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Facebook online friends when you’re offline

September 9, 2008 | Posted by: Rafa | Filed In: (Anti)Social networking, Tips

Admittedly, this has little to do with Rat Radio, the Key, Miami, or anything else, but I figured this is something that most readers of this site would appreciate, considering so many use Facebook (so many, in fact, that they all stopped reading this). I also wanted to tell people because I thought it was interesting.

This little trick will let you log out of the Facebook chat while still being able to see who is online. Sometimes you just want to see if someone you want to talk to is there, but you don’t want to be available to everyone. Or maybe, as I suppose will be more common, you can see who is wasting time on Facebook without them seeing you. That said, now that I’m revealing this I suppose more people will be offline more often.

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Taking Better Photos: 2 quick tips

April 21, 2008 | Posted by: Rafa | Filed In: Photography, Tips

I take a lot of pictures, and even though I take a lot, they’re not always good. There are things you can do to try and make sure that your pictures do come out good, though. It’s not enough to just put whatever you want in the frame, point and shoot. Sometimes this will result in a good picture, but most of the time it won’t. The camera can also make a difference in the shot, but megapixels usually don’t.

The first tip I can give is the rule of thirds. Basically, your picture will look best if you put your subject in an intersection created by splitting your frame into thirds.