FocalPop is Next Online Income for Photographers

Feb 03

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FocalPop is a new online custom marketplace for photo seekers and photographers. As a photographer, you can actively seek for opportunity to sell your work requested by photo seekers. The rule is very simple. Photo seekers provide detail of photo they want and how much they are willing to pay. Photographers snap their best shots and submit to the matching detail request. Finally, photo seekers select the final photo they wanted and transaction is processed through FocalPop. If you are interested, join FocalPop today to earn money for your photos.

15 Useful RPM Commands for Linux System Administrator

Jan 26

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Thought of putting this up long time ago. You can have a quick reference on the most commonly Linux RPM commands I used daily here: -

Install a RPM
rpm -ivh package-name.rpm

Update a RPM
rpm -Uvh package-name.rpm

Remove a RPM
rpm -e package-name.rpm

List contents of installed RPM
rpm -qvl package-name

List contents of a RPM
rpm -qlp package-name

Print information about an installed RPM
rpm -qi package-name

Print information about a RPM
rpm -qpi package-name.rpm

List all installed RPM on your system
rpm -qa

Search for a installed RPM
rpm -qa | grep package-name

Print which package a file belongs to
rpm -qf /path/to/file

Extract files from a RPM into current directory
rpm2cpio package-name.rpm | cpio -idv

List out configuration file(s) for a RPM
rpm -qc package-name

List package dependencies
rpm -qpR package-name.rpm

Integrity check for a installed RPM
rpm -V package-name

Integrity check for a RPM
rpm -Vp package-name.rpm

Please post a comment if you would like to share your opinion on the above commands. Thank you.

Snapsort Compare Camera Specs

Jan 19

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Can’t make your decision on which camera to buy? Your worries will be ended now with Snapsort. Snapsort is a web application that enables you to easily compare two models of camera side by side showing important differences and important similarities. Snapsort will pick the winner for you and it will give you a list of pros and cons for both the winner and loser. The service provided by Snapsort is pretty cool. A place of visit before making decision on the right camera. Please give them a try.

Bokeh Masters Kit Giveaway from PetaPixel

Jan 12

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Photo courtesy of Bokeh Masters Kit

Ever wanted to get a good bokeh like the above photo? PetaPixel is giving away three (3) Masters Edition of Bokeh Masters Kit as they promised since last year that each cost $35. This Masters Edition Kit is the best kit allowing you to create your own shaped bokeh disks from the same durable material. This kit includes:

  • A custom designed, Laser-cut ingenious Bokeh disk holder which allows to easily attach Bokeh disks
  • 5 classic disks: stars, hearts, happy and sad smiley and Royal Lily
  • 15 more fabulous Laser-cut Bokeh Discs including sports, animals, cool icons and more
  • 8 uncut disks that allow you to create your very own Bokeh shapes
  • A custom designed colorful disk wallet

To participate in this giveaway from PetaPixel, it is very simple. All you have to do is answer the following question below: -

What is your favorite book?

There are two ways to enter this contest and you can use both methods to double your chances:

  1. Leave your response as a comment (on this PetaPixel.com post)
  2. Tweet your answer, and include the following link to this post anywhere in the tweet: http://j.mp/ppxlbmk

As long as the link is found somewhere in your tweet, you will be entered in this giveaway.

Three (3) lucky winners will be randomly selected in Jan 13, 2010 and will be announced in PetaPixel. So, hurry up if you want to get the Masters Edition of Bokeh Masters Kit. Good luck!

Free 2GB Digital Photo Storage from Nikon my Picturetown

Jan 06

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Nikon my Picturetown, a safe and reliable storage service provided by Nikon for your photos and movies. Sign up for a FREE account with 2GB of storage or purchase the GOLD account that lets you increase your storage up to 200GB in 20GB increments for a nominal fee. With my Picturetown, you have no worries about file size. You are able to upload original file size photos without limitations on size and resolution using Quick Upload that allows you multiple uploading photos at the same time with simple drag and drop.

Viewing of photos has been an issue with having an organized album. You can easily create your own album to tell the story of your photos in my Picturetown. Photos sorting is easy too once all photos are arranged by tags, shooting date, favorites and much more. Photos without geographical tagging will not give you a good memories. You can easily retrace your vacation or travels on Google Maps by attaching location info attach to the photos. Moments of photos can be easily viewed in a slideshow presentation with music attach to it.

Get a FREE 2GB of storage from Nikon my Picturetown by signing up with an email address now if you want an alternative to Flickr, Photobucket or Picasa Web Album.

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