: About Me

I'm an engineer by trade, but I've always enjoyed writing. I live in Western Pennsylvania with my wife, 2 dogs and a cat. After 18 years of marriage, my wife still tolerates all my eccentricities and hobbies. She must be a saint, and I'm sure at some point I'll be compelled to write about the experiences we've shared. I'm thankful to have found an outlet for my sporadic bursts of creative need. It's been a few years since I've written regularly, but a gentleman I met that endured the destruction of Katrina on the Mississippi Gulf Coast has inspired me once again. Please share your feedback if you happen to read any of my writings.

My passion is ...

learning.

I know too much about ...

too little.

My parents always told me ...

common sense wan't very common.

My childhood ambition ...

marine biologist.

My favorite memory ...

my wedding day.

Why I write ...

I wish I knew.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Listening to Fred Hammond and reading some accounting books...

My first job ...

mowing lawns.

My best moment ...

so many good ones....

My inspiration ...

my love...my wife.

Computers & Technology > Camcorders & Digital Video Recorders Difference between optical and digital zoom

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Modern digital cameras offer more flexibility and more features at a given price than ever before.  One area that is often misunderstood is the amount of zoom a camera offers.  There are typically two numbers presented – optical zoom and digital zoom.  Higher zoom allows photographs of subjects from farther away in what appears to be a close-up shot.  Digital zoom essentially crops the image in the camera.  The same effect can be achieved with image editing software, but by using digital zoom you lose the image quality permanently.  In a six megapixel ca...

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