One of the most frustrating things about keeping up with the Jones’s when it comes to technology is that you end up with a lot of different things.  It seems that each new generation of gadget (especially digital cameras) uses something different, and therefore you seem to end up with a lot of “extras” that you never thought you would end up with.

For example, I look at the past three years of buying and upgrading my digital camera.  Now, I guess I was suckered with the latest and greatest things (you know the “more megapixels the better” mentality) and I had to have the latest and greatest.

But the one thing that I didn’t really consider was the number of memory cards that I would collect.  I guess with most of the cameras that I have purchased, they all came with a teaser card (you know a really tiny one that lets you take 3 or four pictures), and it seems that I have a little collection now.

I worry about my cell phones as well, since my newest one uses a microsdhc card.  Does that mean that I will end up with a stack of memory cards I can no longer use in my phone?

Needless to say, I wish there was something that I could do with all these old cards.  Heaven forbid I actually throw them out.

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The technology associated with hearing aids is rather amazing if not almost unknown to most tech geek types. Since self proclaimed technology afficianados usually focus on computer and electronics, they don’t tend to spend much time in the area of health care related technical devices.

If nothing more than the sheer awesomeness of most hearing aids sizes, one has to marvel. Micro electronics have reduced the average hearing aid size by hundreds of percent in the past 25 years alone. If similar advances were made in say cellular telephones, they would be about the size of a postage stamp.

Another aspect of the technology behind hearing aids is the power delivery system. Power consumption has been reduced to bare minimal requirements, mostly due to solid state technology. Impressive advances in the batteries have also contributed to the hearing aid being an amazing device. If those postage stamp sized cell phones were powered in the same fashion as today’s hearing aids, they would operate about 3 months on a single charge.

Clearly not all industries share their technology. While there may be some understanding to why this happens, one can only imagine how great our world could be because of the advances in treating hearing loss.

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About four years ago, my mom and I got the idea to start scanning her family’s photos onto the computer, so that as they deteriorate we won’t actually lose the images.  There are services that will do this kind of thing for you, but we elected to do it ourself, for the opportunity to go through the photos and identify them as we scan them.

It’s been an interesting journey.  For one thing, we’ve discovered the value of oversized and high volume scanners – we’ve often found ourselves limited by the speed and size (document size) of my scanner.

But at the same time, we’ve learned the value of a scanner that is small and easily transportable (for scanning relatives’ photos on trips), the usefulness of Adobe Photoshop for restoring damaged or faded photos, and how enjoyable it is to see a photographic history of your ancestors unfolding before your very eyes.

We’re finally almost done — there were a ton of pictures to scan, beginning with my grandparents’ childhoods in the nineteen-teens and -twenties, as well as a handful or so of older photos.  Once we’ve finished identifying everything and naming the photos, we’re planning on making CDs (or perhaps DVDs, depending on how much memory we need) for everyone in the family.

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Businesses have a few different choices available to them when it comes to their web hosting. One of those choices is to select a company that allows you to have a self managed server.

Some of the signs that you would be well-suited to the use of self managed server hosting for your business include:

• You have extensive experience in systems administration or you are interested in hiring an on-site employee who has this experience. Self managed servers are managed and maintained by you so you need to be able to fix problems that go wrong.
• You want the freedom to set things up in a way that suits you. This type of hosting is great for people who want a lot of control over their host. This includes being able to use third party applications that may not come with other types of server hosting.
• You want to keep costs down. If you’re able to do this work yourself then you can get a good price on the service since you’re not paying for the technical assistance that comes with other types of webhosting.

Basically you’ll want this kind of hosting if you really know what you’re doing and just need a place to do it through. Otherwise you’ll want to look at the other options available to you.

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The benefit of being a team captain is that you have the ability to pass on your knowledge of a certain sport to those around you. On the other hand it can be a big responsibility as well. There is a lot of organizing which must be done and in some cases a season can go on for several months. During the high months of the season you can be scheduling games and practices for practically 6 days a week and this can be too much for one person to organize.

With this being said a great way to make your captain responsibilities easier is to take under your wing one of the many league software products on the market today. These can either be a web based or downloadable software application that has been created to help you organize your game schedules and send out these same schedules to the members of your team right from your computer. Everything else in the world has become computerized and now this includes your team captain jobs as well. These software applications are very affordable and can make your job 100 times easier and therefore more enjoyable as well! When you have more time to stop worrying and start having fun you will wish you would have found this solution years ago.

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