Review and Technology Tobi on 21 Dec 2007
One of the most useful features in Adobe Acrobat 5.0 that I used first as a student and then later even more at work was its ability to compare two documents side-by-side and mark all the differences. It is the only program I know to date that enables one to do this. I used it [...]
Mac OS X Platform and Tips & Tricks and Videography and Workflow Tobi on 21 Dec 2007
The wedding movie mentioned in the previous post is actually over three hours long and does not fit onto a single layer DVD. While I did buy a package of double layer (DL) DVDs I was rather shocked about their price. At nearly $2.2 they are more than 5 times as expensive as single layer [...]
Mac OS X Platform and Videography Tobi on 21 Dec 2007
I just finished a nice widescreen movie from my sister’s wedding and I figured, if the movie is widescreen I might as well make the menu widescreen as well. I only have a standard 4:3 TV, but am used to watch widescreen movies with a letter-box, i.e., black bars on top and bottom. Naturally I [...]
Mac OS X Platform and Videography Tobi on 21 Dec 2007
When creating a DVD menu in iDVD, there is an option from the Tools menu called “Show TV Safe Area”. What this means is that pretty much anything outside that box won’t show up on your TV. It also won’t show up on you computer when testing the DVD from a disk image.
Technology Tobi on 20 Dec 2007
This ars technica article is a bit older but probably none the less applicable. The gist of it is that inkjet printers claim that a cartridge is empty much too early. If you replace right then, you may be paying twice as much as necessary depending on your printer model. And that does not given [...]
Tips & Tricks and Transportation Tobi on 20 Dec 2007
When computing driving direction all you need is right clicks, keyboard not required. Simply right click on the map and select “Directions to here” or “Directions from here”, then point to your destination/origin and repeat. That’s it.
MS-Windows Platform and Tips & Tricks Tobi on 18 Dec 2007
When opening Word documents from Outlook, they are by default displayed in the reading layout which is supposed to make the document easier to read. I do not like this very much, however, and fortunately, there is an easy way to turn it off; the trick is just to know where to find the option. [...]
MS-Windows Platform and Tips & Tricks Tobi on 18 Dec 2007
Ever since my version of MS Office was upgraded from 2000 to 2003 was I very frustrated that very frequently, but not always, the reviewing toolbar popped up when opening a Word document. No matter how many times I closed it, it opened again, eating away at my screen real estate. Today I finally decided [...]
Transportation Tobi on 13 Dec 2007
This short NYT article points out a nice piece of optimization at work to save money and at the same be more environmentally friendly. Well done!