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Turn a Webcam into a Motion Sensing Security Camera
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Thanks to the cheapness and ubiquity of the webcam, it’s now both easy and affordable to roll your own surveillance system. In this video tutorial, I’ll be demonstrating how to turn a cheap webcam into a motion-sensing surveillance camera. 0
Posted in Tutorials, Videos Also tagged applications, apps, budget, computers, motion detection, photos, security, software, technology, tips and tricks, tutorial, video, webcam, Yawcam 3 Comments
Tumblr: How to add photos to reblog captions
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It’s time for another audience question from my How to Use Tumblr video! crimsonvipor asks “If I reblog something, how do I post a picture in the comments section (or Caption)?” So the problem that we’ve got is that a normal text post has a link off to the side where you can upload photos, [...]
Posted in Tutorials, Videos Also tagged blog, blogging, howto, photo, photo sharing, photos, reblog, social media, technology, tips & tricks, tips and tricks, Tumblr, tutorial, web 2.0, web services 12 Comments
Customizing the new Facebook
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Earlier this month Facebook rolled out a brand new, photo-intensive profile design that added a few interesting changes – most notably a bar across the top that contained the five photos you had most recently been tagged in. Led by French artist Alexandre Oudin, a community of creative people on the web learned to shape [...]
Posted in Tutorials Also tagged Alexandre Oudin, All Facebook, facebook, Jorge Cino, Oudinizer, Photo Magic, photo sharing, photos, Photoshop, Profile Maker, social, social media, technology, tips and tricks, tutorial, tutorials, web, web 2.0, web applications, web services, Xadacka 1 Comment
How to use Tumblr
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There’s a lot of different ways to get started blogging – the choices available to you are actually quite mindboggling. But if you’re looking for an extremely simple way to start a blog, or if you’re just interested in consolidating the content you post from other sources, Tumblr is an easy to use platform to [...]
Posted in Tutorials, Videos Also tagged applications, blog, blogging, easy, facebook, howto, lifeblogging, photo sharing, photos, share, simple, social, social media, Tumblr, tutorial, twitter, video, video sharing, web, web 2.0, web services 7 Comments
Getting Started with Posterous
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There’s a lot of places online where you can blog, update your status, post your pics, and take whatever’s on your mind and translate it into something that can be seen online. Posterous is a service that can give you the capability of doing all these things through email. If you’re looking to start your [...]
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How to turn off geotagging on your photos
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Cell phones and cameras go together naturally, and when paired with social media services like Twitter, it’s become incredibly easy for us to share our lives with our loved ones. The problem comes when we unknowingly share more than we’re aware of. Nearly all digital photos contain metadata, which is information about the photo. Usually, [...]
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How to add high res photos to Tumblr
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It’s time once again, to explore the deepest and darkest corners of Tumblr. This time around, I’ve got a question from rajvir92, who asks: I am an amateur photographer and i use tumblr to upload my photos. however whenever i post my photos tumblr shows it in small size not in its orginal size. how [...]