Cortados on the Beach with CoffeeGeek Mark Prince
Mark Prince, founder of CoffeeGeek.com, made cortados for my wife and I at a beach in Victoria, BC using portable espresso equipment.
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Tips for Exporting for iDVD
Aaron at Unlocking iMovie ’08 offers some good tips for getting your iMovie video into iDVD. Since iMovie no longer includes the capability to make DVD chapter markers, a common workaround is to bring the movie into GarageBand and enter markers there before zipping it along to iDVD. However, there appears to be problems with ...
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Mac Journalism, or When Emotion Clogs the Brain
Glenn Fleishman and I wrote a review of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard that appeared in the Seattle Times last week (we both write a bi-weekly column called Practical Mac). Depending on the topic, we get a little email here and there from readers and the occasional request for advice that has nothing to do ...
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My Leopard Review at The Seattle Times
My colleague Glenn Fleishman and I wrote the Seattle Times review of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, which is now available online: Apple’s latest cool cat. In addition to talking about Time Machine, Leopard’s signature built-in backup feature, we hit on a few things that I haven’t seen given a lot of coverage so far, ...
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My Leopard Review at The Seattle Times
My colleague Glenn Fleishman and I wrote the Seattle Times review of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, which is now available online: Apple’s latest cool cat. In addition to talking about Time Machine, Leopard’s signature built-in backup feature, we hit on a few things that I haven’t seen given a lot of coverage so far, ...
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iMovie ’08 and Time Machine
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard launches today, and I’ve been using it to take screenshots of iMovie for my book (which, irritatingly, isn’t listed at Amazon yet for some reason). I like Leopard a lot so far, even though I haven’t had the time to really explore many of the new features. Although nothing about ...
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Long Hours
Midnight Pavoni Rendezvous Originally uploaded by Jeff Carlson On Saturday, I planned on going to bed at the same time as Kim and get a good night’s rest. We spent the day with family, watching my 2 year old niece for a few hours and then having dinner at my sister’s house. She lives in ...
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Amazon Ad Wording
From what I understand (and after watching my niece for a few hours over the weekend), you just have to wait a while to find out what was in baby.
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Even More Autumn
I’m utterly swamped with deadlines and home renovation, but I snuck some photos of autumn leaves near where I parked at the office today. (Click to view the larger version)
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I Love Autumn
Sunrise 09-Oct-07 Originally uploaded by Jeff Carlson
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Caffeine Nap
I need to try this soon: Scientists say that a successful midday nap depends on two things: timing and (no kidding) caffeine consumption. Experiments performed at Loughborough University in the UK showed that the sleep-deprived need only a cup of coffee and 15 minutes of shut-eye to feel amazingly refreshed. coffee? Originally uploaded by Jeff ...
