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Author Archives: Lorelle VanFossen

Lorelle VanFossen is one of the top bloggers in the world, and host of the Lorelle on WordPress, providing WordPress and blogging tips for bloggers of all levels. A popular keynote speaker and trainer, she is also editor, producer, contributor, and official disruptive thinker for Bitwire Media which includes WordCast, Making My Life Network, Stories of Our Journeys, Life on the Road, WordCast Conversations, and the very popular WordCast Podcast. She is also author of one of the first books on blogging, "Blogging Tips: What Bloggers Won't Tell You About Blogging" and the recently released ebook, Social Media for Crafters: Covering the Basics of the Social Web. Taking Your Camera on the Road, founded by Lorelle, is one of the oldest personal websites in continuous existence in the world.

Canadian Directory for Photography Lists Camera on the Road!

Okay, here is a brag. But it’s a special kind of brag. The Canadian Content Directory for Photography Tips and Techniques has not just listed us, Taking Your Camera on the Road, in their directory for photography tips and techniques, but they have a screenshot of the look of our new website. That’s very exciting!

Lactose Intolerance Linked To Ancestral Environment

The things that scientist are finding that might help genealogists trace their family history! Wow. Lactose Intolerance Linked To Ancestral Environment. It seems that a new Cornell University study finds that it is primarily people “whose ancestors came from places where dairy herds could be raised safely and economically, such as in Europe, who have […]

New Laser Might Revolutionize Photography

The development of the laser seems more like technology limited to weapons or medicine, but there is news that new laser technology might make it’s way photo technology? New Laser Provides Spectrum Of Sensing Data, an article found recently in Science Daily, explains: In art, color is information. Just look at a painting by an […]

Debating and Pricing Wireless Cell Phones

We are really unhappy with our TracPhone that we got upon arriving back in the United States. In fact, we are disappointed with everything we learn about using cell phones in the United States. Customers are getting short changed with lousy service, high fees, and pitiful phone choices, but Americans just seem to tollerate and […]

WordPress Codex Cleanup Week

As part of my ongoing efforts to volunteer within the WordPress Community, to give back a little for the fabulous software program I use, I’ve been working for the past few months to create a “Codex Cleanup Week” from June 18 – June 26. During the entire week there will be plenty to do to […]

Alan Dean Foster and Research To Investigate Links Between Ancient Greeks And Modern Science Fiction

As a long time fan of science fiction writing and books, I was thrilled to find this article in Science Daily, Research To Investigate Links Between Ancient Greeks And Modern Science Fiction. According to the article: There is a long tradition of fantasy in Greek literature that begins with Odysseus’ fantastic travels in Homer’s Odyssey. […]

Digital camera sales in Asia surge to record 10.6 million units in 2004

According to a news report republished on Yahoo News, Digital camera sales in Asia surge to record 10.6 million units in 2004. The article states that outside of Japan, sales of digital cameras is up almost 40 percent from the previous year. It seems that the majority of the demand for digital cameras is mostly […]

30 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do on the Internet

My growing dependence on the Internet as a way to stay in touch, get information, check weather reports, and be entertained has grown to an amazing obsession. Actually, it’s more like a desperate dependence. With all the information that is out there, it is overwhelming. And yet, after almost 20 years playing on the Internet […]

Bad Behavior Stats in the WordPress Admin Dashboard

After months with little or no comment spam, I got hit with a bunch. In the newest versions of WordPress, right out of the box, I don’t see the comment spam unless it slides through, and those are very few. I use a plugin by ColdForged called Paged Comments, which allows me to view the […]

World’s Largest Disposable Camera Production Facility

Growing up next to the world’s largest building on one floor, Boeing’s manufacturing plant in Everett, Washington, which grew to more than double it’s size while I grew up, I can respect large production facilities. China and Kodak have just announced that Kodak has built the world’s largest disposable camera production base in Xiamen of […]

Hurricane Names for 2005

Well, we’ve been hit by the first Tropical Storm in the Altantic Ocean that, luckily, did not turn into a hurricane, but I thought you might like to know the storm names that will be issued this year. Since we are in the direct path of many of the potential tropical storms and hurricanes that […]

Darwin’s Descendents to Count Flowers – First Ever Biodiversity Audit

According to an article in the BBC Science News, The Darwin family will repeat the flower count. To honor their ancestor, the descendants of Charles Darwin are “retracing his footsteps by surveying wild flowers in the meadows around his former home at Down House in Kent.” Begun in June of 1855, Charles Darwin studied local […]

Jet Lag Website

Brent and I have dealt with more than our share of jet lag over the past few years. There are all kinds of techniques, pills, diets, sleep re-arranging, and gimmicks for speeding up the process of recovering from jet lag, that nasty bodily response to dramatically changing time zones. The ancient mariners and travelers of […]

Flower Power and Photography

We believe very strongly in learning all you can about the subject you are photographing. Imagine our surprise to learn that many flowers have survived over time because of us! Us as in humans. This is according to research released recently and highlighted in this article called The Evolutionary Triumph Of Flower Power by ScienceDaily. […]

Attract Wild Birds – Bird Supplies, Identification and Success Tips

We love bringing you new sites and information on wildlife and birds, and we found another good site. Attract Wild Birds offers a wide range of wild bird identification information, articles on attracting and feeding wild birds, and all kinds of information for wild bird enthusiasts. One of the greatest treasures on the site is […]