Archive For September, 2006

Play FLV files through QuickTime

By | September 29, 2006

Perian is a FREE QuickTime plugin that greatly expands on the formats that QuickTime can play. For me, the coolest thing is the ability to play Flash Video (FLV) files through QuickTime. I tend to save a lot of videos I find on YouTube, and until now I’ve had to either convert them to another [...]

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PowerPoint Security Advisory

By | September 28, 2006

Yesterday, Microsoft issued a PowerPoint security advisory for a vulnerability that could allow “remote code execution” in Microsoft PowerPoint 2000, Microsoft PowerPoint 2002, Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003, Microsoft PowerPoint 2004 for Mac, and Microsoft PowerPoint v. X for Mac. In order for this attack to be carried out, a user must first open a malicious [...]

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iPhoto makes jpg copies of all RAW files

By | September 27, 2006

Are you shooting your digital images in RAW format? If you use iPhoto to organize them, there is something you should know. I was under the impression that whenever you edited a RAW file in iPhoto, iPhoto created a jpg copy of the image. As it turns out, that’s not really the case. iPhoto actually [...]

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Tip: Navigate Coverflow with your keyboard

By | September 27, 2006

By now we all know about Coverflow, the new album browser in iTunes 7. But, did you know that you can navigate Coverflow with your keyboard? With Coverflow active (you may need to click inside the Coverflow window), you can use the left and right arrow keys to navigate back and forth within your albums. [...]

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We’re back!

By | September 26, 2006

It’s been a few days since I posted anything, but we’ve been out of town. We took a long weekend down in Big Sur, with friends. It was great! I should have some new posts coming up sometime today.

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Monkey Portraits

By | September 20, 2006

Images © Jill Greenberg. All rights reserved. Monkey Portraits is the new book by photographer, Jill Greenberg. Jill is more known for her celebrity portraits, but a few years ago she was on a shoot, that just happened to include a monkey. She enjoyed the experience so much, that a few years, and quite a [...]

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Pemdas Calculator Widget

By | September 20, 2006

Need more power than Apple’s built in calculator Widget? Try Pemdas. found via DashBoardWidgets.com

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The Muppet Matrix

By | September 20, 2006

Or, would it be, The Muppetrix? YouTube Link | found via neatorama

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