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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How Caffeine Works
Here’s a 1 minute video on how caffeine works: How Caffeine Works – Google Video. Cool!
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Bah Hummer
A number of indie bands are turning down money from Hummer, which wants to license their songs in commercials: Bah Hummer. “My standard line is you guys will play a hundred million gigs before you see this amount of money,” Hysen said. “Usually they come back with, ‘We’ll do anything BUT Hummer.'” Right on. Though ...
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NBC show ‘Conviction’ pilot debuts on iTunes, for free
NBC has released the pilot of it’s new show Conviction at the iTunes Music Store for free. What a great way to build buzz for a show. I’m grabbing it not only because I like the idea, but because my wife is a Law & Order: SVU fan. We may have to hunker over the ...
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New Themes for iMovie HD 6
Sidicom is the first company to release themes for iMovie HD 6: Eye Candy Themes. Four themes are available: Science Lab ($28), Folding Cards ($35), World Cup ($26), and Drop-In ($34); for $10 more, each set can be licensed to up to five users. All of them are available in SD and HD resolutions.
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Which Sci-Fi Crew?
Via Karen, I learned that I would fit right in with the crew of Serenity (though I admit to slightly handicapping my answers to see if I could get on board): You scored as Serenity (Firefly). You like to live your own way and don’t enjoy when anyone but a friend tries to tell you ...
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iMovie HD 6.0.1 Restores cf/x Compatibility
Christian Franz of cf/x reports that iMovie HD 6.0.1 restores compatibility to cf/x plug-ins. I’m happy to report that iMovie 6.0.1 appears to have fixed the incompatibility problems that made iMovie 6 incompatible with our plug-ins (you needed to disable the preview before you could configure our plug-ins). Our tests now show that iMovie 6.0.1 ...
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iLife ’06 Apps Updated
Apple delivered a bug-fix release of nearly all of iLife ’06 today, updating everything except GarageBand. From the update we posted at TidBITS: “Details are still scarce, but Apple claims that iPhoto 6.0.1 (a 13.7 MB download) fixes bugs related to photocasting; viewing thumbnails in large libraries; and ordering cards, calendars, and books. iMovie HD ...
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Happy Valentine’s Day
Kim picks a flower Originally uploaded by Jeff Carlson. I’d like to say that I try not to get into this commercial Hallmark holiday, but I’m too much of a sappy romantic. I’d spend a lot of time as a kid in grade school working on my valentine’s day box, and get all hopeful when ...
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The Coffeehouse Dictionary
Looking for a good primer on the coffee terms that people are slinging at your neighborhood java joint? Check out The Coffeehouse Dictionary.
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High quality at low bit rates – Quicktime Wiki
Fresh HDV points to a valuable tutorial on compressing QuickTime movies with high quality at low bit rates (Quicktime Wiki). Very very useful.
