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“Dear valued Kodak Gallery member:
I have some very important news regarding your Kodak Gallery account and images. You may have heard that we recently entered into a process to sell Kodak Gallery as part of Kodak’s broader restructuring efforts. I am writing today to let you know that we have closed on a buyer: a public company called Shutterfly.
Although I am sad to announce that our Kodak-branded service will be closing on July 2 as a result of this sale, I am very pleased to announce that we have found a strong partner in Shutterfly. They offer a market leading user experience that mirrors ours in many ways, and many of the services and products that you enjoy today on Kodak Gallery can also be found at Shutterfly.com. Their services include free, unlimited storage and 100 percent customer satisfaction guarantee. Working together, we will securely transfer your account photos to them free of charge. We are absolutely committed to making this transition as smooth and easy as possible.
For well over a decade, Kodak Gallery has operated with a mission to make it easier for people around the world to celebrate their Kodak moments through photo-sharing, photo-product creation, and more recently, innovative new mobile photo experiences. Now, it is our top priority to ensure that your images and confidential information are kept private and secure as they move from our site to Shutterfly. And of course, although Kodak Gallery is transitioning, the Kodak brand you love and trust remains. Please visit Kodak.com for more information about our other great products and services that are still available to help you with your personal imaging needs.
To view more detailed information about the transition, please visit www.kodakgallery.com/transition. There you will find more information such as:

• More information about Shutterfly
• Detailed next steps, including how to "opt-out" if you do not want your account and images to migrate over to Shutterfly (you will have until May 28 to opt-out)
• FAQs about your photos and projects. Your Kodak Gallery projects (photo books, calendars, etc.) will not be migrated so please complete any projects and place any orders before July 2, 2012
• Links to customer service help and support

We will constantly be updating this page so please check back here if you have any questions.
Finally, on behalf of all of the employees at Kodak Gallery, I would like to express our most sincere thanks for having been given the opportunity to be a part of your Kodak Moments and to serve you all these years. Although businesses shift and change--memories last forever. Thanks again.
Best regards,

Victor Cho
General Manager Kodak Gallery”

I got my new Logitech C920 webcam today

  I got my new Logitech Pro C920 webcam today and here is some video about it and you can see video from the C910 and C920 and decide which you like best.

 

I ordered the Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920

  I just ordered the Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920 from Amazon.  My grandson has a Prime account so I would have got it on Friday with free shipping.
  But I went ahead and paid $3.99 and I will get it tomorrow.  Pretty neat.

  I have and been using the Logitech C910.  It also does HD 1080p videos and is an excellent camera.
  So why am I getting the C920?  Well the C920 has built in H.264 compression.
  With the C910 if I do a 1080p video of say 10 minutes after I am done it will have to compress the video and that takes about the same amount of time as your video.  So for 10 minutes it sucks all the life out of my computer CPU.  I sometimes take a nap when it is doing that.  But the C920 has built in hardware that compresses the video as you shoot it.
  The C920 also a 20-step autofocus that will work well for me.  The C910 autofocus is good but the C920 should be better.
  The C920 also has a tripod mount on it.  I like tripod mounts and it will let me move the camera around a little better.

  I will make a YouTube video with it and a little review of it when I get it tomorrow.

MyEnergy Dashboard and my Wish List

  My projected electric bill for this month looks like it will be about $60.00 and that is great.  The only problem is I have to pay $75.00 on top of that for the re-billing that TXU is doing.  But I can handle it.  I just hope that I can keep down the monthly cost for the next six months until the re-billing amount is paid off.

  If it was just me here I would turn off the AC for the next six months and suffer.  But my grandson would die.  All he has known all his life is air conditioning. 
  Of course at 71 years of age I am not sure I could make it in July and August here in Fort Worth.  

  When I have a low electric bill and get a few dollars from some other source (Google AdSence) I have some money that I like to spend on toys.  I have a Samsung Intercept cell phone on Virgin Mobile at the current time.  I want a better phone but I want to stay with Virgin Mobile.  I been thinking about getting the Motorola Triumph but I would like to hold out until VM offers a better phone.
 
  I have a Logitech HD Pro Webcam 910.  It is excellent.  I make most of my YouTube videos with it.
  Well Logitech has a model 920.  It is the same price and looks the same but has a few little minor changes.  It does HD 1080p but with H.264 compression built into the camera.  Right now when I do a 1080p video and say it is a 10 minute video when I am done recording it the software will take 10 minutes and compress the file.  So my computer is pretty much useless for that 10 minutes.  It takes a lot of CPU to compress the file.  The 920 does it in the camera.  The 920 also has a tripod-ready base and I like having a camera I can put on a tripod.  That is about it.  Minor improvements but I am willing to spend the $80.00 for the camera.
  I am a YouTube partner and in the past some YouTube partner have got thousands of dollars given to them to improve their hardware and software.  It has been the popular YouTubers and I am not one of them.  They have a deal coming up and they are going to give a few YouTube partners I think it is $5K worth of hardware for free.  I applied but I am sure they will not pick me.  But it would be nice.

  I would like a new camera!  I know … I just got a Canon G12 and I love it.  I have not even learned out to use all the power of the G12 yet.
  I would like to get a Canon PowerShot ELPH 110 camera.  It is only $229.00 and is not as powerful as the Canon G12. 
  So why then would I like to have it?  Well I carry the Canon G12 every time I leave the house.  The G12 is sort of big and with it in my pocket it looks like I am an old man with an implant device!
  The Canon PowerShot ELPH 110 HS has a few options that would be nice. The one button record video button is one.

   I would like to get a Blue Microphone Yeti USB microphone.  I do not need it.  I have the Blue Ball USB microphone now.  I just want it.

 

 

 

  Since my grandson is signed up with the Amazon Prime plan I can get the above items in two days with free shipping.  All I need is the money.
  All I need now is low electric bills or to win a lottery. 

Hot laptop

  A lot of laptop computers run hot.  My laptop has not been hot.  It is pretty cool to the touch.  It also runs 24/7.  I have it all hooked up and use it as my desktop computer.  So I do not use the laptop screen or keyboard or anything. 
  Today I was playing a game on the computer and all of a sudden their was a “pop” sound and the laptop went dead.  I tried to turn it back on and it would not come on.  I then notice the laptop of very hot.  I could also smell the hot smell of cooking electronics.  
  I took a nap and when I woke up the laptop would power up.
  I got a bad bad feeling.
  I always had two or three computers in the past.  If the laptop goes out on me I will have to turn around and buy another computer.  If I do have to buy one I will get a desktop computer.  I am not a laptop fan.

  It is the 12th of December.  Christmas will be here soon and 2011 will be over with soon and we will have a new year.  I think the world is suppose to end in 2012 right?
  Of course I am 70 years old so if the world comes to an end in 2012 no big deal. 

 
  I am a bleeding heart liberal and I can not get out of my mind that mother that attempted for over a year to get food stamps for her kids and could not get any help.  She lived in Texas of course.
  After begging for food for her kids and living dirt poor she went to the food stamp office, here in Texas, for help and did not get any help.  She pulled out a gun they talked with her for seven hours and it sounds like they could not offer her any help and she shot both her children in the head and then she shoot and killed herself.
  I know we got hungry people in the United States but this case just shows how bad things are here in the United States and here in Texas.  She had all sorts of contact with the food stamp people and with social service workers and she got zero help.
  I guess we need to give a tax cut to the 1% and they will create some jobs and those people will pay some taxes and then someday some help will come to the poor and the hungry.
 
  They say the woman had some mental problems…But you would think during the seven hours of talking to the woman they have told her that they would help her and get food for her children etc.
 
  I am on a limited income, very limited, and I sometimes run a bit short of money towards the end of the month. I often don’t have the sort of food that I want but I can always come up with something to eat.
  During this time of the year I always help out some cause with a little money.  The CVS and Walgreens often have things at check out where you donate money and I do it often.  
  That makes me think…You know the Republicans always say that the rich and churches will take care of the poor and we do not need the government to do it.  The woman that ended up killing her children, and herself, was out walking around without shoes and dirty and begging for food for her children.  Where was the local church?  Where were the followers of Christ? 

Going to BestBuy Today

  I am going to BestBuy today.  I know I bad mouth them often but they still get my business sometimes.
  I am going for Sodamix for my new SodaStream Jet device.  They sell the Sodamix.  I am going to get a couple of cola, a energy, a orange and zero cola. They are $4.99 each except for the energy one is $6.99 for it.

  Russell likes the orange.  Jimmy, my son, likes the energy drink.

  Since I am going to be at BestBuy I am going to pick up the Logitech Z313 speakers.  They are on sale for $39.99 and they been getting a pretty good review for low end speakers.  The plan is to use them on my computer but I may hook them up to my LCD TV and see how the sound on the TV set.

  It is 47 degrees right now and will get to 66 degrees today in Fort Worth.
  
  I would like a couple more bottles for the SodaStream but two of them are $20.00 and I will just make do with the three I have now.
  I hate to spend money for speakers because my hearing is so bad.  Sort of a waste.

  It is 2 AM.  I better get to bed.  I want to get to BestBuy early.

My son .. my son…

  My son has a two year degree in electronics and computers.  He spends all his time playing games on the computer.  Yesterday he decided to get a new better video card and a new power supply for his computer.
  He went to BestBuy and got the “new” video card and the power supply.
  When he got the video card home it did not appear that it was new.  But he was in a hurry to upgrade his computer and get back to the games.
  Well he put them in his computer and then his computer would not work.  I do not know if the power supply was the problem or if the video card was the problem or if it was my son that was the problem.  But now he has no computer to play his games.
  He does have a laptop computer he can use to get on the Internet.
  
  I am not sure what he is going to do.  I have blogged before about BestBuy.  You never want to buy anything from them if you think you might have to take it back.  I have had problems with them.  I know lots of people that have had problems with them.
  Never buy anything from BestBuy if you might need to return it or if you need service from them.

Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple, has died!

  CNN web site just reported that Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple, has died at age 56.  He had a number of health problems.  It has been reported that he had pancreatic cancer.

 

“Steven Paul "Steve" Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011^[6]) was an American entrepreneur and inventor. He was co-founder,^[7] chairman, and former chief executive officer of Apple Inc.^[8][9] Jobs also previously served as chief executive of Pixar Animation Studios; he became a member of the board of directors of The Walt Disney Company in 2006, following the acquisition of Pixar by Disney. He was credited in Toy Story (1995) as an executive producer.^[10]

In the late 1970s, Jobs, with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Mike Markkula,^[7] and others, designed, developed, and marketed one of the first commercially successful lines of personal computers, the Apple II series. In the early 1980s, Jobs was among the first to see the commercial potential of Xerox PARC's mouse-driven graphical user interface, which led to the creation of theMacintosh.^[11][12] After losing a power struggle with the board of directors in 1985,^[13][14] Jobs resigned from Apple and foundedNeXT, a computer platform development company specializing in the higher-education and business markets. Apple's subsequent 1996 buyout of NeXT brought Jobs back to the company he co-founded, and he served as its CEO from 1997 until 2011. In 1986, he acquired the computer graphics division of Lucasfilm Ltd which was spun off as Pixar Animation Studios.^[15] He remained CEO and majority shareholder at 50.1% until its acquisition by The Walt Disney company in 2006.^[16] Consequently Jobs became Disney's largest individual shareholder at 7% and a member of Disney's Board of Directors.^{[17][18][19][20]}

His aim to develop products that are both functional and elegant has earned him a devoted following.^[21]

On August 24, 2011, Jobs announced his resignation from his role as Apple's CEO. In his letter of resignation, Jobs strongly recommended that the Apple executive succession plan be followed and Tim Cook be named as his successor. Per his request, Jobs was appointed chairman of Apple's board of directors.^{[22][23][24][25]}

On October 5, 2011 Apple announced that Steve Jobs had died at the age of 56. ^[26]…”

Coming soon in 1080p

  I have over 200 videos on YouTube and many of them are in 780p format.  Soon you can see me in living color, with stereo sound, and in full HD 1080p video.

  I have ordered the Logitech 1080p Webcam Pro C910 camera.

  I am using a Logitech Pro 9000 right now.  It is an excellent webcam.  I did a YouTube review of the Microsoft LifeCam Studio 1080p HD webcam.  I do not recommend it. 
  When I get the C910 I will do a review of it.

HD TV sets

  I been telling you about my new TV set.  I even did a YouTube video about it.  My set is a 26 inch Sharp AQUOS.  See the top right here for more information on it.
  My ex-wife just ordered a TCL 40 inch TV set.  See the right top for information on it.
  She got the TV set from Amazon for $399.00 and with free shipping.  Pretty good deal.

  Also on the right here you will see two usb webcams.  I did a review on the Microsoft LifeCam Studio.  The review is on YouTube.  It sucks the life out of your computer.  I have 4 MB of memory and it was not enough to do 1080p video.
  I use the Logitech QuickCam Pro 9000 at this time for my YouTube videos.  I want to get the Logitech 1080p Pro C910 when I can afford it.