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Aug 2 2010

Awesome Mac-based video guestbook for your wedding

This is how fast I’d like to be able to bring you the awesomeness on my constant quest for it: I literally just saw this tweet by @LelaNewYork and I had to share this very cool idea with you.

LOVE: Awesome Wedding Video Guest book! Works on a MAC... http://bit.ly/bMqfwi”” On 9:42 PM Aug 2nd 2010 from Twitter for iPhone

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For $99 US, Thrilled For You sells software for a customized themed video guestbook. You install the application and run an iMac or similarly iSight equipped Mac in kiosk mode at your wedding or reception. Then, as the emotion moves them, your guests, your family, your friends, your former lovers will take turns standing in front of the camera and expressing just how happy they are for you… or how drunk they are.

It’s a brilliant idea and you can download a demo for free. [Via Lela New York Wedding Blog]

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Feb 11 2009

WhatTheFont for iPhone takes font identification on the road

whatthefont 20090211 195341 WhatTheFont for iPhone takes font identification on the roadI have a bit of a sickness when it comes to fonts: if I see one I like that I’ve never seen before, I have to identify it and, often times, buy it. I can’t control it. Sometimes the obsession prevents me from enjoying my favorite shows.

Well, thanks to MyFonts.com, I can now employ my iPhone to further my habit. Their new iPhone app, WhatTheFont for iPhone, allows me to take a picture of the font in question with the iPhone’s built-in camera. After cropping the image to just the part I want identified, the software uploads the sample to MyFonts.com where it is analyzed. It asks me to verify and identify the letters shown in the sample I photographed. Then it comes back several suggestions as to what font I was looking for. It’s like a magic trick for font maniacs: pick a font, any font…

WhatTheFont for iPhone is free to download from the iTunes App Store.

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Apr 8 2008

Use Automator to create and upload a time lapse video to Flickr


Today’s announcement that Flickr now supports video got me to thinking about a tutorial I wrote recently and I decided to jazz it up a bit with some Flickr integration.

In one of my last appearances on The Lab with Leo Laporte, I explained how Automator could be used to create a simple time lapse video using your Mac’s built-in iSight camera. That was pretty cool on its own, but what if you could get Automator to get that video to your Flickr Photostream somehow? You can and it’s pretty cool!

Check out the new and improved tutorial!

Note:Thanks to Ryan Yewell for giving me the time lapse video idea!

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