September 2007

iMovie ’08 tutorials

I’ve managed to fill up my Apple TV’s 40Gb hard drive with unwatched podcasts, music, photos and stuff so am catching up on some of the videos to make room for new material. This morning I’ve watched the two excellent iMovie ’08 shows from ScreenCastsOnline (affiliate link). As always, Don McAllister has done a fabulous [...]

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New Zealand DST now in effect

OK, I officially have no idea what the time is. I can definitively say it’s not 9 am. It could be 8 or it could be 10. I guess I’ll figure it out soon, and then start the painful process of updating all the stuff round here that has a clock: phones, DVD recorders, cable [...]

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eWaste goes to Singapore, Australia and South Korea

Yesterday and today, in 13 centres around New Zealand we have a chance to hand in our electronic waste for disposal, courtesy of eDay 2007. Auckland has its day today, but the other 12 centres collected 21,000 items yesterday — about 234 tonnes. Here’s what happens next, according to the eDay website. Equipment is sorted [...]

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How I moved the FirstBite website to Google Apps

After setting up FirstBite email at Google Apps (see the previous post), I had a look at web pages. My existing website had become out of sync with my needs and I was no longer using all it had to offer. In fact, my business these days revolves around this MacTips website: the blog, the [...]

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How I moved FirstBite email to Google Apps

A couple of weeks ago I wrote Evolving FirstBite to Google Apps. That post explained that in light of changing circumstances I’d decided to move my FirstBite website and email to Google Apps, picking up Google Docs and Google Calendar along the way. I started small, by just moving the email. Google provide full instructions, [...]

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Hosting recommendation

I have a dozen sites hosted with a New Zealand service called Host Me. On rare occasions I have to ask for tech support. Their response is always prompt, helpful, and courteous. Their rates are good too. I don’t get anything for recommending them, but as they have yet again, today, provided excellent service, I [...]

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