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10 Questions to Ask When Taking a Digital Photo

From the "simple ways to save 30 seconds" file: college blogger Sean Blanda says the 7 key on your phone is your best friend when you get someone's automated voicemail greeting.

You get a semi robotic female voice saying "The number you have dialed x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x is not available please leave a message after the tone, If you'd like to page this person, press X - BEEP." If you're like me you'd just like to bypass the message. Well just press 7 next time you get someone's voicemail, it will take you straight to the "beep."

The other number that comes in handy with my Cingular phone (like Sean) is the 5 key, which skips through long voicemail messages while you're listening to them. Any other cell phone tricks for speeding up the process of voicemail? Let us know in the comments or at tips at lifehacker.com.

How the number 7 saves you 30 seconds a day - a cell phone hack

Perhaps the most well know principle of photographic composition is the ‘Rule of Thirds’.

It’s one of the first things that budding digital photographers learn about in classes on photography and rightly so as it is the basis for well balanced and interesting shots.

Photography - Rule of Thirds

Photographing Babies - Zoom in

An introductory tutorial covering basic camera exposure controls - shuter speed, aperture and ISO. Includes plenty of useful pictures showing how they affect pictures

Camera basics: shutter-speed, aperture and ISO · by Simon Mackie

First, you create a free account and then download the myPodder software (also free) directly onto your portable device. An MP3 player is the obvious choice here, but you can also install the software onto a USB flash drive. When you connect the device to a computer, myPodder.exe launches and lets you download the latest episodes of every audio podcast onto that device.

A Better Way to Podcast

he Digital Photography School blog has posted 10 useful tips for adding variety to your digital photography.

From simple tips, like taking a lot of pictures at a time and trying different angels, to more advanced tips, like using continuous exposure modes, this post offers several good tips for the amatuer photographer.

10 Ways to Add Variety to Your Digital Photography [Digital Photography School Blog]

Article from LifeHacker

Ever since TiVo came around, I was eager to jump on the time shifting bandwagon. After all, nothing makes a productivity junkie happier than turning an hour-long show into forty minutes. But for all its loyal fan base, TiVo never seemed like the right fit for me.

For my money, time, and, let’s be honest, the gratification of a solid DIY project, I’m a big proponent of building your own digital video recorder (DVR). TiVo is pretty good at what TiVo does, but imagine a world where you can also tweak your TiVo to do anything you can do with any other computer.

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Engadget is still welcoming Engadget Mobile to their family by giving away a phone a day for 30 days. This week is Treos, but not for long -- just thought you should know. In case you're into Treos or something. So head on over and drop your comment for a chance, no pressure or anything, just free Treos is all.
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