale — Mon, 16 Jul 2018 11:51:15 -0000

One risk of 3D printed (plastic) guns which is not discussed is their invisibility to metal detectors. In the 1993 movie "In the Line of Fire" the villain makes a plastic two shot pistol out of cast resin, and hides the springs, firing pins and bullets in a keychain, in order to get through security in an attempt to assassinate the president of the US.

Re: Will iOS and macOS continue individually? Or will they merge into ‘AppleOS’?

RickDeNatale — Fri, 25 Aug 2017 16:56:43 -0000

Not a merger, but I'm expecting that when it is announced as ready Mac OS High Sierra will become Mac OS 11.0 bring version number unity across all of Apple's platforms except WatchOs.

Re: Ruby 2.4 implements Regexp#match? without polluting global variables

RickDeNatale — Tue, 08 Nov 2016 09:30:34 -0000

Strictly speaking, $~ is not a global variable, it is thread local. The other regex match variables like $1 etc are derived from $~.

Re: Scale Model News: SUPERCAR FROM JAPAN: NEW-GENERATION HONDA NSX TO 1:24 SCALE FROM TAMIYA

RickDeNatale — Fri, 23 Sep 2016 09:07:14 -0000

Yeah. I've done a lot of 1:48 scale aircraft. At least for most subjects the aftermarket covers them. It helps that most military aircraft from a given era from a given country tend to use the same buckles.

Re: Scale Model News: SUPERCAR FROM JAPAN: NEW-GENERATION HONDA NSX TO 1:24 SCALE FROM TAMIYA

RickDeNatale — Fri, 23 Sep 2016 07:46:59 -0000

One thing I wish that kits like this would include is seatbelt hardware. With all the other interior detail the seatbelts should be there. I can get racing harness parts on the aftermarket, but I've searched high and low for lap and shoulder street seatbelt hardware. Since there are subtle differences between cars, it would be great if the kit manufacturer would include a few more plastic/photo etched parts.

Re: Scale Model News: 1:48 SCALE SOYUZ TMA SPACECRAFT FROM LVM STUDIOS

RickDeNatale — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 10:00:52 -0000

The link to the company's web site is incorrect and goes to an architectural firm. It should be http://lvm-studios.co

Re: 5 Troubleshooting Steps for When Your Nikon’s Autofocus Stops Working

RickDeNatale — Tue, 05 Apr 2016 08:43:08 -0000

I notice that your D610 is missing its rubber eyecup just like mine. ;-)

Re: As Obama Moves To Replace Scalia, The Press Enables Radical GOP Obstruction

RickDeNatale — Mon, 15 Feb 2016 11:20:39 -0000

I'm surprised that a founding fathers precedent doesn't seem to get mentioned anywhere. In January 1801, after the election of Thomas Jefferson, as the 3rd President, John Marshall was nominated as Chief Justice and confirmed by the lame duck 2nd President, John Adams and the lame duck senate all between the election in November and Jeffersons inauguration which was on March 4, as were all inaugurations prior to ratification of the 20th amendment in 1933.

Marshall went on to be the longest sitting Chief Justice and built the platform for judicial activism by presiding over Marbury v Madison.

Re: Review Apple Pencil and video with Astropad

RickDeNatale — Wed, 18 Nov 2015 18:58:09 -0000

Frank, does Astropad take advantage of the pressure sensitivity of the pen? If so does it work as a Wacom tablet does with Photoshop?

Re: The Big News

RickDeNatale — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 12:10:53 -0000

Good news.

At the risk of sounding ungrateful, may I suggest it would be great if you made a version of the KelbyOne iOS app for the new AppleTV.

Re: The iPad Pro

RickDeNatale — Sat, 24 Oct 2015 13:46:25 -0000

Anyone considering a Surfacebook, particularly as a MacBook replacement, should read Lee Morris' take on Fstoppers https://fstoppers.com/gear/...

Re: A Brief History of Color Photography, From Dream to Reality

RickDeNatale — Sun, 11 Oct 2015 12:36:49 -0000

Kodachrome was a reversal film, what you got back when you mailed it to Kodak was a box of slides, not prints. Kodacolor which is negative film, came out a few years later.

Re: It’s Free Stuff Thursday!

RickDeNatale — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 13:12:55 -0000

Am I too late to enter? Anyway I hope the tour makes more stops in Raleigh.

Re: vintage everyday: The Original Seven – America's First Astronauts

RickDeNatale — Thu, 16 Jul 2015 08:53:17 -0000

I'm 99 44/100% sure that the first photo is Scott Carpenter rather than Al Shepard. Those are Carpenters eyebrows and nose freckles!

Re: Aperlite YH-500N Review: A Great Low Cost Speedlight for Nikon & Canon Photographers

RickDeNatale — Tue, 07 Jul 2015 10:07:31 -0000

Looks interesting. I've been quite happy with the similar looking Yongnuo YN-560 family, along with their inexpensive RF remotes. The flashes are slightly more expensive and aren't TTL compatible, but the remotes are way cheaper than pocket wizards. The newer models support remote control of power and zoom, using either a Mk IV flash as a commander, or the $45 YN-560TX, which is like an RF version of the Nikon SU-800.

The $70 Mk IV flash supports groups. The Mk III, which also lists for $70, but lacks the commander function and appears to be available for less, possibly on close-out.

Both of these flashes incorporate the RF transceiver, there is also an older Mk II, which is $60, but requires a separate RF-603 transceiver which is about $30 for a pair, and doesn't support remote zoo/power, or group selection. I started with a Mk II and the RF-603, and added a Mk III and YN-560TX when they came out.

The result is a poor mans version of the Nikon CLS, minus TTL, but with RF rather than IR wireless, so better range and no need for line of sight.

Re: How to properly use “Likes” in Apple Music

RickDeNatale — Thu, 02 Jul 2015 13:47:16 -0000

I'm confused what is happening when I'm listening to Beats1.

If I click on the song title I get a screen with a cover picture for the song, which also has the heart. If I touch the heart it fills in with black. When the next song plays the heart is still filled in.

What's up with that?

Re: We’re Giving Away a $1,500 Gift Card to B&H

RickDeNatale — Mon, 01 Jun 2015 12:01:43 -0000

A longer telephoto lens

Re: Thoughts on the Force Touch trackpad

RickDeNatale — Mon, 13 Apr 2015 14:24:48 -0000

Yeah, but I'd expect them to keep the trackpad there.

Like when the Might Mouse became Magic.

I must admit that I've heard some folks, including friends who work at the Apple Store, call the current device the Tragic Macpad.

Re: Thoughts on the Force Touch trackpad

RickDeNatale — Mon, 13 Apr 2015 10:00:24 -0000

I wonder if there's a magic force trackpad in the offing, and if so, what they might call it.

Jedi Trackpad
Force Power Trackpad
Trust the Trackpad

Re: Flip Through History: 9 of Our Favorite BYTE Magazine Covers

RickDeNatale — Sat, 04 Apr 2015 16:07:59 -0000

As a subscriber from the beginning, I remember all of these. But not even an honorable mention of the Smalltalk balloon of August 1981? That issue arguably sparked the object-oriented revolution in software design.

Re: How to install CrashPlan on Synology Diskstation

RickDeNatale — Tue, 17 Feb 2015 00:08:02 -0000

I just got a ds415play. I'm stuck on getting the crashplan client to connect. The client is on a Mac. I tried both the serviceHost setting, and also the servicePort setting and an SSH tunnel as mentioned on a Crashplan support page, but the client fails to connect.

If I ssh into the synology netstat shows the crashplan server listening on port 4243. It's like the port is being blocked even to the lan.

Any ideas?

Re: The Best Camera Cleaning Gear

RickDeNatale — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 09:55:01 -0000

It comes with special paper to clean it after each use. The paper is stickier than the gel. You can reorder the paper when you run out. It seems to be the choice of service departments of the likes of Nikon and Leica