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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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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Snakes on a Plane
Honestly, I don’t understand what all the fuss is about.
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Church Sign Generator
Via CamcorderInfo.com, I learned about the Church Sign Generator. Choose one of three church signs, type your own text, and the site creates an image for you. Handy for inserting a custom establishing shot for your movie’s church scene. Or, you know, because it’s really neat to go make your own custom church sign!
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WTF Mac Store
WTF Mac Store Originally uploaded by Jeff Carlson. I’ve been meaning to take a picture of this sign in the University district, but never had a camera with me… until today. It makes me giggle every time.
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Ten video sharing services compared
Via CamcorderInfo, DV Guru has posted a comparison of ten video sharing services. The way these sites have exploded in popularity lately (or maybe it’s just media attention?) is a little surprising, though clearly its been building for months.
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Boot Camp and Apple’s Intentions
My Seattle Times Practical Mac column from last week looks at Boot Camp as a news item, and jumps from there into why this doesn’t mean Apple is going to build Windows boxes or license Mac OS X to PC manufacturers. Okay, if Mac OS X is so wonderful, why not forget hardware and license ...
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Grinder Malfunction
A piece of my Solis Maestro Plus grinder broke today, which means I can only grind very coarse coffee. No espresso at the Carlson household until it gets fixed! Quel horreur! (I’m mostly writing this to test an RSS thing. But still… no espresso!!)
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Apple Just Saved Me $1000
The public beta of Boot Camp has been out for a day now, and for the most part I’ve viewed it as an interesting development, but nothing that impacts me directly. I’m still using an aluminum PowerBook G4/1.25 GHz as my main machine, so I don’t even have an Intel-powered Mac to test Boot Camp ...
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I’m Quoted in the Wall Street Journal
Reporter Jim Carlton interviewed me and several other writers and laptop users for his article Secrets of the Tech-Savvy Traveler. Nothing can ruin a trip like losing all the files in a laptop or digital camera from a hard-drive crash. That’s why Mr. Carlson, the free-lance writer, took no chances on a recent safari to ...
