Archive for February, 2009

Gadgets in the bathroom

Saturday, February 21st, 2009

Two girls (let’s call them Delila and Jemima) I know take their laptop computers (MacBooks — yes, these two girls are Mac users) in the bathroom.
It freaks me out.
Delila takes it in there and will continue to do work and IM friends while sitting on the toilet. I don’t know what Jemima does with her [...]

Mozying 3TB+

Monday, February 16th, 2009

I’ve been using Mozy since I heard about the service a couple of years ago on a tech podcast (probably TWiT or the DSC).
It’s been awesome for backing up my important files on my iMac! When I got my MacBook Pro in May 2008 I just added another computer to the account and away I [...]

The Guy I’m “Seeing”

Saturday, February 14th, 2009

At the time of writing I’m 22 years of age. I’m young, but I have an immense amount of knowledge in an enormous field of subjects.
I grew up as the weirdo; the guy with the camera; the guy that has never had a drink of alcohol. I had/have lots of friends in different “groups”. I’m [...]

The Art of ReTweeting

Saturday, February 14th, 2009

ReTweets — explained here by Kevin Rose — are increasingly appearing in my Twitter feed.
I’ve made a quick video explaining the art of retweeting and how you DON’T need to add the word ReTweet or its abbreviation RT. Below the video you’ll find some perfect examples of ReTweets.

Just after I made that video I found [...]

Best encoding settings for Viddler and others

Saturday, February 7th, 2009

Best encoding settings for Viddler(/YouTube/Vimeo)
Every year video quality on the web gets better, new cameras with better chip resolution are released, and everyone asks “why doesn’t my video look good” (or something to that effect).
As of January 2009, these are the settings I would use if you want your video to look great online.
HD VIDEO
If [...]

My Thoughts on Revolutionary Road

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009

As far as I can remember, I saw the trailer for Revolutionary Road a few weeks ago, and thought it sounded like a good story.
Tonight, my uncle and I were trying to decide on a film to see. There were a bunch of war ones, a bunch I hadn’t heard of, Grand Turino, and Yes [...]