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Lightroom and Networks
Ever try to open an Adobe Lightroom catalog from a network drive? Can't do it. In fact, this has to be an explicit design "feature" of Lightroom.
Now this sucks for those of us that have a NAS on our network, containing all our media files. And for those of us that use multiple computers to access that data, it means we might have different catalogs managing image information, which isn't good at all. I enjoy the benefits of my NAS with Photoshop, which behaves quite nicely in a network environment.
Even with a network resource mapped to a drive designator, Lightroom complains explicitly about a network-based catalog.
I've tried a variety of solutions with either moderate or no success. The SUBST command is one alternative but requires the use of the same drive letter on every computer, otherwise Lightroom can't find the media files. I've used the SUBST command to give a drive letter to a long path (I'm lazy). The command takes the form as follow...
Friday, June 11, 2010 in Photos
How to install mplayer in Fedora Core 12
Recently, I installed Fedora 12 on one fo my laptops, and have been really pleased at the imporvements on the way Linux loads packages. That is, pleased with how it loads system-type packages.
I was trying to run a .wmv video file in the media player app (Totem) and got an error indicating a needed plugin. Unlike my other experiences that automatically loaded the needed packages (essentially some video codecs), this one simply left me twiddling.
Searching for a solution was equally as frustrating, as I was totally unable to find an appropriate solution. Seems like the problem is an issue for a bunch of people. I do understand that some legal stuff comes into play with the codecs which prevented the auto-loading, but there's no need to make it virtually this difficult to fix.
I was able to glean that the Xine package and VLC might be solutions (these are alternative, if not better, media players) So, let's try "yum install xine" and "yum install VLC...
Friday, May 07, 2010 in Weblog
Snow Emergency
Seen in the list of closings due to snow:
Boone County Head Start - 2 hour delay...
Monday, January 26, 2004 in Weblog
Interesting URL Bug
A 'feature' of most browsers allow the true address of a site to be obscured from the user by using a carefully crafted URL string. If you click on this link you will note that CNN is now carrying my photo gallery. We all know that they don't have my latest posts on their site, so what's going on?
I was curious how spam email is somehow sending me to what appears to be a legit website (such as the spam emails asking you to reenter credit card info). This started when I was getting emails from PayPal asking me to click on the link to reenter my profile info, including my password. When I clicked on the link, it indeed looked like I was on PayPal's site. Being the suspicious one that I am, and knowing that legit businesses don't ask for confidential info via emails, I closed the browser and checked with PayPal. According to them, the email was bogus.
Research led me to a little known browser...
Tuesday, December 16, 2003 in Web
Spoiled Rotten
Not me - I'm talking about BJ. During our shopping run yesterday, we bought BJ a nice dog bed that he's finally decided to use. I'm really surprised that he's at all interested in it, since this is the dog that has his own pillow on our bed....
Monday, December 08, 2003 in Family
Double-Turned Vase
Always wanting to try new things, I decided to tackle a double-turned vase. I'm going to write a complete how-to for my upcoming new website, but in summary, 4 billets are arranged in a square just like a normal spindle turning. But then, they are reversed or arranged inside-out, so what will become the inside of the piece can be turned. This block is taped up at the ends to hold it all together and mounted on the lathe.
The inside profile is turned, being careful not to let the cut profile totally round the blank. After completing that step, the tape is removed, and the are returned to their inside-in arrangment and glued up.
After remounting the new bla...
Friday, December 05, 2003 in Weblog
Insane!
New chainsaw for christmas?...
Monday, December 01, 2003 in Weblog
More Wood Stories
In my never-ending quest to make something fun continually difficult (or challenging), I turned this bowl in a board of maple. Ok, so you made a carved out impression in the wood, so what you say? Well, take a look at the side view, and you can see the bottom of the bowl underneath the wide board surface.
I should note that the completed piece measures roughly 7" x 6", and has no finish other than the polished wood and a very light wax for protection. The challenge behind this type of turning is in the spinning rectangle, where a significant part of the piece's rotation on the lathe is nothing but air, leaving no support for the cutting tool. Needless to say it requires a delicate touch, otherwise the tool would slam back into the wood once it rotates back under the cutting edge.
Yesterday, I turned an interestingly-grained maple platter ...
Sunday, November 30, 2003 in Weblog
Doggie Treat
Lessons learned - when finished carving the thanksgiving turkey, the hot-mitt used to hold the bird should be out of reach of the dog.
Now we know why BJ hasn't been interested in his play toys this weekend, AND, why he's been spending so much time in the laundry room....
Thursday, November 27, 2003 in Family
Going, Going, Gone!
Woohoo! Sold my first eBay auction bowl, the smooth butternut bowl. It sold at the opening bid price, which more than covers my costs and minimum margin. I'm thrilled that it sold, and plan on posting more in the coming weeks....
Tuesday, November 25, 2003 in Weblog
