The personal website of Matt Henderson.
13 August 2004
I was quite annoyed today after spending a few hours capturing screen video clips sourced from DVD using SnapzPro 2.0.1, to find that only the video track was saved in the movie. No audio track was saved. The Ambrosia support area didn't provide any solution, although a few people on their boards talked about replacing .kext files (something I didn't want to get into.)
13 August 2004
Some recent software purchases:</p>
10 August 2004
Walking through the contents of the MacOS X's "Services" menu, one finds all sorts of interesting tools and utilities. My problem is, though, that there are just too many services there. I feel dizzy when I look at that menu! I understand that basically any application can expose services through this framework, but I wish there were some way that the user could override, or manage, the visibility of the services which are finally shown to the user.
09 August 2004
Let's say you're thinking about buying an apartment as an investment, to rent. You make a down payment, take out a mortgage, and purchase the property. You rent the property for three years, at the same time making mortgage payments. At the end of three years, you sell the property (it has increased in value each year, as real estate often does), and pay off your mortgage.
23 July 2004
23 July 2004
Elephant
I came across this anecdote from Roger Ebert: Let me tell you a story. The day after Columbine, I was interviewed for the Tom Brokaw news program…. (Rating: 85/100)
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23 July 2004
32 days, 19 hours — that's the present "uptime" reading on my Apple Macintosh OS X computer. I guess the next time this machine will get restarted will be the next time it gets an OS update. It's great that "stability" is no longer an issue in our use of computers. I remember the years before OS X — the daily crashes, Conflict Catcher, PRAM resetting, weekly re-installation of the OS...
22 July 2004
My wish for Apple Mail 2.0 would be a mechanism for shooting off a quick email without leaving the present application. I would like to hit a key combination, have a window pop-up (similar to the QuickSilver interface), with only the basic controls -- subject, body, addressing, signature, account selecting, and send.