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Gopher Butt

In Computing, Photography on 10 May 2007 tagged Photos, Software with 1 comment

This is a test entry using Adobe Contribute. A fairly crazy bit of software for blogging in wysiwyg. For added impact, here is a picture of a gopher butt. At least, I think this is a gopher. It’s a small brown animal I saw eating grass near Hog’s Back behind Carleton. It could be a [...]

HandBrake Update.

In Computing, Entertainment on 22 April 2007 tagged Computing, Entertainment, iPod, Software, Video with no comments

HandBrake, my favorite video conversion tool for getting DVD video onto my iPod has just been revved. Now there’s even a Windows version so if you’ve been jealous of my ability to convert DVDs to iPod video for sometime, but didn’t have a Mac or Linux, this new version’s for you. Other cool features include [...]

Prodigy vs. The Prodigy

In Computing on 26 March 2007 tagged Apple, iTunes, Software with 2 comments

ok, I like The Prodigy as much as the next guy (ok, maybe less) but apparently iTunes (7.1.1) really wanted me to find them in my list. Maybe it’s because I had an album in there without the article in front of their name, or maybe it’s some other issue (I’ve got 528 artists in [...]

howto: rdiff-backup with launchd

In Computing on 19 March 2007 tagged Apple, Computing, Open-Source, Software with no comments

I started writing this artlcle a few months ago during a lull. It was nearly-complete then but needed a few finishing touches. So, without further ado, I present an rdiff-backup with launchd solution for you to enjoy/endure. If you’re not a Mac user, this will work replacing launchd with cron on linux and should be [...]

It’s time for that review I promised you

In Computing on 15 January 2007 tagged Apple, Computing, Software with no comments

Awhile back, I said some things that I’m not proud of. In my haste and eagerness to get Adobe CS3 installed on my MacBook Pro, I skipped the section in the web-page that informed me how to get a serial number to activate it. While the necessity for such things still rankles, there was no [...]

MWSF2007 addendum

In Computing on 10 January 2007 tagged Apple, Computing, Microsoft, Software with no comments

No Roz Ho. Office 2008 revealed! Technorati Tags: Apple, Computing, Microsoft, Software

MWSF2007: iPhone, tv

In Computing, Technology on 10 January 2007 tagged Apple, Computing, Handhelds, Software with 4 comments

While everyone recovers from yesterday’s mind-blowing MWSF keynote, sober heads are beginning to post reactions and even criticisms to the iPhone. The most obvious criticism to me is the Cingular deal which will be a blocker for many people wishing to get their hands on this device, including yours truly. While I expect additional carriers [...]

Adobe You’ve Screwed Me Again – a CS3 Beta review

In Computing on 17 December 2006 tagged Computing, Software with 4 comments

On Friday, Adobe finally released the Photoshop CS3 beta. I eagerly downloaded it from their labs page and set it up on my PowerMac. You will need a valid CS2 license to play with this, but I have one so I thought nothing of it. update! The anonymous commenter pointed out just how dumb I [...]