Category: ramblings

The Apple Pro Keyboard is mushy and unresponsive, but worst of all, it traps and showcases dirt inside its clear plastic shell as if it were a disgusting work of art. If you want to get back to your pristine-looking APK, it takes a fair amount of effort to take apart and clean. This guide…

Note: This article has been updated for newer versions of Mac OS X (10.5 or later) that don’t use Netinfo Manager. Read the new article. When I’m prepping an old Mac to resell or give away, I like to install a clean system and apply all of the available updates first. Of course, I need…

I have an original first generation Drobo (USB only) that was not acting well lately. I was having some hanging and mounting issues, and on top of that, I couldn’t even get the firmware to update, which the Drobo folks were thinking might solve my other problems. I tried updating the firmware automatically from Drobo…

Interesting way of funding the project and getting new buyers. Great bonuses at the $25 level, and the icons are well worth it. Then again, it’s already overfunded, and everyone will get the original 130 icons free in August, if you just want to wait.

Shot entirely on iPhone 4 in natural light, and mostly un-modified, aside from an editing pass through Final Cut Pro. Only two shots were blown up (because I foolishly shot them in portrait mode), no color correction or any other effects applied except the single text title on Shot 2. (Of course Flickr has added…

I’ve been meaning to make this critique video for almost twenty years now. Glad I finally did it.

I have, on a few occasions, been part of a team for the 48 Hour Film Project known as The Fuzz. I found out that this Friday night, our winning 2003 DC film, Weather Man is going to be shown at a 10th anniversary retrospective screening at the AFI Silver Theater in Silver Spring. If…