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Ten Months, Ten Places, Several Trips: Many Random Photos
7/27/2009 9:29:31 AM, SorinD
August 2009 is the 10 months anniversary of the Random Photos project, meaning one trip per month to random chosen places within and around a central location (our city, Cluj-Napoca). We (i.e., myself plus a few family members and, sometimes, friends), ...
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Random Photos, Location 5 (within Cluj)
7/18/2009 6:47:32 AM, SorinD
The 5th location for Random Photos (see this previous blog entry for more information) is: latidude N46.85528°, longitude E23.61431° (within Cluj). The location is on near the Pădureni village, just north to Cluj-Napoca, vis-a-vis to the communist era ...
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Make movies in a flash.
6/8/2009 12:57:24 AM, Microsoft Home Magazine
Show off your pics in a whole new way. Make a movie using Windows Live Photo Gallery. I wanted to send my sister some photos of our recent trip to the Caribbean. Instead of e-mailing her the dozen or so photos, I decided to make a movie. Windows Live ...
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Been Busy Binging!
6/1/2009 9:04:14 AM, Technogran
Had a lovely surprise this morning, BING was available here in the UK! I wasted no time in accessing it to try out. To my amazement the first thing it asked me once I accessed the BING home page was did I want to enable it in my browser? (Flock) Why ...
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Traveling abroad with Windows Live
2/26/2009 4:01:15 PM, Windows Live Dev Team
My family and I recently traveled from Sammamish, Washington to Thailand for a winter vacation, and it really struck me how much things have changed in the last few years with regards to technology. For one thing, I didn’t need to spend time looking for ...
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Recording memories with Windows Mobile, Live Spaces & Writer
2/21/2009 6:51:09 AM, Gumby
Mobile Phones have had camera for years, but they are getting better and better all the time. My new phone has a brilliant 5mp camera and shoots in 1600x1400 resolution. Huge. If you have a windows mobile phone with a camera, then you've got a powerful ...
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The Penguin Plunge in Antarctica
2/2/2009 3:15:50 PM, ms Amsterdam
Masters swimmer Russell Hubbard from Houston, Texas joined more than 50 other ms Amsterdam guests today and participated in the Penguin Plunge in Antarctica. The plunge was held in the Sea View pool under beautiful blue skies and snow capped mountains ...
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Cruiser Blog - Charlene Engeron - California
7/4/2008 9:16:10 AM, ms Oosterdam
I went on my first cruise the summer after I graduated from High School. Three of my friends and I hopped on a ship and went to the Mexican Riviera. I was only 17 and even today I wonder why in the world my parents allowed me to do this. We had no ...