Well it’s ok but doesn’t seems to be as configerable as the one I used to use by Ulead.

Software

1. Easy to set up a slideshow and insert transitions between each photo.
2. Easy to create a slideshow to show online, has to be one of my favorite features. First slideshow (large file)
3. Unlike Ulead I can’t alter the time each photo is displayed, I had to insert a photo twice for longer display as some of the transitions flew on the screen and photo were gone in a blink of an eye.
4. It doesn’t automatically match the length of the slideshow with the length of the soundtrack. The fade in fade out however is much smoother than Ulead.
5. I can’t figure out how to not make the darn thing loop which is really annoying. When the slideshow is over it should stop and go back to the main screen.
6. Took me a while to figure out how to save the project, it really isn’t clear at all.
7. It refuses to burn to dvd. I tried 3 times wasting 3 disks. It says it’s burning, it takes it’s time, it ejects when it’s finished but it’s BLANK. Nothing on the screen when inserted into a dvd player and I tried 3 separate players including the one on my pc. Had to save the project as an iso on my hdd then used roxio to burn to dvd.

I’m wondering whether or not I should have gotten the dvd slideshow builder instead of the photo story. It’s doing the job, but I should have researched a little more I think.

It came, it’s beautiful, I’m psyched. I’m so glad I opted for XP pro and not vista.

However:

1. I can’t find the serial number to my Photoshop CS2 and I unhooked my other pc already and I’m not hooking it back up. I now own 18 perfectly legal copies of PScs2 that I can’t install. I’ll have to wait until Monday until I can get the serial number off my pc at work. Pffft. It does display the serial right?
2. I can’t find the serial number to mailwasher or tiny personal firewall either - isn’t life grand. I’m just waiting to start another program and realize I don’t have it’s serial number either. Oh right, winzip would be another one, oh shit and cuteftp - I hate my life!
3. Sure I emailed all serials to myself - however they’re sitting in the “program serial” folder in my outlook on my other machine - did I mention I disconnected the other machine already.
4. The lovely new dell keyboard and mouse refuse to work with the kvm switch, however the dell monitor doesn’t seem to have a problem. I’m back to the MS keyboard with the sticky and faded keys.
5. I forgot to back up my firefox profile and transfer it over so I’m without bookmarks (except the huge list I save in Yahoo) and without all my extensions. Oh Joy!

What else? Why didn’t you people remind me to do all this stuff this morning, I thought I’d covered everything ::eyeroll::

My new super duper fast, better than I’ve ever owed pc is suppose to arrive today, and not a minute to soon I might add - I actually kicked my compaq last night out of sheer frustration.

A slideshow, 10 photos that’s all. It almost finished, 45 minutes, 93% complete and the damn thing froze and had to be restarted. I was livid!

Thinks to do:

1. Transfer all pertinent crap (and God there’s a lot of it) to external hdd
2. Clean out all the crap that I’m sure will come with the new pc
3. Update windows
4. Download and install AVG
5. Download and install Tiny firewall
6. Install photoshop (jr I haven’t forgotten about you)
7. Buy and install the new slideshow software (Photo Story, which I tried last night and it’s awesome) once 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 has been completed.

On the upside, I’m so glad I opted to use the external for my photos, there are so many it would have taken me days to transfer them all.

One of my son’s best friends is currently organizing a sweet 16 party. A party I might add that will probably exceed the cost and extravagance of the biggest wedding I’ve ever attended. She was offered a week cruise with 3 of her best friends, but opted for the party instead, mainly because my son is the wrong sex to be included in the all expense paid cruise.

It’s not until next March, but this is what he’s saving his money to buy.

A royal blue zoot suit!

It continues!

It’s blatantly obvious the system isn’t working - how many copies of my green card does Richmond County need to get a clue? I’m dealing with a bunch of incompetent bozos with an archaic record keeping system.

Why is it my responsibility to remind them EVERY FRIGGIN YEAR (sometimes twice) that I am not a citizen, and I’m not able to sit on a jury - your rules, not mine. I would gladly sit on a jury if it would stop the annoying threatening ‘you can be fined $1000′ letters.

So again I have to mail them the stupid letter and send ANOTHER copy of my green card and make a trip to the post office (which you all know I despise) to buy a stamp to put on the damn letter and mail it to ‘I don’t have a clue’ Stephen J. Fiala.

JHC they can’t even provide a fax number to make an annoying situation easier for me.

Yes I know I dislike big gas guzzling vehicles, but I almost crashed my car this morning drooling over the Mercedes R350

It’s positively beautiful looking

0 to 60 in 8 seconds  - I’m in love.