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Learn SLR Photography Online with Camerasim

May 11. 2011

I have owned my DSLR for over a year now, but I still don't feel completely comfortable with its myriad of settings and options. Sure, I have it set to manual mode most of the time, but I'm forever questioning my choices due to the fact that I'm a casual shooter with limited time (and arms). Now, there is a way for people like me — in addition to those who don't know jack about SLR photography, and/or those who don't have access to an SLR — to practice at the convenience of their computers. Camerasim features a pretty nifty online SLR camera simulator that allows you to play around with various camera settings (in addition to environmental settings such as light...

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Baby, Claire, Motherhood, Parenting, Personal, Relationships

Household Help

May 10. 2011

I have a confession to make. Before I became a mother, I used to look down on SAHMs with housekeepers and/or nannies. "You stay at home all day," I thought to myself. "Can't you clean when the baby's sleeping? And why would you need help raising a kid?" This, like many other pre-conceived notions of motherhood, was thrown out the window as soon as I became a mother myself. Because being a SAHM is the hardest job I've ever had. Because I really don't know how moms with 2+ young kids do it (single moms have my utmost respect). Because, when you think about it, the nuclear family living separately in a household by itself is a fairly new concept, and for most...

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Art/Design, Funny, NYC, Web

The Internet as Manhattan Neighborhoods

May 09. 2011

Amanda Peyton, the creator of geo-blogging site MessageParty, has designed a map of internet services based on Manhattan and its neighborhoods: The reasoning behind each placement is as follows: Twitter + Wall Street: Frenetic, Jumbled, Terse, but incredibly powerful Foursquare + East Village: The roots of the service were in the EV and the best foursquare tips are still found here; bar-hopping, hypersocial, where-you-at mentality Tumblr + West Village and Meatpacking: Coolness to a fault Blog + Gramercy: I currently live in this neighborhood, so it was most fitting to place it there Email + Chelsea and Times Square: Large, unmanageable, swelling, but ultimately the pulse of everything Bnter + West Chelsea + Hell’s Kitchen: West Chelsea is the biggest up-and-comer...

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Art/Design, Gadgets, Geek, Infographics, Photography

The Development of the Camera [Infographic]

May 09. 2011

This one is for my photographer friends. Created by Mashable in conjunction with Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom®, it sure makes me nostalgic about the cameras of my past. (Like the Kodak DX3600, which was the first digital camera I ever owned. It was HUGE and boasted a paltry 2.3 megapixels, but I was the first of my friends to own a digital camera and for that, I was proud.) Enjoy! ...

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