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Appy Days are here again for the iPad:
Monday, 6/17, 10 am-noon

Getting to know your Android Tablet:
Monday 6/24, 10 am-noon

Photo editing on your iPad:
Monday 7/8, 6:00-8:00 pm

Appy Days are here again for Android:
Monday 7/15, 10 am-noon

   

Al and Nancy Fasoldt
   
Technology writer and photographer Al Fasoldt writes about consumer technology for The Post-Standard in Syracuse, NY, USA, and for Technofile Online. He and his wife, Nancy, host workshops in computers and photography. This Web site is run independently of the newspaper and its Web site, www.syracuse.com.
More than 2,000 articles, reviews and essays on computers, photography and consumer technology

By Al Fasoldt



Cover photo: Like a bird on the wire

Pelicans returning home on the Texas coast. Photo by Al Fasoldt. Copyright © 2013 by Al Fasoldt. All rights reserved.

I HAVE TRIED to avoid quoting Leonard Cohen songs, but, like a drunk in an old fashioned choir, I have tried in my way to be a good photographer, showing in this shot the local pelicans heading back home after a long day fishing on the southern end of North Padre Island off Texas. I also should have tried to avoid long sentences.


New articles (longer list)


  • Kids home all day? Lock up your iPad with parental controls (June 16, 2013)
  • A new tablet that's better than the iPad mini -- at only $149 (June 9, 2013)
  • How good is the video from Netflix? (June 2, 2013)
  • With Netflix and other streaming services, the Internet is kissing cable TV goodbye (May 26, 2013)
  • Can you recompress MP3s and still have good sound? No way (May 19, 2013)

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