AH Technology damnit Apple! lol

So I had this issue when I encode video with QuickTime (final cut, compressor, etc) that would cause the encoding to stop randomly. This has been happening for four months with Apple’s high end software. I learned that if I totally uninstalled/reinstalled DVD Studio Pro and then Final Cut Pro, leaving out the FCP install… Continue reading AH Technology damnit Apple! lol

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How often does this happen?

How often does this happen? I got an email from Vonage and due to their success and greater efficiency, they are passing a $5 a month savings onto me, a 14% drop in monthly rate. Thanks, Vonage!

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I finished Far Cry

The latest hot PC game, was easier than I expected, but some levels were definitely a challenge. Some actually required skill. The graphics were great, the AI not too bad (for normal) but they sure get mean at the end of the game! If you like shooters, Far Cry is good fun. For Windows only… Continue reading I finished Far Cry

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Weekend movie wrapup

Kill Bill Vol 2 – Loved it. Predictable, artsy, gory and the familiar stamp of wonderful music we’ve come to love in Quentin’s movies. Gangs of New York – Fell asleep during disc 2. Yawn. Caddyshack – Had not seen this all the way through yet. I should have called 2. Cannonball Run – Loved… Continue reading Weekend movie wrapup

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Boycotting Spiderman and Baseball

Update: Due to the immense fan disapproval, Major League Baseball has scrapped plans to advertise on the playing field. We win! Alright, yes advertisements are everywhere these days but I am sorry, having Spiderman movie logos on the actual bases, on deck circles and pitchers mounds of a baseball diamond is gone too far. I… Continue reading Boycotting Spiderman and Baseball

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My Top Rated Playlist!

Get iTunes 4.5 from Apple and see my playlist! Check out the cool album cover they generated based off albums in my playlist.

MacCamp Spring 2004

I’ve posted some pictures from MacCamp! I had a great time, met a lot of neat people and really enjoyed the jam sessions by other MacCampers!

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Phone Valet

I picked up my Phone Valet from the Mac Store today. This thing is cool! It speaks the name of my incoming calls, logs all incoming and outgoing calls (just by using the phone), sets iChat to “I’m on the phone” when I use the phone, and you can voice dial too. I have not… Continue reading Phone Valet

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Never thought I’d be happy to see Mac software go away

First IE, now according to this story, Norton has ceased work on SystemWorks and Norton Utilities for the Mac. This says several things to me: Mac OS X is much more stable and thus less people needed these applications The word finally got around that people should have DiskWarrior in their arsenal, nor Norton Disk… Continue reading Never thought I’d be happy to see Mac software go away

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Interesting Linux Review

MadOnion posted a review of SUSE Linux 9.1 (site down, slashdotted) and while I skimmed over it, curious about what is going on in the Linux world, some quotes in the summary caught my eye… “SUSE LINUX 9.1 is an excellent Linux distribution for the price. At $89.95 USD, you would be hard pressed to… Continue reading Interesting Linux Review

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Much todo about nothing

Ok ok so all this hoohaa about a Macintosh trojan. “Oh my God, don’t click those MP3s, someone has finally hacked the Mac!” is what I hear. Not really, folks. Calm down, and here is what is happening. First off, you might have heard this is a new exploit. No. This “trick” could have been… Continue reading Much todo about nothing

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Monster iPod Auto adaptor

As reported last year, I bought a Belkin Auto Kit for my iPod. It contained a cigarette lighter adaptor and a line out from the dock connector, as well as a built-in pre-amp. I went through two of them, both exhibited the same behavior – Because of the pre-amp, they coupled noise from the engine… Continue reading Monster iPod Auto adaptor

Ah networking!

I have a Netgear WGR614 (version 1) router that I had upgraded to beta firmware to allow WPA encryption. I could never get my TiBook with its Linksys 802.11g card to connect however. I also wanted to look into using my G5 as a router. So I bought an Asante PCI 10/100 card and went… Continue reading Ah networking!

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Nasty iPhoto 4 comments bug

You can apply comments to the wrong photo by accident by doing the following: Select an album or Last Film Roll that has more than one photo Drag your photo zoom slider all the way to the right so you see just one photo Select photo 1 Type in some comments for photo 1 Now… Continue reading Nasty iPhoto 4 comments bug

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LaunchBar 4 beta 1 is out

Check out LaunchBar 4! What a great improvement to a killer app. With LaunchBar 4 you can, after pressing command-space: Launch Applications Open Documents Send emails to people in your Address Book Search the internet Open iPhoto albums Play itunes by typing in part of the song name Execute Applescripts The list goes on and… Continue reading LaunchBar 4 beta 1 is out

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Wiebetech FW 800 Enclosure

Tired of slow, noisy backups to my WD 120gb drive in an old La FW400 noisy enclosure, I have ordered one of these puppies.

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This guy is my hero

Just read the story and if you know me, you’ll know why.

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Leo has left the screen saver

Goofy, silly but always enjoyable, Leo Laporte is leaving the screen savers. Thanks for all of the fun TiVo sessions, Leo. You’ll be missed.

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