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One of my 2008 resolutions is to become a better family historian.
You see, I still take pictures like I’m using an old 35mm. You know, film.
Here in the digital age, I should be taking thousands of pictures. Yet, I just snap one or two….per week. Ummm……what’s up with that?
So, to fix the situation. I resolved [...]

Scanning Old Photographs »

I spent the better part of yesterday scanning old photographs into my computer. My intention was noble - future generations will appreciate my efforts at documenting my family’s history. And my daughter looks just like grandma at that age.
But what good are photos that are trapped in a computer? Why not create some photo [...]

Tabblo’s Online Photo Cube Tool »

Are you looking for a way to showcase all of those wonderful digital photos that are trapped in your computer?
Tabblo’s Online Photo Cube tool is a website where you upload the photos that you want to showcase. They are converted into a PDF file that you print out on your own printer. Cut and fold, [...]

Digital Scrapbooking »

I don’t get much time to scrapbook.
Many of my friends have created beautiful albums. One for each kid, for grandma, for each year…. Yes, these ladies should teach courses on how they manage it all.
I have abandoned several approaches. I started by year, then tried by kid. And now I have a lot of half [...]

Photos - Organized. »

Before the age of digital photography we all used - film, remember that? Once the kids came along and I became a parent, the stacks of pictures floating around my house turned into mountains.Over the years I have tried so many methods of organizing these mountains of photographs. No matter what I try I still [...]