TATA NANO Reviews

Tata Nano is a stylish and comfortable car with affordable price. This car is cheapest car in the world. This car rocks with its huge inner space, its small turning radius and great look.

Tata Nano

Features of Tata Nano

• 642CC petrol engine
• Rear mounted aluminum engine
• Max power 35bhp@5500rpm
• 4.8kgm@3000rpm
• 0-60 kmph in 8 sec and max speed is 105 kmph
• gearbox: 4 forward speeds, 1 reverse, all forward gears synchronized

Pros and Cons of  Tata Nano:
Pros of Tata Nano:

• Very affordable price.
• Turning radius
• Inner space.
• Good AC
• Design and fuel economy.

Cons of Tata Nano

• No Glove box

Tata Nano Models:

Tata Nano is available in three models namely Tata nano std, Tata nano CX,  Tata nano LX. Tata Nano Deiesel version was supposed to released early 2011. But due to movements it got delayed and expected to release end of 2011.

Tata Nano Price: 

Nano Std BSII – Rs. 1,25,340/-

Nano Std BSIII – Rs. 134,249/-

Nano Cx BSII – Rs. 151,388/-

Nano Cx BSIII – Rs. 160,322/-

Nano Lx BSIII – Rs. 185,375/-

Wi- fi technology

Wi-Fi (IPA: /ˈwaɪfaɪ/) is the common name for a popular wireless technology used in home networks, mobile phones, video games and more. Wi-Fi is supported by nearly every modern personal computer operating system and most advanced game consoles.
Advatages:

Wi-Fi allows LAN's(Local Area Networks) to be deployed without cabling for client devices, typically reducing the costs of network deployment and expansion. Spaces where cables cannot be run, such as outdoor areas and historical buildings, can host wireless LANs.
As of 2007 wireless network adapters are built into most modern laptops. The price of chipsets for Wi-Fi continues to drop, making it an economical networking option included in even more devices. Wi-Fi has become widespread in corporate infrastructures.
Different competitive brands of access points and client network interfaces are inter-operable at a basic level of service. Products designated as "Wi-Fi Certified" by the Wi-Fi Alliance are backwards inter-operable. Wi-Fi is a global set of standards. Unlike mobile telephones, any standard Wi-Fi device will work anywhere in the world.

Disadvantages:
Spectrum assignments and operational limitations are not consistent worldwide. Most of Europe allows for an additional 2 channels beyond those permitted in the U.S. for the 2.4 GHz band. (1–13 vs. 1–11); Japan has one more on top of that (1–14). Europe, as of 2007, was essentially homogeneous in this respect. A very confusing aspect is the fact that a Wi-Fi signal actually occupies five channels in the 2.4 GHz band resulting in only three non-overlapped channels in the U.S.: 1, 6, 11, and three or four in Europe: 1, 5, 9, 13 can be used if all the equipment on a specific area can be granted not to use 802.11b at all, even as fallback or beacon. Equivalent isotropically radiated power (EIRP) in the EU is limited to 20 dBm (0.1 W).

Bad CCD

Bad CCD
Originally uploaded by RickBlythe.

This isn't some photoshop effect. This is what is happening to my Sony DSC f717 camera these days. The CCD is going bad.

Luckily Sony is fixing for free various models that are afflicted by this problem. Don't forever though, there's a time limit on this offer.

Here is more information on this-

http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/news-item.pl?mdl=DSCF717&news_id=161

Adobe Photoshop Express

Adobe Photoshop Express is a new FREE service that allows you to polish, sort, store and show off your photos. It’s also completely web based! Some of the most frequently used features of Adobe Photoshop available for use on the web anytime for FREE. It works in your web browser as long as you have the Flash 9 Player, so you can work on any platform.

This is not going to replace the Photoshop you’ve come to know and love. There are no Layers here, No CMYK, No pro level filters and the list goes on.

You’ll be able to upload, tweak/enhance your photos, put together your own Flash based web galleries and share them with your friends. You can also access your Facebook, Photobucket, and Picasa accounts directly. Once you’ve edited your photo you can either share it with someone or download it back to your computer for printing.  Very cool.

Photography and the Law

Website Photojojo today has a good article about your rights as a photographer (in the U.S.A.). It is presented in a Ten Commandments format here.

"Say you’re out for a photographic stroll, taking pictures of that cool old power plant on the edge of town. Suddenly seventy security guards swarm you and demand you hand over your camera.

“What is this,” you ask yourself, “a Michael Moore movie?”

You’re sure you haven’t done anything wrong, but you don’t know whose side the law is on. Fret no more- we’ve got a list of things you can and can’t do, and it’s a lot more permissive than you might think."

Tips for Natural Looking Portraits

Here's a nice article on portrait photography. The Human Side of Photography - 4 Tips for Natural Looking Portraits:

"The Human Side of Photography - 4 Tips for Natural Looking Portraits

The following post on The Human Side of Photography is by Natalie Norton from natalienortonphoto.com.

Over the years my camera has become an extension of my arm, relate? Of course you do. Those lucky souls like you and I who discover they have a passion for photography quickly find it to be magically intoxicating in every way. We just can’t get enough."

The goal of portrait photography is to capture the likeness of a person or a small group of people, typically in a flattering manner. Like other types of portraiture, the focus of photograph is the person's face, although the entire body and the background may be included. Many people enjoy having professionally made family portraits to hang in their homes, or special portraits to commemorate certain events, such as graduations or weddings.

Worth reading if you're looking to improve your portrait photography.

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100 Photoshop Tutorials for Creating Beautiful Art

Each one starts as a thumbnail that can be hovered over to display more information. A truly great resource.

Visit 100 Photoshop Tutorials for Creating Beautiful Art

One example is this one:

The idea behind this image was fairly simple – the profile of a young woman. I had a reasonably clear picture in my head before I started, the girl’s expression, the art nouveau abstraction of her hair and headwear, and the visual style. I wanted to use blue, since I feel that my art relies a bit too heavily on warm palettes. You can clearly see the influence of some of my favourite artists; Alphonse Mucha, Moebius and Yoshitaka Amano. Blue was created with Adobe Photoshop 7.0, but these techniques can be applied to all the most recent versions. I use a Wacom Graphics tablet.