Norbert Wu Blogs About Photography, Diving, Travel, and Stuff

[...] a Phantom Vision I Quadcopter and wish to shoot high-quality still images with it using a GoPro Hero 3 camera using First Person View (FPV), then this post is for you.  The below post describes [...]

[...] a Phantom Vision I Quadcopter and wish to shoot high-quality still images with it using a GoPro Hero 3 camera using First Person View (FPV), then this post is for you.  The below post describes [...]

[...] will buy the new Phantom 2, but I am still practicing with my Phantom I.  I have put a GoPro Hero on it, set to take still images every 0.5 seconds, and I’ve flown it a couple of times in [...]

[...] with OS 10.8.5 (Mountain Lion) for a year or so now.  I just shot some surf with my GoPro Hero 3+ Black Edition files, shot at 1080 and 60fps.   I want to make those clips into slow [...]

[...] I just had a 2011 model MacBook Pro die on me.  It is perhaps the first in a long line of Macs that have failed on me.  I [...]

[...] Mac user, starting with my first Mac (and Apple's first Mac) in 1983. I just had a 2011 model MacBook Pro die on me.   It is perhaps the first in a long line of Macs that have failed on me. I [...]

[...]   "Thank you.  Goodbye." and hung up.  I have used this software on my MacBook Pro and my Mac Mini (Mac Pro before then) for a couple of years at least.  I've deactivated [...]

[...] Intel Xeon Processor, 1 Tb drive, $3529 at B&H Photo in July 2013) is 17642.  My MacBook Pro (late 2011, 2.2 Ghz i7 processors) has a Geekbench rating of 9281.  I bought one of [...]

[...] machines that I want to use to test or start up a new or old machine.  Let's say that I have a Mac mini that runs Snow Leopard, but I have a separate hard drive that runs OS 10.8 Mountain Lion.  One [...]

[...] old at 7 years old, and their power consumption was very high.  I noticed that one model of Mac Mini (late 2012, Intel Core i7-3720QM 2.6Ghz (4 cores), had a Geekbench rating of 11678.  This [...]

[...] : I tried to use my Microsoft Office 11 Mac software today (Word) which has been working on my Mac Mini for many months.  Instead of opening as usual, I was confronted with a window asking me to [...]

[...] FreedomPop more to offer Sprint’s 3G data access than 4G.  The only data modem/wifi hotspot that they offer, which offers Sprint’s 3G data network, is the Overdrive Pro.  I am [...]

[...] higher, with Verizon service, because Verizon allows folks with iPads to use their iPad as a wifi hotspot at no extra charge. The other promises from Verizon were that you could buy their data for a [...]

[...] the iPad 3rd generation.  Starting with the iPad 3rd generation, Verizon and Apple have wifi hotspot built-in as an option for iPad users.  This lets me buy Verizon data for a month on my [...]

[...] forum.  I tried it, and it works great!  I now can use my FreedomPop Evo Design 4G Phone as a wifi hotspot.  I get 500Mb of 3G/4G data free per month, and I can use that data when traveling, on any [...]

[...] in the US. I ONLY buy UNLOCKED tablets and phones. I have, for instance, an iPad 3 with a Verizon modem that I bought so I can use it in Australia. Turns out the the iPad 3 can use AT&T's [...]

[...] This article will be helpful if you have an iPad with Verizon modem and am having trouble trying to suspend your monthly service with them.  I have an iPad3 with [...]

[...] functions as a wifi hotspot).  A second reason to buy an iPad 3rd generation with a Verizon modem is because "Verizon" iPads are unlocked.  This means that you can use [...]

[...] about my weekly series, where I show and talk about the stories behind some of my favorite images.  I've been trying to start with images from my early days, and then progress [...]

Hi folks: Thanks to all of you who have been following my blog posts here at http://norbertwu.blogspot.com/. As of today, Saturday evening, April 26, [...]

Some of my first photographs: --> At the age of six I wanted to become a marine biologist.  As a teenager growing up in Atlanta, I spent summ [...]

After my San Blas experience, I took a marine ecology course at Hopkins Marine Station, then took the summer of 1984 diving around the Monterey Penins [...]

[...] Quick summary for anyone in a similar situation and wants to get wifi tethering to work on a FreedomPop [...]

[...] Quick summary: If you, like me, purchased a Phantom Vision I Quadcopter and wish to shoot high-quality still [...]

[...] Quick summary: If you, like me, purchased a Phantom Vision I Quadcopter and wish to shoot high-quality still [...]

[...] explains these things can be found at: http://www.gsmarena.com/network-bands.php3 So, a quick summary: if you want a cheaper, older, inexpensive smartphone or tablet that you can use in the [...]

[...] Subject: I am stuck and hope someone there can help Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 10:36:33 -0800 From: Norbert Wu Productions Office To: sales@dji.com, DJI Webmaster , marketing@dji.com,  info@dji.com [...]

[...] with Costco that shows Costco is responsive to member’s complaints.  Signed, Norbert Wu Here's the tepid response from Costco:  Subject: Re: Membership Information or Changes [# [...]

[...] ://www.istartedsomething.com/bingimages/  Fluorescing coral off the coast of Palau (© Norbert Wu)   I've been licensing images to Microsoft since the 1990s when Encarta was put out as a [...]

[...] of 15, I am in my mid-50s, and I’ve spent the past 25+ years working as a professional underwater photographer. I am short and round, I am in decent shape for swimming and diving, but I am 30 to 40 [...]

[...] , which is what Scripps oceanographers wanted.  I had come to Scripps already a serious underwater photographer, and I had had a portfolio and photographs published in those old, now-deceased, but [...]

[...] As an underwater photographer, I usually carry around a ton of gear, and once I reach a diving destination, I just sit [...]

After my San Blas experience, I took a marine ecology course at Hopkins Marine Station, then took the summer of 1984 diving around the Monterey Penins [...]

[...] , and then cancel/suspend your account on the Verizon website. When I tried to suspend my Verizon data on my iPad, I was given ONLY the one choice to Delete Account Now.  Doing this would cause a [...]

[...] and Apple have wifi hotspot built-in as an option for iPad users.  This lets me buy Verizon data for a month on my iPad 3rd generation, and I can then access email and the internet with my [...]