Archive for September, 2009

This is smart: School sign-ups via Google Docs

Very smart idea from Charlene Li for all those school sign-up sheets we get bombarding our home:
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Thank-you gift from Disney: $350 worth!

Thank-you gift from Disney: $350 worth!

Over the past 6 months I’ve worked on a project with Disney to equip the Disney NetPal with software that makes it kid-safe and parent-friendly. Today I got a massive box via Fedex, with this inside: It’s Disney merchandise – they know I have kids – including MP3 players, cameras, Club Penguin plushies, playing...
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Bird on a wire: simply wow

Birds on the Wires from Jarbas Agnelli on Vimeo.
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Prepping for Tokyo, Osaka … what else?

Prepping for Tokyo, Osaka … what else?

I just bought the tickets and confirmed: I’m heading to Japan in October. So far, I know 3 things: I’m going to land in Tokyo I’m going to be in Osaka on the 24th and 25th speaking at ACE 2009 I’m going to fly out of Tokyo The question is: what else should I...
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From my Posterous: Aftermarket QuickTime X preferences pane

There’s a lot more to Mac OS X Snow Leopard’s QuickTime X than meets this eye … this after-market preferences pane will open it up for you: The new version of QuickTime included with Snow Leopard (called QuickTime Player X) is almost a complete overhaul of the previous version, from the look and feel...
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On my Posterous: Snow Leopard and Mail V4 – MacTalk Forums

I have the following problems: 1.Deleted mail keeps re-appearing: The mail that keeps reappearing is Apple Hot News 1. I delete from the Inbox 2. Delete Trash 3. Rebuild all M’boxes 2. My notes now also appear in my inbox. Deleting the notes in the inbox also deletes them form the notes side-panel. Problem...
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On my Posterous: Snow Leopard and Mail V4 – MacTalk Forums

I have the following problems: 1.Deleted mail keeps re-appearing: The mail that keeps reappearing is Apple Hot News 1. I delete from the Inbox 2. Delete Trash 3. Rebuild all M’boxes 2. My notes now also appear in my inbox. Deleting the notes in the inbox also deletes them form the notes side-panel. Problem...
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Found Footage: Snow Leopard hidden features, great video by a 16 year-old

via tuaw.com I seldom watch online help videos because it takes so much more time than reading … but this is a very well done and concise overview of some new hidden features in Snow Leopard. Posted via web from johnkoetsier’s posterous
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Using external HDs with iMovie ’08

By “Sandman68″ at MacRumors I know I am late responding and I am not sure if you have your answer yet, but here it goes. iMovie stores data in two folders: iMovie Events and iMovie Projects. The iMovie events folder is larger of the two and contains the thumbnails and video. You can move the...
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Using external HDs with iMovie ’08

By “Sandman68″ at MacRumors I know I am late responding and I am not sure if you have your answer yet, but here it goes. iMovie stores data in two folders: iMovie Events and iMovie Projects. The iMovie events folder is larger of the two and contains the thumbnails and video. You can move the...
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Thank You WordPress Automatic Upgrade

I know I’ve posted on this before … but WordPress automatic upgrade is an absolute godsend. Those of us who have been blogging for years will remember the 30 to 45 minutes that a WordPress upgrade used to take … manually backing up the database, manually backing up the file structure, downloading the new...
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