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Entries from May 2009

Paddle: Rockport Harbor to Thacher Island, Massachusetts

May 25th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Today I took my first big sea trip with my kayak. I was planning to stay overnight in Gloucester or Rockport to do some photography, when it occurred to me that I should bring my kayak to see some lighthouses that I can’t normally get to. After talking with with the good folks at North [...]

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Tags: Boating · Lighthouses

Adding lyrics to songs in iTunes

May 18th, 2009 · 1 Comment

I’ve used PearLyrics to add lyrics to my iTunes songs for years (even after the program was withdrawn). PearLyrics was a widget that would automatically search the Web for song lyrics when a song was playing in iTunes, then add the lyrics to the song metadata. This was a pretty good system when I had [...]

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Tags: As seen on the Internet · Music · Technology

Panasonic Lumix DMC-TS1 first impressions

May 11th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Because I’m completely crazy, and because I have kids, and because I enjoy paddling sports, I was attracted to the idea of getting one of the new underwater cameras. I love my Panasonic DMC-LX3, and the Panasonic DMC-TS1 just came out, and seemed to be getting better reviews than the Olympus, so I bought a [...]

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Tags: Photo Gear