The scanned images are imported to JASC Paint Shop Pro (currently version 6.02), to perform any necessary resizing, cropping, color adjustment, Gamma Correction, brightness and/or contrast adjustments.

I use a consumer grade digital SLR (Canon Digital Rebel) and several different lenses (Canon EFS 17-85mm, Canon EF 70-300mm, Sigma 30mm 1.4 EX DC), and most importantly, 'the eye'.

The cabbage patch kid seems to have historically changed positions in Brendan's area. It used to be in the back, then it moved up front, and from the way I've seen it, it seems to be cut in half, and coming out of the drums, with arms stretched out and screaming. Rather like one of the escaping souls in Nightmare on Elm Street 6." In the very early days, John used to carry his harmonicas around in an old lunchbox.

Yes. The machine we use to collect finger scans complies with all relevant UK and international safety standards. The machine does not use ink, liquids or chemicals.

I use an iRiver 799 to record, a great little mp3 player that also records straight into mp3 format, and lets you fiddle around with recording levels etc. I believe it has been discontinued now, but if you can find a small iRiver with the crucial line-in input (for the mic), hopefully it will do the job just as well. Since Notes from Spain podcast no.

These files will only download properly if you right click and choose "Save Target As" so make sure you're doing that. Otherwise please contact me if any links are broken as there might be a hiccup somewhere.

No. If you purchase prints only, you do not receive the Royalty Free license and they can only be used for single use applications, normally as a framed picture to put in a public or private location.

I have never seen TCS in concert and know nothing about instruments. But luckily, list member Dave Lapham provides the following information: "After the shows I've seen, I can tell you that the acoustic guitars the guys played were all Takamine (Frank's was a 12-string), John played a basic Fender Strat as well, through a Fender Twin Reverb amp. Paul used a Fender Strat, a Gibson-looking semi-hollow body, and (I think) a Paul Reed Smith, but don't quote me on that last one.

Our main server is a Hewlett Packard 9000 series server with a Unix operating system. Dispatchers use standard Wintel workstations with a Unix software interface. Senate Bill 848 (SB-848) was enacted in early April 1996. This bill repealed, amended and added sections to the vehicle code. Those sections have not yet been published in the code books. The code now reads: a) Except as provided in Section 22356, no person shall drive a vehicle upon a highway at a speed greater than 65 miles per hour.

Our Capitol HIll espresso machine is a 3-group semiautomatic La Marzocco Linea. At the Arlington shop, it's a 3-group Synesso Cyncra. Our coffee brewers are FETCO Extractor Series. For espresso grinders, Mazzer/Rio Normales. For drip brew coffee, Malhkonig grinders.

For 35mm format, we use a professional Nikon Super Coolscan 5000 ED film scanner. This is not a flatbed scanner aimed at the consumer market. Flatbeds do a good job with larger negatives, but aren't up to the task for scanning slides and negatives as small as 35mm. That's why we use a dedicated film scanner designed specifically for scanning 35mm slides and negatives. We chose Nikon for its superior optics.

In almost every case we're going to excavate with a trackhoe. This is a big machine with a large bucket and is the primary reason the excavator is able to finish a pool almost every day. If, however, the situation calls for us to dig with a bobcat or rubber-tired backhoe, it's not a problem.