Archives for 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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Cellphone unity

We have 3 cellphones in this house — each with a different charger and plug. It’s a big pain, hugely inefficient, and wasteful of resources. Finally though, cellphone manufacturers have managed to get their act together: It has taken more than 25 years, but mobile phone manufacturers have made a “groundbreaking” decision – to use […]

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iPod Touch: just unplug and play

Although the courier managed to mess up delivery, my 16 Gb iPod Touch finally arrived today. I took it out of the packaging, turned it on and the screen immediately showed an iTunes icon and an icon of the USB 2 plug. Obviously I needed to plug it in to my Mac. After plugging in […]

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Mt Victoria natives

The other day I wrote about the makeover at the top of Mt Victoria. When I visited, things were clearly unfinished. Now the plantings are due, and it’s going to be mainly native plants. This will be such a huge improvement over the gorse that’s been there till now. Four thousand hardy native plants will […]

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Throng launches web 2.0 TV listings

I don’t watch much TV these days: video podcasts and DVDs fill the ‘gap’ very nicely. Besides, I just don’t have time. But if I want to know what’s on, new website Throng is offering an easy way to find out: …throng.co.nz has today launched a world-first web 2.0 television listings format. In development for […]

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100 years since we broke with Britain

I’m no history buff, but this snippet caught my eye: Today, 26 September [2007], marks 100 years since Dominion Day – the day when New Zealand cut its colonial ties with Britain. Then-Prime Minister, Sir Joseph Ward, read a proclamation on the steps of Parliament’s General Assembly library. [Via : Radio New Zealand News : […]

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Amazon MP3 Store not for Kiwis

I was growing interested in the new Amazon MP3 Store: The music is completely DRM-free, encoded at a very respectable 256 kbps, includes a ton of songs from major record labels, and offers terrific software support for Mac OS X. [Via Daring Fireball: ★ The Amazon MP3 Store and Amazon MP3 Downloader.] Mind you, the […]

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