There is some good news first, this is the first time I have posted to the blog from iPad. I’m using the keyboard with the stand and it works very well (yes, the hardware keyboard supports the dvorak layout for … Continue reading
Posts Tagged ‘Geek Stuff’
All About the Gear
May 22nd, 2010 |
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I’ve decided to get an iPad, a few people in the office have them and I’m impressed with both the screen and the Kindle App. I bought a Sony PSP so I could watch movies while traveling without booting up … Continue reading
Ghetto Steadicam
April 2nd, 2010 |
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On a late friday night I look to this blog’s draft bin for inspiration.
My Marketing Over Coffee host Christopher Penn recently plugged this article on making a $7 camera stabilizer. It reminded me of an article I had read in MAKE Magazine, one of the coolest mags out there if you are a DIY Nerd.
If [...]
Genius is Genius
March 30th, 2010 |
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I had resisted installing the Genius function in iTunes since it had first come out. The idea of sending all my metadata over to Cupertino seemed to be a lot more for their benefit than mine (a mountain of business intelligence – like the fact that I buy most of my mp3s from Amazon now).
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How to Record a Phone Interview
November 26th, 2009 |
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Even though I said I was taking November off, I’m back again. A friend asked me about recording a phone interview and I wrote so much that I thought it would be a shame not to get a post out of it too.
The Phone Tree Option in Order of Sound Quality:
Best – Skype to Skype
Still [...]
Garmin 305 vs. Nike+
July 21st, 2009 |
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Seth Godin’s post on dashboards reminded me that I have yet to post on switching from Nike+ to the Garmin 305.
After about a year and a half of using the Nike+ system I’m now using a Garmin 305. The 305 always had a better feature set, but the difference now is that the price has [...]
HD Video
May 22nd, 2009 |
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Here’s my first shot with the HD Video Camera, a Canon Vixia HD30. It was a classic software project – I got the camera, but I had to update to iMovie ‘09 so the file format would be recognized, and I had to update to Leopard to be able to upgrade iMovie. Two weeks later… [...]
New Law Commission Site Launched
April 8th, 2009 |
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A client site I have been working on just went live today. It’s a public consultation site for the Law Commission.
They wanted a commentable summary version of their current consultation paper and a general discussion forum. The original consultation paper, “The Admissibility of Expert Evidence in Criminal Proceedings in England and Wales”, runs to 98 [...]
New Release: a DITA to WordPress Importer
February 7th, 2009 |
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A specialist DITA to WordPress import tool is available.