January 31, 2008
XDCAM and Final Cut Pro

Free online seminar.

Apple - Seminars Online - Final Cut Studio Workflow with Sony XDCAM HD

Posted by Dave at 12:46 AM
January 28, 2008
Restore from Time Machine

So I can find this when I need it. I plan to backup and upgrade to Leopard this week.

James Duncan Davidson > Restoring from Time Machine

Posted by Dave at 03:37 PM
January 24, 2008
Rookie Guide to Digital SLR Cameras

Via Daring Fireball

Mike Davidson - A Rookie Guide to Digital SLR Cameras

"There comes a time in every point-and-shooter’s life when he or she wonders if there is more to photography than a palm-sized block of aluminum stowed away in one’s pocket."

Posted by Dave at 10:12 PM
January 23, 2008
Tufte on iPhone

Edward Tufte, authority on visual information design, has an interesting video on where the iPhone got it right and where it still has room for improvement. And I'll bet that video plays great on the iPhone.

Ask E.T.: Interface design and the iPhone

Posted by Dave at 10:52 PM
January 22, 2008
Best on New Mac products

How this guy found a different approach to reviewing the new Apple offerings is a mystery. Just smart, I guess.

In four parts. via Daring Fireball.

lonelysandwich - Part 1: MacBook Air

Posted by Dave at 12:37 AM
January 16, 2008
January 09, 2008
Blue and Yellow states - Google N.H. map

Google Maps - N.H. Primary results

Posted by Dave at 12:12 PM
January 07, 2008
New Indiana Jones Film

Okay, I'm a fan. Isn't everyone?

Keys to the Kingdom: Entertainment & Culture: vanityfair.com

The story is set in 1957, and this time Dr. Jones goes up against cold-blooded, Cold War Russkies—led by Cate Blanchett in dominatrix mode—instead of the Nazis he squashed like bugs in previous installments.

Q&A: Steven Spielberg on Indiana Jones: Entertainment & Culture: vanityfair.com

Have your kids gone as far as to edit and add sound and things like that?
No, our kids don’t like to use the software, the tools. They pretty much do it the way I did it in 8-mm.: they cut in the camera.

Posted by Dave at 03:04 PM
January 04, 2008
Hockenberry on NBC Dateline years

I left NBC in 2001, after a year in a production group that was a poor relation to Dateline. It was the last of the three broadcast networks that I worked for. Hockenberry chronicles the post-9/11 slide of the news division. Fascinating.

Technology Review: "You Don't Understand Our Audience"

Posted by Dave at 02:45 PM
January 03, 2008
Hippophae rhamnoides

This plant is being promoted for land reclamation and has a nutritious berry. I'll find out more about it. Not a native species but a candidate for a green roof.

PLANTS Profile for Hippophae rhamnoides (seaberry) | USDA PLANTS

Sea Buckthorn

Posted by Dave at 02:29 PM
January 02, 2008
Another new Usu fish

Researchers have discovered a new catfish species in the Usumacinta watershed. The fish has been named Potamarius usumachinctae.

Readers of the Daily Glyph may remember Lacantunia enigmatica, the other new fish that was found in the Usu drainage.

New freshwater ariid catfish described | Practical Fishkeeping magazine

Posted by Dave at 12:08 PM
January 01, 2008