Nov 11 2008
I need to get better at using keyboard shortcuts. I spend entirely too much time dragging my cursor hither and yon when I’m sure there are key commands that could more evenly distribute my input abuse between the mouse and keyboard.
I caught this article by Adam Pash on Lifehacker today and it gave me a few more key commands to practice and work into my repertoire.
Worth a look.
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Mar 7 2007
TrueDisc introduced TrueDisc for Mac OS X today. The company claims the software to be the world’s only archival-quality optical format. They further promise that files burned to disc with TrueDisc can sustain disc damage as high as 90% and still restore the original file.
TrueDisc burns standard files to CD-R, DVD-R, DVD+R, and DVD+R Double Layer in a special damage-resistant format. These files, called "master copies", can be read back off the disc only through the use of TrueDisc software. If disc damage prevents some of the file from being read, TrueDisc automatically uses patent-pending algorithms to reconstruct the missing data. This allows TrueDisc to restore the original file even when the disc is damaged due to age or abuse.
TrueDisc will automatically use any available space on the disc, so you always get the maximum possible damage-resistance. When you burn less amounts of data to disc, lots of redundant cells can be added. When you burn a lot of data to disc, less redundant cells will be available for TrueDisc to substitute later if there’s file damage. Either way, TrueDisc provides the best damage-protection possible. The TrueDisc format supports burning up to 600MB of data to CD and up to 4.1 GB of data to DVD.
TrueDisc is priced at USD$89, but is available for a limited time at a special introductory price of USD$52.
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Nov 21 2005
Associated Press is reporting that TiVo will be expanding its video recording service so users will be able to transfer recorded television shows onto Apple new video iPods. The enhanced TiVoToGo feature being announced Monday will also add more copy-protection measures to discourage possible copyright abuse that would anger Hollywood.
Some tech-savvy owners of the new video-playing iPod have already figured out on their own how to sync TiVo shows with the portable players, but the process involves video format conversions that many consumers would rather not tackle. By adding support for the MPEG-4 video format, TiVo hopes to make the process easier and capitalize on the popularity of the iPod.
Now before you get too excited, it is important to note that the transfer process from a TiVo Series2 set-top-box to iPod is facilitated through a Windows PC. No Mac client for this process has been mentioned at this time.
UPDATE: When asked about Mac support for this feature, Jim Denney, TiVo’s vice president of product marketing told MacCentral, “We hope to have something in mid-2006….I would prefer to underpromise and overdeliver in this case. We haven’t set a date but we’re actively working on it.”
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