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Archive for the ‘Chris's Posts’ Category

September 1st, 2008

HD Content Coming To The iTunes Store

Let me preface that this is pure speculation. I haven’t read, yet, that this is actually true. BUT…
Apple just released a new decoder that is visually lossless and provides uncompressed HD quality at SD data rates. This means HD quality in a smaller file size, which has been one of the biggest obstacles listed for […]

By Chris Marsden -- 1 comment

August 27th, 2008

Keyboard Shortcuts Are Making My Day Better

I absolutely love keyboard shortcuts. The quicker I can get to something without navigating a menu tree, the better. Recently I discovered a few keyboard shortcuts that are making my life simpler and my day better.
Hide Dock
I know the dock can autohide, but most of the time I prefer to have it out in the […]

By Chris Marsden -- 1 comment

August 22nd, 2008

Turn Your iPhone Into A Functional Camera

With more people getting their hands on the iPhone 3G, you might be interested in

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By Chris Marsden -- 1 comment

August 22nd, 2008

Do You Want A Wacom Tablet?

I have finally found a drawing tablet I actually want and Snapvillage is giving one away.

The Cintiq 21UX interactive pen display provides the best-of-class pen experience for working directly on the screen. It combines the advantages of a large-format LCD monitor with the control, comfort, and productivity of Wacom’s most sophisticated patented cordless, battery-free pen […]

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August 21st, 2008

Spreading Out Your Mac to an External Hard Drive

Lately my Hard Drive has been getting kind of full. This has made things run a little slower than I’d like (especially PhotoShop), but it also limited my ability to import more CD’s from my wife’s collection into iTunes or import as many pictures as we’ve been taking of the new baby. So I decided […]

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August 5th, 2008

Tritton SEE2 Xtreme Is Mac Compatable

I stumble across Tritton Technologies a couple of years ago when searching for easy multi-monitor solutions for my computer. About the time I discovered them I switched to Mac and none of their products were Mac compatible. Until Now.

From the Press Release:
VISTA, CALIF. – August 5, 2008 – TRITTON Technologies, a pioneering leader in USB […]

By Chris Marsden -- 1 comment

August 4th, 2008

FireWire is Getting Faster

USB has definitely won the format war, as far as widespread distribution is concerned. It is easy, it is inexpensive, every computer comes with it pre-installed. But unlike other format wars (Blue-Ray vs. HD-DVD), the winner doesn’t get to eliminate the loser in this battle. FireWire just keeps hanging on and getting better.
Last week, the […]

By Chris Marsden -- 1 comment

August 1st, 2008

Speed Test for Your iPhone

So the big selling point of the new iPhone 3G has been speed. “Twice as fast for half the cost”. But like all internet connections, the promised speed and your actual speed on any given day are probably not quite the same. On most days, my home internet connection runs at about 75% of promised […]

By Chris Marsden -- 0 comments

July 31st, 2008

Dropbox is File Back Up and Cross Platform Sharing, without the hassles

Recently I came across a post about the new file backup service, Dropbox. After a little digging, I got myself an invite to the private beta, and got it set up.
Set up was truly a breeze. This is one of those programs that just seem to work. I have it installed on my Mac […]

By Chris Marsden -- 7 comments

July 29th, 2008

New Windows Marketing Campaign

So today I accidentally stumbled across the new Windows marketing campaign. If you haven’t seen it, check out “The Mojave Experiment”. The gist of the campaign is that Microsoft disguised Windows Vista and told random people that it was the new Windows OS, code named Mojave. After a brief demo and rave reviews, they revealed […]

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