Almost a Technocrat in Draft

A panorama view of The Bund in Shanghai Most compact cameras will have the panorama photo creating feature built-in and some will have the feature to guide the taking of pre-panoramic photos to be stitch in a PC software tool. A DSLR camera generally takes better quality photos compare to a compact camera, but it does not have the feature to create panorama photos or guide you in taking the pre-panoramic photos. This blog post will show you how to setup your DSLR and take the pre-panoramic photos that to be stitch using a panorama photo stitcher software tool in a PC. Setting Up Switch to Manual mode. Set your aperture to around f5.6 to f8. Set your ISO appropriately according to your lighting. Meter your scenery from left to right to get a good shutter speed (that will get you a good exposure from left to right).  If you are taking the pre-panoramic photos handheld, please be mindful of your minimum shutter speed you can use handheld. Find an object that is far away but not infini...

Sports Tracker for Symbian uses OpenStreetMaps for their map display. By default the map is downloaded when you are connected to the Internet (online) while you scroll around the area that you looking at. You will need to do it again for a different zoom level. Here is a method where you can download the map into your PC and transfer the map files into your Symbian phone. Using Mobile Atlas Creator , you can download map files from OpenStreetMap into your PC and transfer them to your Symbian phone. You can now use your Sports Tracker app with a preloaded map with multiple zoom levels. Create an Atlas (offline map) with the Mobile Atlas Creator (MOBAC) 1. Create a folder "Atlas" on your desktop. This will be used to store the downloaded map files. 2. Run MOBAC application. 3. Cancel Atlas Content request if displayed, when MOBAC is used for the first time. 4. Click "Settings" button. click to enlarge 5. Go to "Directories" tab. click to enlarge 6. Click ...

In Windows 7, using the "Safely Remove Hardware" or "Remove Media" from the System Tray icon (on the lower right corner of your screen) does not eject the Kindle Keyboard properly to exit the USB Drive Mode to enter the power charging mode. Instead of using the System Tray icon, go to the Windows Explorer. Located the Kindle itself under "Computer", right click on it and choose "Eject". Update: 12 December 2011: Change "Kindle 3" to "Kindle Keyboard".

By holding "shift" and right mouse click on a folder, you will get the "Open command window here" entry in the pop-up menu.

The power slider on the Kindle Keyboard actually does 3 things. It's not just only for switching the Kindle to screensaver. These are the 3 functionality of the power slider: Standby This is the normal function whenever you slide the slider and the screensaver appears. Switch off Hold the power slider for 7 seconds. Restart / Reset (The same function of "restart" found in the settings menu) Hold the power slider for 15 seconds. Update: 12 December 2011: Change "Kindle 3" to "Kindle Keyboard".

A list of keyboard shortcuts for Kindle Keyboard. Kindle 3 Keyboard. Click to See a Bigger Picture. Some keyboard shortcuts are only available on specific screen. The titles below indicate the screen modes. Go to  Amazon Kindle Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet  to download a single page printable friendly shortcuts cheat sheet. Global (works in all screens / modes) Numbers from 1 to 0 Alt + Q = 1 Alt + W = 2 Alt + E = 3 Alt + R = 4 Alt + T = 5 Alt + Y = 6 Alt + U = 7 Alt + I = 8 Alt + O = 9 Alt + P = 0 Redraw or Refresh screen = Alt + G Take Screenshot = Alt + Shift + G or Alt + Shift + H Display device barcode or serial numbers = Alt + Shift + . Home Screen Rescan files in Kindle 3 = Alt + Z Start hidden Minesweepr / GoMoKu game = Alt + Shift + M Goto Amazon Store = Alt + Home Reading Screen Add or Remove bookmark = Alt + B Goto next or previous chapters = right or left of the 5-way controller buttons Turns on/off the Text-to-Speech = Alt + Shift Turns off the Text-t...

This is one of the hidden features of Amazon Kindle Keyboard hidden features. Other than reading eBooks, you can play some game to kill your time. Steps: Press alt , shift and M buttons on your keyboard simultaneously. Once in the Minesweeper game, you can start GoMoKu by pressing G on your keyboard. References: http://www.geoplanit.co.uk/2010/09/kindle-3-some-hidden-features.html Update: 12 December 2011: Change "Kindle 3" to "Kindle Keyboard".