The Super-Easy Way To Get Photos Off Your iPhone (if you’re using a Mac)

1) Open the Mac OS system utility called Image Capture. You can either find this in your Applications folder, or search for it by clicking on the search glass in the top right and typing the name (as shown in the screenshot below). Click on the name in the list to start the application.

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2) Image capture will look like this when you run it. This is normal.

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3) Now plug in your iPhone. Do not start iTunes. If iTunes starts automatically just close it and switch back to image capture. Image capture should now look like this, with all the photos on your phone showing up.

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Now you can import all or any of the ones you like, and you can even choose where you want them imported as well. You’ll also find that the import speed is super fast (much better than your digital camera).

4) When you’re done, simply close Image Capture and unplug your iPhone.

Enjoy 🙂

Wildlife Camera, Once Again

I think our wildlife camera is beginning to show it’s age. The sensor seems wonky, and the battery life (even on fully charged batteries) seems dismal.

I put it out on the back patio 6 days ago, and only 4 photographs were taken. Three of them contained nothing of interest, but the fourth was this:

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I love it!

That said, it may be time to look into getting a new camera…

Children Of The Atom

Several months back I resumed my WoW account to play through the content added with the Cataclysm expansion. At the time, I once again assumed the mantle of guild-leader of the legendary guild Atomic!

All was well, but something seemed… lacking.

That was remedied a little over a month ago when the lost member of Atomic once again joined our ranks:

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I refer of course to the Champion Of The Frozen Wastes himself – Fyrenze the Druid!

Yes, I had finally managed to convince SFL to return to the game after a 2+ year absence of her own (insert evil laughter here). And when the day dawned on Fyrenze’s return, then Momo and him went berserk!

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Quests and dungeons and even raids fell like skittles, and Fyrenze beggared belief in his/her ability to defy the gods of probability and win epic phatty lootz with supernatural rapidity, all the time hardly ever standing still (as these pictures illustrate).  Soon the humble lvl 80 bear was a lvl 85 monster, bedecked in the most wicked of gear. It took less time that anyone would imagine, and it was fun 🙂

Around this time the dark horse of the guild, the Worgen mage Zornwrinkle (aka JBF in real life), also reached lvl 85. Our humble guild then combined powers – albeit briefly – for a few dungeon hacks:

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SFL then turned her attention to the legendary Undying archer Fyrenza! Again level’s fell in short order, and with near alchemic cunning, the immortal slayer of Kel’thuzad himself stood alongside Momo and Fyrenze at level 85. Celebrations included sitting on camels in front of a pyramid.

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But then…

But then Momo and Fyrenze/Fyrenza had a pause.

“Have we”, they simultaneously asked, “beaten this game?”

“Should we”, they simultaneously suggested, “suspend again until Pandaria?”

And the decision was “yes”. Accounts were logged on to, subscriptions were cancelled. And once again, we were both free of the tyrannical addiction of WoW. It felt great. We had beaten the game – killed Deathwing himself! – and would once again rest until our powers were needed again. SFL’s account ran out last Saturday; mine will run out at the end of next week.

I begun the ‘process’ of getting ready for suspension. Sell items that will not retain their value, finish off a quest here and there, say goodbye to Azeroth once again. I had mostly done this… stopped playing and moved on to other things…

…BUT THEN SOMETHING HAPPENED!

(to be continued…)