I should be more clear on what transpired: At the Christmas party, four of us were standing around having a drink and I suggested that we should form a team. That met with agreement all around, so I said “Who should skip?” and the other three looked like deer in headlights. Then they all pointed at me. Okay, then.

I like to think it’s a vote of confidence though.

I’ll second the recommendation for Picasa. I’m using it now and have been very impressed with how it helps with the little things around changing pictures. I also like the “non-destructive” nature of it, i.e. it doesn’t alter your original images on disk, so you always have them there.

Congrats on skipping, too! Nice that they do that in the Rookies program. That program wasn’t around when I learned at the Granite, and so I jumped straight into the Monday night Men’s Draw league. This was great and I learned an amazing amount… but the odds of someone getting new getting to skip – or even be a third – in that league are pretty slim given the high level of expertise in the league. Now that I’m down here in VT I am skipping, but that’s largely because we’re just building a curling community down here. Enjoy it!

Dan

I don’t like some things it does, some defaults, the red eye repair is easy but I’m not that keen on some results and “fill light” seems to increase saturation as well as up the gamma. But that’s correctable as well. It’s worth a fiddle if you’ve got folders of shots you’ve never quite bothered getting around to going through and putting up – it makes the boring bit between taking the shots and having people admire your genius a bit easier.