A Look Inside T-Mobile’s Emergency Response Teams
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It’s Hard Out Here for a Freelancer
When I first began as a freelance writer, my old boss said, “Great, now you can work 24 hours a day!” He was only half-kidding, of course. Conversely, as a freelancer with no set hours, I could do crazy things like go see a movie in the middle of the afternoon (I’ve done it twice ...
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Catapult: Capture Video Direct to iPod
I’ve had only a few chances to absorb the news that’s coming out of NAB in Las Vegas. The RED camera (still in development) seems to be a big hit, especially if you’re reading the sleepless Mike Curtis’s HD for Indies blog. But if you’re not as excited about spending $17,500 for a cutting-edge HD ...
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17-inch MacBook Pro Announced
I’ve had my head buried in work lately, so I almost missed Apple’s announcement of the 17-inch MacBook Pro yesterday. Although not a surprise that it would be coming, I’m happy to see a few features that make this laptop a great portable video studio: FireWire 800, a 4x double-layer SuperDrive, three USB ports, and ...
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GarageBand 3.0.2 Update Released
Apple has posted GarageBand 3.0.2, which, according to the company’s logorrheic announcement, “addresses issues with video handling, podcast exporting, and importing QuickTime markers. It also addresses a number of other minor issues.” The update is a 32.2 MB download via Software Update or as a 30 MB stand-alone download.
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Seattle 911 Events Map
This is cool: Seattle emergency events map, a live Google map of Seattle that shows locations of emergency calls in Seattle. The creator wrote it in February “after watching a building burn across the water from my office today.”
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Combining iMovie HD Projects
Graham from Sydney, Australia asks: iMovieHD/iDVD5 VQS Pge 221 sidebar. I work in PAL HDV 1080i and tried dragging one of my 5 10 minute movies to a new imovieHD project and got message ‘the file could not be imported. QuickTime couldn’t parse it”. My workaround to get a combo movie was to first convert ...
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Democratic Narrative and Looking Beyond Self
Markos at DailyKos looks at an essay by Michael Thomasky of The American Prospect about the need for the Democratic party to have a philosophy. It’s good stuff, touching on something that I feel in my bones but which I haven’t seen articulated: we’re no longer looking toward the common good. So what does Tomasky ...
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Add Titles to the Middle of Clips
iMovie HD 6 has a great new—but subtle—feature. In earlier versions, if you wanted to add a title to the middle of a clip, you needed to first position your playhead, choose Split Clip at Playhead from the Edit menu, and then drag a title to that location. In the new version, simply position the ...
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Grinder Update
(If this isn’t a bloggish post, I don’t know what is. Tomorrow: belly button lint!) After receiving the replacement part for my broken Solis Maestro Plus grinder on Friday, I’ve had no luck grinding coffee: it’s all too coarse. So I called Cafe West (the company that handles repairs for the Solis grinders) and spoke ...
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No CD Import in iMovie HD 6
I just realized that iMovie HD 6 no longer lets you import music directly from a compact disc. It’s not that surprising, since Apple wants everyone to use iTunes for everything. And it’s not surprising that I just ran across this, considering that I hardly ever buy CDs, much less pull music from them directly ...
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