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Category Archives: Apple
Converting MKV files to MP4, using Mac OS X, for playback on iPad, Apple TV, Playstation 3, Xbox 360, Roku and other players
• April 9, 2013 • Apple, Digital Media, Technology • No comments
Nearly 2 years ago, I became a Cord-Cutter. I couldn’t see the sense in paying a ton of money every month for 500 channels that I didn’t watch, just so that I could catch the occasional show. I invested in Netflix and Hulu Plus accounts so that I could watch most of my shows, and [...]
Converting Blu-ray and DVD movies to MP4, using Mac OS X, for playback on iPad, Apple TV, Playstation 3, Xbox 360, Roku and other players
• April 8, 2013 • Apple, Digital Media, Technology • 1 comments
I often find myself wanting to watch my movies when I’m on-the-go, or sitting at work writing code. I also have one Blu-ray player in the house, and hate having to sit through one unskippable warning or commercial after another. Because of this, I choose to exercise my fair-use right to format-shift my movies into [...]
My favorite Mac apps: Music and Video Apps
• December 14, 2012 • Apple, Personal, Projects, Software • No comments
As we lead-up to Christmas (and other holidays that I don’t personally celebrate), I thought I’d put together a list of a few of my favorite things — Mac apps top be specific. These are some of my favorite music and video apps. iTunes, iTunes Match, Last.fm, Spotify & Tracks I’ve been using iTunes to [...]
My favorite Mac apps: Day-to-day Apps
• December 13, 2012 • Apple, Personal, Projects, Software • 1 comments
As we lead-up to Christmas (and other holidays that I don’t personally celebrate), I thought I’d put together a list of a few of my favorite things — Mac apps top be specific. These are some of my favorite day-to-day apps. Safari My favorite web browser on the Mac platform. It’s fast, has minimal UI [...]
In response to “DEAR APPLE: I’m Leaving You”
• November 4, 2012 • Apple • 1 comments
A recent editorial on Business Insider layer out a number of reasons why the author, Ed Conway, was “leaving Apple”. This is my response. Self-Indulgent Weiner In his editorial, Ed Conway wrote: Dear Tim, There’s no easy way to put this so I’ll just come right out with it. I’m leaving you. It’s been great [...]
App Judgment and sloppy reporting
• September 30, 2012 • Apple, Technology • No comments
For some time now, I’ve been a fan of the App Judgment podcast, which discusses new apps, devices and grades them on-air. Lately, however, I’ve noticed some saddeningly ill-informed “reporting” when it comes to Apple, iOS 6 and the new iPhone 5. Bias is bias First of all, everybody is free to have their own [...]
The Measurement of ‘Nice’
• September 23, 2012 • Apple, Culture, Design, Technology • No comments
In his piece entitled iPhone 5, John Gruber made a statement that really stuck out to me: […] but there is no benchmark, no tech spec, to measure nice. But you can feel it. And that is what resonates with millions of people around the world. As soon as I read this, I was struck [...]
iPhone 5
• September 12, 2012 • Apple • No comments
The iPhone 5 was announced just moments ago, along with updates to iPod touch, iPod nano and iTunes. How close were my recent guesses? Naming I was way off. I did not think that they would call it “iPhone 5″, but here we are. They did the complete opposite of what I’d anticipated. Louie Mantia [...]
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