Before computers was my favorite hobby, I was a connoisseur in photograhy and videography. During a long period of time, my skills was less than good. Now with technology and digital media, I just did my first baby shower in a seven months. Here how it went:

• My brother and I was invited to a former co-worker baby shower, it was a last minute invite and I was not prepared for it. They know that the only baby shower gift they wanted was a video done by me. I just scramble a new digital camera from Samsung. It was on sale and I wasn't going to wait.
  
• Three days before the shower, I played with the camera without putting any tape inside. I needed to get a feel for it. I want to know that my fingers can touch the recording button, the zoom button and try out all the special features.
• Because it was a weekend, there were a few delays. Sometimes we must check transit conditions and destinations before leaving. I lost about five minutes of shooting, but we was in time for the unwrapping of the presents.
• One thing for sure, getting the right spot is important. I didn't have time to set up my tripod, so I switch on the stabilizer to stop the camera from shaking wildly. There were some children running in front of the camera and people passing by me. I had to stop and start recording each time an interuption comes and plagued my work.
• Some after shots with the mother and father to be waving at the camera, singing and extra shots of the family. I gain a some extra time on the video to work with.

At home, I review the video and we needed some more video to make it better than the other videos that their family and friends. First I needed a backdrop for my DVD. So I figured a picture of the family. Then I needed some video to put for the title. I went out to Times Square and grabbed some footage. It was time to edit the video. I used my Pinnacle Studio 9 program to cut out what I didn't need and to spuce my final production. It was my gift to them and it was my first step getting into the digital world of photography and videography.

You have an ipod but don't know what to do?

1. You can download music to listen on the go. If you have the ipod Photo, you can download your pictures and display them as a slideshow from itunes.
2. You can create two different kind of playlists: A playlist that you can drag and drop music from within your ipod using itunes to create and rearrange your playlist. A smart playlist would have you tweak the setting and define the name that you want to group.
   
3. You can use your ipod as a portable hard drive. You can transport any files and folders to one computer to another provided that you still have room from all of the songs you downloaded.
4. You also have a clock on your ipod. You can display the time above the menu board on your ipod. You have a sleep timer also. You can select how long you want to listen, from 30 minutes to 120 minutes. You can set your ipod as a alarm clock, having it to beep or your playlist to play. (This do not concern the ipod shuffle)
5. Using Outlook or Outlook Express, you can add address contacts to your ipod.
6. For more support go to www.apple.com for downloads and support.
   

We started this blog for our friends and families who have questions about using their computers. Plus we would blog about our favorite sites and software from the web. There are many other things you can use your computer to do, we are just here to open the door to it. We are Computer Critters, B.M.D & the Aceman and we are here to help, one step at a time.

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