I’ve been doing some advanced Powerpoint presentations on my Mac Pro for my VP this last year, presentations that include audio, video, slideshows and various transitions. While they look very nice popped into a trustee’s report, they have not come without their share of problems. Let me break it down for you.
Video
In a nutshell: MOV files do not work. They appear to work on a Mac, but take that file to a PC…FAIL. And a PC is what this presentation[...]
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Just got my Netflix Wii Streaming disc in the mail today. Let me walk you through the process.
I haven’t used my Wii in a little while, so when I popped in the disc, I had to wait through 2 consecutive software updates to use the disc.
Now that’s done, and I see the Netflix icon in the top left of the home screen.
Clicking on the icon, I can choose to Start or to go back to the Wii menu.
I have to[...]
Driving home from lunch today with 3 of my co-workers, I ended up behind a Saturn Outlook. I remarked that cars shouldn’t be named after Microsoft products. Someone said they though it would be cool. This led to remarks like:
Pontiac Word. If you drive it too long, it crashes.
The Pontiac Word has a Convert to Bus feature.
Chevy Powerpoint. We decided it would be sporty, like a Mustang.
We all agreed we’d buy a car called the Dreamweaver.
And isn’t there already[...]
A list of some conferences that I’m considering. Mostly for my own use, but feel free to post suggestions for others in the comments.
March/April
O’Reilly Where 2.0 Conference: Location Enabled [March 30 - April 1, 2010 - San Jose, CA]
O’Reilly MySQL Conference [April 12-15, 2010 - Santa Clara, CA]
Voices that Matter Conferences [iPhone Developers Conference, April 24-25, 2010, Seattle, WA]
May
O’Reilly Web 2.0 Expo [May 3-6, 2010 - San Francisco, CA]
Future of Web Design [May 17-19, 2010 - London]
An Event Apart [NE:[...]
Time goes by so quickly. My daughter is out on her first date…alone…with a boy…without a group of friends. I got to talk with him–Mark–for a few minutes before they left for dinner and a movie. He seemed very respectful, and nice, and considerate. Which is all good, but he’s taking my only daughter in a big green truck 30 minutes down the road. Did I say alone?
Music gets me through times like this, so let’s hear a couple of[...]
