Entries from April 2007

April 30, 2007

Mac Movie DVD Cataloging: Bring iSight

Well, maybe there’s not enough forest logging apps for the Mac but when it comes to movie DVD cataloging, there are a slew of major shareware & commercial choices.
What’s nice is that everyone allows you a download and a chance to test out loading 10-25 DVD’s before it stops - except for one app, all [...]

April 30, 2007

Star Wars turns 30 next month

So Star Wars turns 30 this May…I want to get excited but it just means I have gotten really, really old.
I remember dragging my Dad down to the theater to see it the day it opened at the earliest show possible so we could get a seat. It was beyond awesome. I saw [...]

April 30, 2007

Web Cartoon worthy of being read - Butternutsquash

The link is down for some reason…but the comic is a very funny autobiographical look at an artist and his pals getting through life. The jokes are solid and the art direction and illustration are top notch. The url was www.butternutsquash.net but a place holder site appears there now.
The cartoon above is one [...]

April 29, 2007

Legos vs. Playmobil: It’s On

In the United States, LEGOS pretty much rule the roost when it comes to bricks and torso parts that attach to form people, places and things.
Wikipedia has a nice summary of the history of LEGO’s.

Of course, instead of just a box of LEGO’s and some guidelines what you can build, nowadays, the best selling [...]

April 29, 2007

What to Buy For Your iPod - If You Have $300k …

This new 28-foot powerboat from Fearless Yachts has an iPod dock - a choice of 525 or 550 horsepower motors and body by Porsche Design … finally a boat to match my MacBook Pro.

April 28, 2007

What to Buy: Whack A Mole - The Home Version

Whac-A-Mole - the home version is actually pretty good fun and perfect for when you have a gaggle of kids around - it’s a board game yet requires no real time commitment.
What kid doesn’t love hitting something with a plastic mallet as hard as he can?
What grownup doesn’t love hitting a plastic mole with a [...]

April 28, 2007

Producers-Option This!

Film & movie Producers - here’s a great story to option …
“How the CIA used a fake science fiction film to sneak six Americans out of revolutionary Iran.”
From WIRED

April 26, 2007

Now, That’s An Airfare! $10 From Columbus to SF Bay Area …

Startup airline SKYBUS is offering 10 seats for $10 dollars on all their flights - they are launching May 22 with Columbus to Oakland, CA as their only service so far - planning to add 9 cities in the near future.

A quick check shows that surprise, there are no actual $10 tickets left but there [...]

April 26, 2007

Online music trading is as simple as saying La-La

I have been a member of the online music trading service, LaLa, for some time now and love it!
While iTunes is very well designed and tunes cost only 99 cents, you can get an entire album over at LaLa for only $1 per trade. What’s the catch?
Not much, actually. All you need to [...]

April 25, 2007

Mac DVD Ripping How To: Handbrake, MediaFork & Anamorphic Widescreen

Welcome old friend back to the land of the living, HANDBRAKE.
If this were a cheesy Hollywood movie, we would all gather ’round and do that slow handclap thing that no gathering of humans have ever done in the history of mankind except when the cameras are rolling.
Handbrake brings us joy like PhotoShop 1.0 did to [...]