Coffee Grinders in NYT
Article about buying coffee grinders appears in the New York Times, with special mention from Coffeegeek.com head honcho Mark Prince: Establishing Some Ground Rules – New York Times. “I’ve had terrible, cheap grinders in the past,” I said. “They all broke and now we buy ground beans.” I heard a sharp intake of breath. “Never ...
Subscribe to My Photocast
Part of the new features in iLife ’06 is photocasting, an easy way to share photos online from iPhoto 6. I’ve created a Jeff’s Pretty Photos photocast at http://photocast.mac.com/jeffc/iPhoto/jeff’s-pretty-photos/index.rss. If you own iPhoto 6, this should come up in the program itself; if not, you can view it using an RSS reader. However, it appears ...
Flip4Mac Causing iMovie HD 6 Problems
If you recently installed Flip4Mac, a utility that lets you play Windows media files within QuickTime, and you’re running into problems with iMovie HD 6 or QuickTime 7.0.4, uninstall Flip4Mac. I’ve exchanged email with at least one person who was hit by the incompatibility, and there are other reports at Apple’s Support Discussions about iMovie ...
DV Auteurs at Sundance
Wired News has a story about a few DV movie directors who are exhibiting at the upcoming Sundance Film Festival: Wired News: Whither the DIY Auteurs of DV?. While Moonshine has yet to be screened for the media or audiences — Ingraham was still fine-tuning the movie a week before its premiere — it already ...
Basic iLife ’06 Update Advice
People are starting to get their copies of iLife ’06, so now is a good time to pass along one of the best pieces of upgrade advice I can give: Before upgrading, rename your existing iLife applications. The installer looks for “iMovie HD”, for example, and will upgrade that copy. If you want to revert ...
A Heap of Editing Advice
Robert Hogan passes along some great editing advice as he works on his film Los Tres Cabrones: Make the hard sacrifices to keep it short. Just because a scene is pretty doesn’t mean you should spend five minutes on a scene that could achieve the same impact in two minutes. If your shot contains action ...
From Extreme to Extreme
Crowded Apple booth Originally uploaded by Jeff Carlson. Macworld Expo is now over, and I have the stack of business cards, brochures, and a wee bit of swag to show for it. My favorite giveaway was a Google Earth notepad, which has one of those images that change depending on the angle you view it ...
Practical Mac: Macworld Expo Coverage
My Seattle Times Practical Mac column is now online, where I talk about what was released at the show and Apple’s focus on the Mac this time around: The Seattle Times: Business & Technology: Apple has its eye on more than iPods.
I’ve Been Vlogged!
Here at Macworld, I was just interviewed by Michael Verdi and Ryanne Hodson of freevlog.org, who are also writing a book for Peachpit called “Secrets of Videoblogging”. The post should be up soon at http://nectar.peachpitconnect.com/. It’s fun to be sitting in the lobby on the floor, blogging about vlogging. Vlogging is one of those things ...
iLife ’06 Released
As expected, Apple today announced iLife ’06 at this morning’s Macworld Expo keynote address. We’ve posted more detailed information at TidBITS. Also announced were Intel-powered iMacs (shipping now) and the new PowerBook replacement, the Intel-powered MacBook Pro: I want one, shipping February (which means March/April to be realistic; the online Apple Store seems to be ...
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