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It’s moving day!!

macgiver — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 03:09:18 +0000

I’ve moved this entire site to a new server on Bluehost. It can now be found here: http://duck-wing.com/wp/ See you there

It’s that time of year

macgiver — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 20:06:03 +0000

Tax time usually means that I remember how much I wanted to organize my finances last year. I’ve used a nice little application called iBank from IGG Software. It has suited most of my needs over the past year and is about half the price of Quicken for the Mac. But this year I had […]

Meander

macgiver — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 03:11:35 +0000

Remember back in the day when you had to BUY mapping software? I can. I plunked down $30 for some mediocre software that was out of date in a year. Then Mapquest saved us. It brought forward free software to find out where we could go and how to get there. Google has since elevated […]

A band-aid for the Finder

macgiver — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 22:29:24 +0000

I think many of us are hoping that the next OS release brings tabbed finder views and a simple way to deal with moving and viewing files.... These guys have produced a quality product that feels right at home on my desktop.

Upload your photos

macgiver — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 00:48:20 +0000

Now that we all have a bunch of new holiday photos it's time to get them uploaded to Flickr and other various photo sharing sites. If you're running either iPhoto or Aperture on the Mac you have limited choices to automate the upload process.

The easiest way to download Google and Youtube video

macgiver — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 15:28:50 +0000

As Youtube pulls more and more videos off, due to complaints from studios like NBC, I enjoy keeping local copies for future viewing.... VideoDL is web service that simply fetches the flash file and provides you with a simple download link.

The easiest way to print a calendar on a Mac

macgiver — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 15:55:27 +0000

She needed a blank printout to write a schedule to hang on her wall.... I went to the iWork community site to find a template but nothing was really useful.

Flickr photo streams in iPhoto

macgiver — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 03:29:00 +0000

With iPhoto, you can keep up with all of your favorite photo groups and pools without having to click through to the web page.... Get the RSS feed address from the bottom of a Flickr photo set and paste it into the address box in iPhoto.

Sync two macs at home

macgiver — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 02:56:46 +0000

Sure, all of my bookmarks, contacts, and keychains are all in sync between the two machines, but it just doesn't handle large data backups very well.... I create a new Chronosync script and set the left source as my "documents" folder on my desktop and the right source as the documents folder on my laptop.

Posting problems on WordPress

macgiver — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 02:42:31 +0000

Well, I’m having quite a bit of difficulty posting from Ecto to this blog. I am in the process of reviewing alternative blog sites. I like WordPress a lot, but it seems like I’ve had significant issues trying to make posts.