Category Archives: Geek

iMote Rocks

Posted on October 7, 2005 by Ken

“iMote”:http://www.mkd.cc/imote/, a plugin for iTunes (on Mac only–sorry Windows folks), that pretty much does the same as “Synergy”:http://wincent.com/a/products/synergy-classic/ (“previously mentioned”:http://www.kennsarah.net/2005/05/23/basking-in-the-consumer-glow/#comment-1050), only free. Control iTunes and rate songs while in any application with a quick shortcut key. Sweet. (“via MacTips”:http://www.mactips.org/archives/2005/10/06/pimping-itunes/) Update: … Continue reading →

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Buzz Out Louder

Posted on October 6, 2005 by Ken

If you listen to the C|Net “Buzz Out Loud”:http://www.cnet.com/4520-6033_1-5654853-1.html podcast, you might hear somebody you know. Tom and Molly played a voicemail that I left for them during the 10/5 podcast. If you already subscribe, you can listen to that … Continue reading →

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Golden Ticket

Posted on September 22, 2005 by Ken

Psst. I’ve got an invite for “wordpress.com”:http://www.wordpress.com (featuring the current beta version of WordPress 1.6). Want it? Give me a really good reason. Points awarded for orginality, humor and good taste. Update: The invite is sent!

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Photos are Back

Posted on September 6, 2005 by Ken

Courtesy of “Gallery”:http://gallery.menalto.com/, “iPhoto”:http://www.apple.com/iphoto, and “iPhotoToGallery”:http://zwily.com/iphoto/. Rock on: “photos”:/photos. Nothing new there, except for the “once promised”:http://www.kennsarah.net/2005/02/09/getting-laid-off-more-time-to-blog/ car “photos”:http://www.kennsarah.net/photos/mazda-3/. I’m also using the default template with Gallery. *Really* boring, I know, but I’m intentionally not budgeting time to tweak the … Continue reading →

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Observations on Making a DVD

Posted on August 21, 2005 by Ken

I spent part of my vacation last week on recording the big event on video and digital camera. Last year, I compiled everyone’s digital photos on to a CD and printed a few group shots — one for each family. … Continue reading →

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iPhoto Diet

Posted on August 19, 2005 by Ken

“iPhoto Diet”:http://pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~fuhrer/personal/freestuff/iphotodiet/. Weeds out duplicate photos in your iPhoto database. This saved me countless hours having to sort through photos by hand looking for duplicates. When it was finished there was over 2.7 GB of photos I had already at … Continue reading →

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Nerd Alert

Posted on August 18, 2005 by Ken

You know you’re a total dork when “this kind of thing”:http://devboi.mozdev.org/ makes you drool.

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Anyone Want to Video iChat?

Posted on August 16, 2005 by Ken

I totally just realized the other day that I can use our DV camcorder as a webcam.

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WordPress Enhanced View Plugin

Posted on August 10, 2005 by Ken

“WordPress Enhanced View Plugin”:http://www.coldforged.org/the-enhanced-view-plugin/. Been looking for this for a little while. This plugin lets you view your posts by category, month, or author in the Administration screen. Interestingly, it was updated four weeks ago. I’m finding that a lot … Continue reading →

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OBX WiFi

Posted on August 6, 2005 by Ken

Got to our beach house on the Outer Banks and realized that someone was broadcasting a free WiFi signal–woot! Thinking ahead, I brought my Airport Express, only come to find out that it won’t work as a repeater (“bridge”) properly … Continue reading →

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