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…
Clean Start with a New Mac
I finally got a new 17” MacBook Pro to replace both my aging 15” MBP and Mac Pro. Essentially, I see it as the MBP is my new desktop, and if I need to be truly portable, I’ve got the iPad — partially to help minimize the amount of physical possessions, and partially because my…
Coder
Coder: The Audiobook First off, let me state: I’m not a developer. Or a hacker, or even a programmer. At best, I’d throw myself in the category of “coder,” because I do write some code. Not as much as I’d like, but still. I am, at the moment, a video editor. Both offline (takes the…
New PS3 Firmware Degrades User Experience
I’ve had a PS3 for a almost three years now, and I love it. Not so much for games, but I use it as a Blu-ray player more than anything else. And it was a really good BD player. It’s fast and responsive, unlike most other BD players I’ve tried. Its best feature, perhaps, was…
TomTom Support
Dear Mark, Thanks for your reply. Your receipt shows that your device was purchased over a year ago. Your GO 720 comes with a one year warranty. Your device is out of warranty and we do not have out of warranty repairs available. We are deeply sorry for any frustration this has caused you. Best…
Family Photo Archive, a.k.a. Scanning odd film formats
As I think I may have mentioned before, I’ve become my family’s Family Photo Archivist, scanning in decades and decades of prints, film negatives and slides, and trying to get them in a web-based solution where everyone else in the family who is so inclined can access them for viewing, printing, and also to assist…
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Just one call to Joe Hadeed. Now if I could only find the jingle for McKay’s Food Store in Southern Maryland.