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Scan Photos To CD To Organize A Successful & Fun High School Reunion

Monday, January 25th, 2010

Relive Traditions & Memories Through Nostalgic Yearbook Pictures

A Hunt For Old Photos Can Ignite Old Friendships

yearbookPeople say laughter is the best medicine – and few things can make you laugh as hard as the silly haircuts, lame trends and awkward moments of your youth.

That, in a nutshell, is the beauty of the high school reunion.

Such reunions give us a chance to look back on this period through rose-colored glasses. The month of January is a great time to begin planning, whether you’re leading the effort or just pitching in. People want to get organized now, and they’ll be eager to help.

You must feature yearbook pictures, of course. Scan the photos to CD to make them easy to manipulate. Perhaps you’ll want to blow up poster-size images or work them into the programs – having the pictures in digital format now will make this a breeze down the line.

Collect photos throughout the process, but especially in the beginning. Nothing jogs the memory like a picture of time gone by. Round up your old yearbooks to start the process, but also reach out to former classmates for their personal photographs; you will find this act is the best way to renew friendships and advertise the reunion through word of mouth.

The pictures you transfer to digital form are simple to tidy up and enhance. Once you’ve converted your photos to CD, they can be used in emails, featured on Web sites and printed on reunion-related publications, from name tags to place cards. Oh, and about that Web site? It will help you track down missing classmates. Rather than depend on names alone, you can post or email their pictures to kick off the search. Enlist your committee members to help you. Also, a number of companies specialize in building reunion sites, so you don’t have to exert too much of your own effort on technical development.

High school is typically a period of growth, but thankfully, yesterday’s embarrassing moments are often today’s barrel of laughs. So break the ice with former classmates by sharing funny, old photos and traditions.

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Photos To CD Highlight The Diversity Of Family Christmas Vacations

Monday, December 7th, 2009

Make Christmas Memories In Snow Or Sand

While Many People Stay Home, A Number Head For Tropical Getaways

memories snow or sandHot cocoa, a roaring fire and a wonderful-smelling tree at home – sounds like the perfect Christmas, right?

To many families across the country, it is. It’s how they grew up celebrating this merry season, filled with stuffed stockings and jolly jingles. Even if snowfall wasn’t likely in your hometown, virtually everyone exchanged presents.

This is a grand way to celebrate Christmas, but it’s not the only way. Take this romantic image of a snowy, deserted beach. Probably everyone has pictures of their unlikely getaways, and now they can transfer such photos to CD for safekeeping. 

Though Christmas time is most associated with snow flurries and sleds, the thought of hitting a tropical destination is a still popular one. Plenty of folks go on cruises or visit far-flung islands to warm their spirits, hearts and bodies, and they return with entertaining pictures to prove it. While many people do trek back to their hometowns to see family and friends, no doubt you know some who make it a tradition to catch a break from the extended clan.

Thanksgiving did just take place the month before, and maybe you’ve had your fill of all the aunts, uncles and cousins? With the kids off from school for a couple of weeks, the Christmas holiday is a chance to spend quality time with close loved ones. Where, exactly, depends on you. Residents of Chicago, for instance, probably long for a warmer climate, such as Cancun or the Caribbean, while southern Californians might go searching for the slopes.

These days, we can access wonderful holiday vacation memories with great ease simply by scanning photos to CD. This allows children to view how their parents enjoyed Christmas in their youth. Then, together as a family, everyone can embark on enjoying new traditions and adventures during the holidays.

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Scan Homecoming Photos To CD To Share Old Memories & Traditions

Monday, October 19th, 2009

Homecoming Week Is Full Of Nostalgia

Football Games, Dances & Parades Make It A Treat For Students & Alumni

homecomingEvery fall, schools all over the country celebrate homecoming. The exciting mix of students, alumni, football games, dances and parades is a week that’s eagerly anticipated not just by schools, but by the communities that support them.

Homecoming, typically defined as the return of alumni for a flurry of activities including a football game, is an event that dates back about 100 years. If you’ve been thinking about transferring yellowing high school or college photos to CD, homecoming week is an excellent time to do it. This would make the images much easier to share with your children and old classmates. Digital format also makes them a cinch to post online or turn into a slideshow for class reunions.

Legend has it that Baylor University came up with the idea in 1909. The next year, students at University of Illinois further developed the notion. Other colleges quickly picked up on this concept, followed by high schools. It’s a great way to attract former students back to their one-time schools, show them what’s new and solicit donations. Sharing your own pictures, after you have scanned the photos to CD, is another way to contribute to wonderful homecoming memories.

Homecoming rituals can vary from school to school, but some are common across the board. Often, the celebration lasts for a week and includes a football game, the crowning of the king and queen, and a dance. Parades, pep rallies and concerts are also popular. In certain states such as Texas and Oklahoma, homecoming mums are hot. High school and junior high school students create or buy these over-the-top corsages for each other; they are adorned with long sashes and kitschy stuffed animals and trinkets. Craft stores such as Michaels sell specialized garlands, silk mums, bells, charms and military braids in the weeks leading up to homecoming. Boys usually wear homecoming garters, a smaller version of the mum, on their arms.

Homecoming season may be quite the money maker for some companies now, but at its heart, it is still about bringing a community together.

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Photos To CD: Good Humor Ice Cream Trucks Bank On Nostalgia

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Good Humor Ice Cream Made Memories; Now Save Those Photos To CD  

Transfer Old Photos To CD For Digital Longevity

Photos to CD Good Humor truck

Bad moods aren’t an option when ice cream’s in the house. Ever notice there’s something about the cold, sweet treat that makes grown-ups act like giddy kids again?

If you’ve been around long enough, you probably remember the Good Humor trucks. The drivers wore spiffy white uniforms and the vehicles were outfitted with bells. Lucky for the world, ice cream fans have scanned such photos to CD, turning old images into digital so the rest of us can relive and enjoy them.

Thank Harry Burt, the man behind Good Humor ice cream, for such fun memories. Who doesn’t recall saving up their weekly allowance and racing out to meet the neighborhood ice cream truck? The company that Burt, who lived in Youngstown, Ohio, started makes its claim as the first to pair sticks and ice cream. His invention dates back to 1920, the year Burt made a special lollipop and, later, a chocolate coating for ice cream. His son came up with the idea of using the lollipop sticks for the cold treat, which otherwise would have been too messy to eat.

Also instrumental to the success of Good Humor ice cream was the truck. It was a genius bit of marketing that generated and enforced the brand’s clean-cut image. (Today, Good Humor retains a wholesome appeal but has expanded to include extras such as Heath Toffee, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups and Oreo cookie crumbs.) Today, Web sites are filled with images of these trucks, heavily tinged with nostalgia. Many have been refurbished and sold. Transferring the aging photos to CD is a smart way of preserving and building on this scoop of history for later generations.

Good Humor’s existence was not without drama, however. Burt was unable to secure a patent for his process and machinery until three years after the fact. (He never did receive a patent for the actual ice cream bar, according to The National Archives.) During this time, Christian Nelson of Onawa, Iowa, received a patent for his Eskimo Pie. The Popsicle Corporation also emerged during this inventive era of frozen treats. Lawsuits followed on and off. After Burt died in 1926, his company changed hands several times. His widow took it public, then New Yorker M.J. Meehan purchased three-quarters of the company’s stocks. Good Humor and Popsicle are both owned by Unilever now.

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