Category: Apple

  • 24 hours with the iPhone

    24 hours with the iPhone

    Last night we had a wonderful dinner at MCL (probably my favorite place to eat here in Richmond). After dinner I started showing my father-in-law Tom my new iPhone and some of the features. He was pretty amazed at the fact that we could get online and check the status of an eBay auction. As…

  • Macworld Keynote: play Bingo or just follow along

    If you’re as excited as I am about today’s Macworld Keynote you might be interested in this cool app that allows you to follow along and play a game at the same time! Keynote Bingo is becoming a tradition amongst Apple/Mac fans around the world and now there’s a cool app that can make the…

  • Vidcast #2: My Birthday

    In this second vidcast I talk about birthday memories, iLife ’08, iWork ’08, some new house projects and things I’ve been doing at work.

  • A call for Richmond Indiana / Wayne County Apple Mac users!!!

    I’m about to start work on the Wayne County Apple Users Group, but before I do so I’d like to hear from any and all users of ANY product made by Apple, Inc. in the area. We need to start building this community and what better way to start than getting in touch with one…

  • Get the most out of your Mac with Quicksilver

    Personally I’ve always found the Application folder a bad way to open up a particular app. For a long time I had a Favorites folder filled with aliases to my favorite apps that I stored in the dock. At any time I could right-click on the folder and quickly access any app that I use…

  • Looking for a way to test your iPhone apps without an iPhone?

    If you, like me, are excited about the possibility of creating rich apps for the iPhone but aren’t too excited about paying the high price for the iPhone I’ve got just the solution for you. MarketCircle, creator of the great Mac time tracking software Billings has created iPhoney, an iPhone simulator that allows you to…

  • Journler gets 4.5 stars from Macworld!

    Phil Dow, the creator of the great journaling software Journler has finally gotten some recognition for his wonderful work! Macworld has reviewed his software and given it a 4.5 star rating! I’ve been involved with the Journler project for some time now and it’s wonderful to see the project really taking off! Check out the…

  • Steve Jobs and Bill Gates Together

    The highly publicized interview with Bill Gates and Steve Jobs is online in video form! I watched it last night and I have to say that it is wonderful. It’s nice to see these two men, who are usually seen by the public as enemies, talk about themselves, each other and the industry. There are…

  • You can take it with you

    If you’ve been looking for a way to share your application data on your Mac between multiple computers, I’ve got a great solution for you. If you’ve been using a Mac for a while you probably know that most of your application data is stored in the Users/YourUserName/Library/Application Support/ApplicationName folder. So, how do you share…

  • Handbrake doesn't find main movie / feature?

    I’ve been in the process of ripping my DVDs onto my computer for quick access. In the process I found that for some DVDs Handbrake didn’t find or detect the disk’s main feature so I was unable to rip the DVD. Initially I thought this was just because of the way the DVDs were encoded…