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June 22, 2006

EDP73-2006-06-22

A review of my new 17" MacBook Pro, rumors of lossless quality audio on the iTMS, reports of Apple's negotiations with movie studios, news from the front lines of the Blu-ray vs. HD DVD format war, and the obscenely expensive DirecTV Titanium package.

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iSight Capture

I just finished a very simple little app that automatically takes a picture with an iSight camera (built-in definitely works, external may as well) at user-specified intervals (default is 60 seconds). If you're going to be away from your computer for a couple minutes and want to see what happens around it in your absence, this app should help.

1. Download [I have gotten feedback that the security of the UNIX script dmg file may be suspect, so download at your own risk from the developer's site] and put it in your Applications folder.
2. Download my iSight Capture app and put it anywhere on your computer.
3. Double click the app to run it, it will keep Terminal open while it works.
4. Follow the instructions on the dialogs. It will store the pics it takes in your home folder.

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June 21, 2006

Pics and Video of New MBP

I've uploaded some pictures of my new MacBook Pro 17" to my flickr account and a video of it using an iTunes plugin to have the keyboard backlight flicker to the music. Check them out if you get a chance, and download the backlight visualizer plugin here.

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June 19, 2006

Testing iWeb

Well, I'm not planning to switch the whole site over to iWeb or anything, but I have created a sub-directory for my experiments with the program. If you want to check it out as I continue to experiment and get a taste of iWeb content check my test site out here.

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June 17, 2006

17" MacBook Pro Has Arrived

Well, my brand new 17" MacBook Pro was delivered yesterday and I couldn't be happier with it so far. The screen is gorgeous, and the processor is incredibly fast (enough to run an HD video, a game, and Adium without coming close to dropping a frame).

The heat is tolerable, although a bit excessive during processor-intensive activities. I think I have at least some sort of whine, although I don't know if it is THE whine. It's still much quieter than my iBook G3 so I'm fine with it.

Stay tuned for a full and re-worked EverythingDigital Podcast about the MBP along with some other tech news. Now that I've got GarageBand 3 podcasting should be much easier so expect a return of more frequent EDP shows.

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June 08, 2006

Comments Back Up

Actually, I forgot my comments were still down until I was reminded by Jeff from zemote.com (thanks Jeff!). I just activated them again so feel free to comment away (unless you're a spammer).

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June 02, 2006

Comments Down for a Bit

I've had to shut down commenting capabilities on the site for now as I am getting junk comments at the rate of one every couple of minutes. If all goes well, I'll ban some IPs and keywords and have the comments back up fairly soon.

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