Tips & Tricks Tobi on 23 Jul 2008
I don’t know if it is a problem with my current theme, or what else caused it, but there is no blank line after an unordered list and a following paragraph that makes it look like the following line belongs to the list like so: item 1 item 2 Not part of the list. The [...]
Videography Tobi on 23 Jul 2008
Here’s another quote of important concepts from the user manual (pp. 387 ff.): Even if there are no clips highlighted, Final Cut Express usually considers something in the Timeline to be selected. This occurs in two situations: If no clips are highlighted and there are no In or Out points set, clips under the current [...]
Videography Tobi on 23 Jul 2008
The following tips come directly from the FCE 4.0 user manual (p. 410 & 413). These are keyboard shortcuts for arranging clips in the time line. Using the Command Key to Drag More Slowly When you’re dragging clips, edit points, or keyframes, usually the default one-to-one correspondence between the motion of your mouse and the [...]
Transportation Tobi on 21 Jul 2008
Comparing the German and US offerings of Volkswagen is very frustrating. I’d imagine most people in the US won’t know (since they don’t speak German) and thus happily buy their 2.5 liter/170 HP Jetta with EPA estimated mileage of 24 MGP (9.8 liters/100km). In Germany, this is not even an option, because the engine is [...]
General Tobi on 17 Jul 2008
For the last two weeks in a row the recycling pick-up truck in my town, New Britain, CT left our carefully sorted plastic bags sitting on the street. New Britain recycles only #1 and #2 plastic. So we always make sure to only put these two kinds in the recycling. In the past this was [...]
Software Development Tobi on 15 Jul 2008
A very useful Wikipedia article summarizing the details about a large number of commercial and free file and directory comparison tools.
Transportation Tobi on 14 Jul 2008
Since it was first introduced, Google Street View has now a significantly increased area of coverage. Check for yourself here.