Author Archives: Chuck_Maas

Photokina 2016

Posted on September 16, 2016 by Chuck_Maas

On the tools side of the imaging endeavor, a number of significant announcements have been made prior to Photokina, the huge international biennial photo and imaging trade fair which opens for 2016 next week in Cologne, Germany.  From Canon are … Continue reading →

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High Capacity Storage

Posted on August 7, 2016 by Chuck_Maas

Technology keeps marching on, even in mundane segments of the arena.  For example, hard drives—difficult to get excited about hard drives, except that data has to be stored somewhere and as image files get bigger and bigger they take up … Continue reading →

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Adobe Bridge CC Update

Posted on July 25, 2016 by Chuck_Maas

Little things can make a big difference.  For quite some time those using Bridge CC on a small HiDPI Windows laptop (like a Dell XPS 13 with QHD+ display) have had to deal with an incredibly small (almost unreadable) interface … Continue reading →

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SSD Upgrade

Posted on July 12, 2016 by Chuck_Maas

Most have known for a long time that solid state drives can save time and improve efficiency in a digital workflow, and the cost per megabyte has come way down from just a short while ago.  Now, a new storage … Continue reading →

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Another Step Forward in Storage

Posted on June 21, 2016 by Chuck_Maas

Technology marches on.  As solid state storage gains more momentum, Samsung continues their industry lead announcing an NVMe 1TB SM961 M.2 model with 3200 MB/s / 1800 MB/s read/write performance at a price lower than current models with less performance … Continue reading →

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Bridging Change

Posted on June 5, 2016 by Chuck_Maas

Each time technology takes a big step forward it presents opportunities for some and hurdles for others.  Creating a bridge from older tools to newer tools really helps smooth the transition. One of the beauties of USB for a long … Continue reading →

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Feeding Time

Posted on June 2, 2016 by Chuck_Maas

Lots of young birds around his time of year.  Two eaglets are well cared for in this big nest in the top of an old cottonwood tree in south Anchorage.

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Persistent Woodpecker

Posted on May 27, 2016 by Chuck_Maas

I’ve had a nest box attached to a birch tree in the backyard for several years in an attempt to attract chickadees.  That hasn’t happened, but recently a male hairy woodpecker showed up and began drumming on the front of … Continue reading →

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Dandelions

Posted on May 23, 2016 by Chuck_Maas

Most people see dandelions as just a tenacious invasive weed, a major pest to be eradicated as quickly as possible in any and all environments.  I have a slightly different view.  While I don’t want them crowding out other plants … Continue reading →

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Hard Drive Reliability

Posted on May 17, 2016 by Chuck_Maas

Backblaze is out with another report on the reliability of hard drive brands used in their datacenter.  Information of this nature should be considered carefully and not overgeneralized.  However, speed is a factor in choosing storage media for critical files, … Continue reading →

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