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Posts tagged mac os x
Hak.5 April Fools
Apr 4th
I’ve been a bit behind on my tech podcasts, or atleast the video ones, and I’ve just got to the the Hak.5 April Fools’ Day episode (episode #507) which takes place in 1995. They talk about Windows “Chicago” 95, the SNES, Sega, the coming Song PlayStation, and how-to get free long-distance using phone tones. In the episode they mention a BBS at bbs.hak5.org, and well, I couldn’t resist.
I opened terminal and used the command telnet bbs.hak5.org and it actually worked! This uses the ancient telnet protocol, and they must have set-up a server. I’ve made a video of this:
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[UPDATE-19:26]Episode number is #507, not #90 as I had mis-stated.[/UPDATE].
Kinemac: TWiT Animation
Mar 26th
This is a quick animation I made in Kinemac from the MacHeist bundle this year. I experimented with 3D camera controls against 2D objects.
Video: Path Finder Interface Walkthrough
Mar 25th
This is a quick walkthrough the Path Finder interface.
Quick Path Finder Walkthrough from Brad Arsenault on Vimeo.
My GMail Situation:
Mar 23rd
Since GMail came into invite-beta I’ve had an account, and last year, when I finally got BradArsenault.com, I added a Google Apps domain which is connected to it. So now I have two email accounts. Back in August of last year I connected the email accounts together by fetching my BradArsenault.com email through Google’s POP download function and can send via the other account with a similar tool built into GMail.
The problem is that when ever I send a message it says in the from address: “(my gmail account) on behalf of brad(at)bradarsenault.com”. This is a problem because I want people to see only my bradarsenault.com address, and to hide my GMail account with it. So I have an idea!
I’m going to move all of my mail from my GMail to BradArsenault.com mail, using another Google tool I’ve heard about (the name slips my mind for some reason). But that’s not going to be easy, because I have a dream, yeah, another dream, to get an email address crafted to be awesome for an email address (thanks to Mark Christian for this [shinyplasticbag.com] @shinyplasticbag) br@darsenault.com or brad@rsenault.com… see, awesome!
Moral of the story: I need a better client because I will have to log-in to all of these accounts separately and manage my email in different locations. Unless that is, I give up the freedom of GMail and move….ewww… to a mail client (such as Mail or Outlook). That seems to be my only good, viable solution.
Sorry if this seems like a rant, but if Google would only remove that “on behalf of” (what I call) bug, everything would be happier and sunnier.
**I apologize for that: but I’m just not agreeing with GMail today.
Skitch (public Beta)
Mar 22nd
I usually like to have some time with an app before I ‘favorite’ it. However Plasq’s newest software product for the mac, Skitch, can be an easy exception. Skitch is currently in a public beta and therefore is free for now.
There are two parts to Skitch: the OS X application and a Skitch.com user-name/account. First you create an account at Skitch.com, then you download the app. Drag the app to your “Applications” folder and open it. You are then prompted for your user name and password.
Now you are free to use it. Currently Skitch only allows picture/image/still shots, but it’s so amazing! Skitch allows you to mark on, crop, and otherwise edit your image intuitively and readily. Then you are able to share the ‘snap’ to your Skitch.com account where you can share the (what I like to call) album URL with others, or, more interestingly, via FTP, SFTP, WebDAv, etc… then give you the URL in ‘http://’ form to copy and paste into a blog post, email, or other use imaginable. The interface is very Mac: fluid, very graphic, very fun.
Give it a try for FREE! at Skitch.com.
