Alan's Blog

Wedding Photography

admin — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 20:59:01 +0000

How to Configure Thunderbird

admin — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 01:46:59 +0000

First Open Thunderbird and from the tools menu select Account settings
(note: you can click on the images to enlarge them)

Next click account action in the lower left corner : I have highlighted it red for you. From there select add mail account

Next Type in your name (as you would like it to appear on emails), your email address and your email password. Thunderbird will try and auto configure the account settings for you.

After you have completed the initial setup you can choose to configure some optional settings as well. Under account settings you will see your email address listed on the left hand column. Click the arrow to expand your setting if they are not already. I have highlighted the arrow in red .

Select Server setting from the left hand menu. The right hand side of the screen will change to server settings. While the server type will change based on your email provider, the checked setting in the picture are the setting I like to use.

How to Photograph Fireworks – an introduction

admin — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 20:53:38 +0000

I made a short audio recording explaining the basics of photographing fireworks.

Download Audio fireworks

Here are some example for this years fireworks:

Image settings:
Exposure: 6.0 sec @ f/22
ISO : 100
Focal length: 21mm

Image settings:
Exposure: 8.0 sec @ f/22
ISO : 100
Focal length: 21mm

Oh Strap Me Down Grandma

admin — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 02:30:22 +0000

My grandfather wrote this song and today I recorded it.

Right click on the link and choose “save link as ” to download a copy :
strap me down grandma

Printer

admin — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 01:44:41 +0000

My Grandmother is having trouble getting her printer to work in windows XP. I hope this post is able to help here fix the problems.

Just click on the images to view a larger copy. The following Audio should walk you though the basics.

To open the printing control panel click : START – PRINTERS

From there you can view your printers (note that your printers will have a different name)

sometimes printers get clogged up with old documents that have failed to print. To check this click on the printer. if any documents are listed then select: PRINTER – CANCEL ALL DOCUMENTS. this should fix this problem.

Fixing a computer that will not boot

admin — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 02:54:04 +0000

Last week I was asked by a family member to help them fix there computer.
These steps apply if your computer can’t boot into windows (can’t even start).

Chicken Dinner

admin — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 17:31:10 +0000

Military Reserve Bike Ride

admin — Tue, 11 May 2010 00:15:35 +0000

click on the MP3 to listen to my ride log.

YubiKey

admin — Fri, 07 May 2010 01:53:58 +0000

Now YubiKeys are supported in this WordPress blog. If you want to log on using your YubiKey you can

WordPress infected with Virus and hacked

admin — Thu, 06 May 2010 00:52:44 +0000

I overhauled word press today because it was infected. I will start to add new comment when I have time. At least now everyone should be safe