I needed a backup device that transparent like Time Capsule, was more cost effective then a appliance NAS drive, give me the most storage for my money and it had to be something I could self repair. I ended up building a 10 terabyte server powered by FreeNAS for under a $1000. Read more – ‘10T Backup Server Project’.
I've had a lot of printers in my life from letter quality daisy wheels to dot matrix to dye sub to laser. and at some level the businesses I ran wouldn't have been possible without the leveraged use I got from printing without limits. Tom pointing that this same thing is right here with 3D printing is telling.
1) it's ground zero. think of Makerbot as a Epson MX-80
2) there potential for hundreds of new business
3) be prepared to see lots of failure as it engages
4) plastics and resins are toxic. stand by for regulation in California.
the discussion last night over dinner before the show was about lots of different things but one subject was "I want one but I don't know why I want one." this was Kanen answering the question do you want a 3D printer because making 2 is just as easy as making 1. Read more – ‘enter the age of 3D printing’.
Macworld Expo has been "the tradeshow" for all things Mac for the last 25 years. there was a time when it was mandatory for anyone who had an interest in Mac to attend. companies came here to announce products, users came to learn, buyers came to do deals and the press could see all their contacts. it was all under one roof.
today it's not the show that it once was. Read more – ‘the last Macworld Expo’.
the 3-5 shot panorama is a really cool way to capture a scene. it's not really a pano but think of it as a S-U-P-E-R W-I-D-E picture as you aren't doing a full 360. you can take these with any camera. it doesn't have to be expensive. and you don't have to have a super wide lens. in fact you may want to shoot you pano using a more zoomed lens instead of the widest setting. Read more – ‘3 Shot Pano’.
Continuous is a mode on your camera that takes picture after picture for as long as you hold down the shutter. the frame rate of the shots depends on the camera. the Canon shoots is about 4 FPS, Fuji is .3 seconds per frame, Nikon has a mode called 16 (which turns the flash off automatically, there is also has a mode that does 1.5 FPS and the Sony have different rates that depend on the camera. there are several Casio cameras that have super fast frame rates like up to 1000 frames per second! Read more – ‘Continuous’.
we get asked about doing production and what it takes to get good at doing it. but it's not just about production. you can apply everything that we talk about to programming, science, flying or cooking. Read more – ‘how to “get good”’.
there is a crazy amount of bandwidth and processors that are mostly idle making web hosting a commodity. but even though you can get a web host for a year for less than $10 you might be getting exactly what you paid for. Read more – ‘hosting part 1’.
A no tech! I have a question for you guys. I just got a brand new America Pro for graduation in this. My for smack so I know there's plus. Read more – ‘essential apps for a new Mac’.
the computer can't look like it was done in by the likes of you. it has to look like it "just gave up." it's old so it's possible. Read more – ‘Command-Option-New-Computer’.
the amount of mythology that surrounds Phantom Power is staggering. mostly the problem is that people don't have to understand anything about electronics making lots of the information the stuff of magic. Read more – ‘the Phantom Power Menace’.
while you wouldn't think of using a ten year old computer for day to day work it's certainly powerful enough to do hundreds of dullard tasks. Read more – ‘Reusing Old Stuff’.
it's been said that the best camera you own is the one that is in your pocket. this makes the camera in an iPhone the best camera for millions of people. but we find it to be amazingly craptacular. Read more – ‘making the iPhone camera better’.
an Audio Interface is a box that allows you to capture audio signals from professional microphones, mixer boards, and musical instruments like guitars. Read more – ‘Audio Interfaces’.
there are so many options for portable recorders today. as much as some of these devices try to be there is no one-size-fits-all. there are too many tasks to cover. Read more – ‘Portable Recording’.
Virtual Worlds have existed in various forms since computers could network. Whether it was a dungeon walk through game or a interactive chat room that charged by the hour simulating CB radio. Read more – ‘Virtual Worlds’.
there are many factors that you have to control to get Skype to sound better for your calls. some of these things are are very simple to fix and others take a higher level geek to get working. Read more – ‘Great Skype’.
messaging has been powered with everything: smoke, light, drums, pigeon, horse, person, bottle just to name a few of the contraptions used over the centuries. electricity is the most recent change to this. it's what put guys riding on horseback out of business 150 years ago Read more – ‘TXT’.
the idea was that as you switched from App to App the old app would automatically hide uncluttering the screen allowing you to totally focus on your task. but Mac users are a picky lot meaning that long time users complained about app hiding as default behavior meaning it didn't make the 1.o cut. Read more – ‘Single App mode in OS X’.
you can learn the mechanical by taking a class or reading books and manuals. but we've found the best way to learn is to just use the NLE. don't be daunted by the insane interface and the thousands of keyboard commands. eventually it won't look like it makes sense. and don't try to learn all the command keys all at once. instead learn them over time so you will pick up things that work for you. here's four keys you need to know to start things off: ABMN. A is the pointer, B is the Razor, M adds a marker, N is turns Snapping on and off. Read more – ‘Learning the Art of Video Editing’.
the Mackie 1202 may not the best mixer in the world. but then what mixer is the best? every thing we've considered has some fatal flaw. like no Inserts, only one AUX bus or all the knobs are the same color. it's the little things. some people would say that the 1202's flaw is that it uses knobs instead of faders. you may find that you need features found on a bigger board. but we think it's pretty awesome for what it does. Read more – ‘the Mackie 1202’.
dropping an image onto a page will more often then not place the graphic in the middle of a white or black box. this usually doesn't help you as you want it to merge into the background so text or other objects can flow around it's edges. this could be for your logo, an object, text or photograph where you just want the object and nothing else. fortunately, there are lots of ways to add transparency to any image. Read more – ‘Transparency’.
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