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Posted by garden_worm Australia (pdok@hdc.net.au) on Sun, Nov 6, 05 at 5:45
| What do we all do with the garden photos that we take every week to see if our favourite plant has grown a mm or got a new leaf.
I have that many I have started to load them onto a DVD disk so as to free up the computer a little bit.
I wonder if there is a comercial value for old photos ?
Maybe a distant relation might want a few pic's.
Once garden pics are taken and later, down the track, the plant dies, well.... ! what the heck's the good of a pic of a dead mate. ?
Anyone got any good or clever ideas ..... ?
I seemed to have used up my last clever idea when I decided to dig up the lawn and put in lots of gardens and ponds etc .
My only question now is where did I get such a clever idea from ... ?
Garden_worm
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Mine go onto my 1gig chip on my PSP, with a lovely sized screen for showing them off. You can file them under various headings, and do them as a slide show, zoom in and out, show the names/details of each photo as it displays. etc., etc. (lots of etceteras I haven't even learnt about yet). My 83 year old mum loves it.
I can transport photos easily from my computer to my kids computers, and it all fits neatly in my handbag or pocket. |
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| Our computers run from a server. So our photos get stored on there. (wish I actually understood what my husband means by a server). He is the computer whiz, I am the gardner.....happy to leave it that way too! |
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It's sort of like a hub - the stuff from the outside world comes to the server, and the server ...um...serves it I suppose .... to the computers connected to it. It's big and stands in the corner and goes down on a regular basis.
We have 2 servers at work - one upstairs and one downstairs - don't (please don't) ask me why - maybe the data has trouble going up the stairs? To these, there are about 2 dozen computers connected. The servers have firewalls to keep out the nasties, and the server is backed up EVERY night to ensure stuff isn't lost incase of virus attack. The back ups are kept in a bank safe - that's the advantage of working out of an old bank building :-) (and much nicer than tanks of acid - a la snowtown) |
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I chop them up and use as mulch.
(just kidding)
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| Play station portable. About 6" X 4" with a huge screen, and excellent quality image reproduction. a 1 gig chip holds nearly 2000 photo images. |
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| My son wants a PSP (actually begs for one) so wouldn't I be in trouble if I bought one for photos only :) Tempted to get one just for the satisfaction of seeing him beg. |
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| Could you also use a memory stick the same way? |
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| I think that's all it is - a standard memory stick. Same as you would use in palm held. |
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I must admit I did not know what a psp was ..
I do have a laptop that I take with me when I go away from home
Garden_worm |
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| I think the PSP is rediculously expensive though around $400 retail and to get the 1GB stick you have to spend abit more.... i rather just view photos on the computer... no matter how big PSP is it doesn't beat a computer screen and you can burn your photos off on cheap $1 blank cds rather than $100 memory chips... The kids around think its the "gig" to own a psp you'll earn heaps of friends.... those attention seekers.
I was tempted to get one but after a while i decided to spend that $500 on more plants....hmm how much can i buy with 500... |
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Nobody says you have to do it the same way as I do tsunami2. My husband bought me my PSP for this purpose. I'm happy with it. He offered to let me have his old palm held, which would have done more stuff, and certainly cost a lot more although it was a business expense. Instead i suggested he let one of our employees use it. Of course you need the computer too, to put the photos on the PSP, but obviously we all have them, or we wouldn't be here. I know plenty of people who think they are an unjustifiable waste of money :-)
Printing out photos is not an option for me because I would need a far better printer, and can't justify that expense, as i don't need it for anything else. I find the reaction to showing people photos on my PSP is far better than when I drag out the envelope of photos, or the album, but I am sure that is partly the novelty value.
Actually the PSP screen is far better than MY computer screen. It automatically focuses, and you can zoom in and out at ease, plus a number of other useful features.
The 1 gig memory chip cost me $150 BTW.
Not looking to "earn" friends with mine :-) particularly not trendy kids, although my 3 year old Grandson's admiration I enjoy.
I'm sorry you don't think I was justified spending $550 on my new toy, but I would be curious to know how many holidays you have enjoyed over the last 20 years, and what you have spent on them? Each to their own, and don't be too critical of what others enjoy. People don't always have the same priorities in life.
Cheers, Jan (who also has a Nintendo DS, and plays games instead of watching Big Brother) |
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