Monthly Archives: April 2006

Music for free (with strings)

Posted on 28 April 2006 by tychay

Neil Young has introduced his new album on his website for free. The interesting thing is it forces you to listen to it in its entirety—the actual website consists of two interacting swf file and a GIF used to track … Continue reading →

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Aperture team rumors

Posted on 27 April 2006 by tychay

I found this article about Aperture’s future in ThinkSecret. Because of all the misconceptions in the MacRumors discussion of it, I decided to post the link without any commentary in order to encourage people to actually read the article. In … Continue reading →

Posted in Apple Aperture | 6 Comments

Second helpings of some sloppy firsts

Posted on 26 April 2006 by tychay

Up until this point, I read two articles concerning a 19 year old Harvard kid’s highly publicized first novel. I didn’t think much of it (on balance), until an article changed my mind.

Posted in books, society and culture | 4 Comments

When did you go digital?

Posted on 26 April 2006 by tychay

John Koontz has an interesting short commentary asking what convinced you to go digital? This did:

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DxO updated to 3.55a

Posted on 26 April 2006 by tychay

DxO Optics Pro has been upgraded to 3.55a as a free update. Most of the new changes are cosmetic/UI changes: New configurable “docked palette” mode for easy access to all adjustment tools; Improved configuration wizard; The “Automatic” mode of DxO … Continue reading →

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LX1 and Aperture

Posted on 25 April 2006 by tychay

In order to get the Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX1 (or Leica DIGILUX-2) to work in Aperture you first have to convert it to DNG using Adobe DNG Converter. Then you follow these directions which a commenter provides the trick. Open “/System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/\ … Continue reading →

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17″ MacBookPro is a good deal

Posted on 25 April 2006 by tychay

The 17″ MacBook Pro was announced today at NAB for $2800.

Posted in Macintosh | 7 Comments

Taking your Aperture keywords with you

Posted on 23 April 2006 by tychay

Here is a small Aperture tip I forgot to mention. I work on Aperture on two machines, my Powerbook G4 and my girlfriend’s PowerMac G5 when I can sneak in some time. One problem I ran into was finding that … Continue reading →

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Switcher annoyances

Posted on 23 April 2006 by tychay

Mark posts an whine about Mac Book Pro annoyances. Now it is my time to harsh.

Posted in Macintosh | 2 Comments

A general computer purchasing tip…

Posted on 23 April 2006 by tychay

I noticed on Gizmodo that the 30″ Dell LCD is out.

Posted in Macintosh | 4 Comments