tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-122280142011-04-23T18:20:48.007+08:00User Interface Junkie is all about a Mac user discovering the joys of OS X and sharing them with everyone.Joash Cheenoreply@blogger.comBlogger71100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12228014.post-1125539717638053592005-09-01T09:55:00.000+08:002005-09-01T09:55:53.276+08:00<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 1px #000000; }.flickr-frame { float: left; text-align: center; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/joashpbook/39061604/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://photos26.flickr.com/39061604_94874a5cd1_t.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="Powerbook Doublelife" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/joashpbook/39061604/">Powerbook Doublelife</a> </span></div>Apple isn't the only one leading a double-life. My powerbook now sports two operating system versions, the latest Tiger (10.4.2) and the former Panther (10.3.9). The reasons for this setup are many but they may change in the future.<br /><br />Oh, any for those of you that noticed, the harddisk skins are not accurate, but they were the only ones that I thought were nice enough to use from iconfactory.com's Xtra Drives set.<br clear="all" /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12228014-112553971763805359?l=uijunkie.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Joash Cheenoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12228014.post-1114821282904672042005-04-30T08:34:00.000+08:002005-04-30T08:35:50.850+08:00<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 1px #000000; }.flickr-frame { float: left; text-align: center; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.alivecommunity.net/members/joash/create_h264.mp4" title="Watch Video"><img src="http://photos7.flickr.com/11534231_94fe9ab5f5_t.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="Create H.264" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"> <a href="http://www.alivecommunity.net/members/joash/create_h264.mp4">Watch Video</a> </span></div>Here's a very quick, 4-step way of getting H.264 video playing on your desktop. This clip was made in a rush so the workflow isn't fully tested. (Audio was having a spot of problem)<br /><br />The video is an .mp4 file so your web browser might not handle it well. Trying CTRL-clicking to save it instead.<br clear="all" /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12228014-111482128290467204?l=uijunkie.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Joash Cheenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12228014.post-1114567593311345082005-04-27T10:06:00.000+08:002005-04-27T10:19:12.233+08:00<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 1px #000000; }.flickr-frame { float: left; text-align: center; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/joashpbook/11127556/" title="Read Comic"><img src="http://photos6.flickr.com/11127556_3644157388_t.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="Upload Your Media" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/joashpbook/11127556/">Read Comic</a> </span></div>If you're familiar with sites like <a href="http://www.flickr.com">Flickr</a> and <a href="http://www.shutterfly.com">Shutterfly</a>, you're no stranger to public hosting services that offer online storage for free. Go one step further with videos and check out the free hosting sites <a href="http://www.archive.org">archive.org</a> and <a href="http://ourmedia.org">ourmedia.org</a>.<br /><br />Some services are still undergoing public testing. Your mileage may vary.<br clear="all" /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12228014-111456759331134508?l=uijunkie.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Joash Cheenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12228014.post-1114420910362778982005-04-25T17:21:00.000+08:002005-09-20T09:14:29.693+08:00<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 1px #000000; }.flickr-frame { float: left; text-align: center; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/joashpbook/10829331/" title="Read Steps"><img src="http://photos6.flickr.com/10829331_c97e93ba51_t.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="Download WireTap 1.0.0" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/joashpbook/10829331/">Read Steps</a> </span></div>WireTap is a great little application that allows you to record anything that goes through your Mac's speakers, like maybe <a href="http://www.skype.com">Skype</a> conversations and <a href="http://www.yourmaclife.com">web radio</a>... Get the freeware version in a just 3 simple steps!<br /><br /><i>Tiger update: Wiretap will not work with Tiger but there's a workaround. Download and install WireTapPro from <a href="http://www.ambrosiasw.com">Ambrosia</a> and your free WireTap app will work again. (You can trash the WireTapPro app safely after it has updated the necessary system files.)</i><br /><br />Tutorial created with the nifty application <a href="http://plasq.com/comiclife">Comic Life</a> by <a href="http://plasq.com">plasq</a>. Be prepared to see more such comic tutorials.<br clear="all" /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12228014-111442091036277898?l=uijunkie.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Joash Cheenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12228014.post-1114062018535740222005-04-21T13:40:00.000+08:002005-04-26T23:02:45.696+08:00<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 1px #000000; }.flickr-frame { float: left; text-align: center; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.archive.org/download/JoashCheeWorkingWithDjVuDocuments/Viewing_DjVu_Documents.mov" title="Watch Video" autoplay="true"><img src="http://photos8.flickr.com/10214457_38382ea589_t.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="Viewing DjVu Documents" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"> <a href="http://www.archive.org/download/JoashCheeWorkingWithDjVuDocuments/Viewing_DjVu_Documents.mov" autoplay="true">Watch Video (14.6MB)</a> </span></div>Wondering how to view all those .djvu files? Here's a screencast that shows you how on Mac OS X, using a free web browser plug-in.<br /><br />Do also watch the corresponding screencast on how to <a href="http://uijunkie.blogspot.com/2005/04/shrink-documents-with-djvu.html">shrink documents with DjVu</a>.<br clear="all" /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12228014-111406201853574022?l=uijunkie.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Joash Cheenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12228014.post-1114061679932967742005-04-21T13:34:00.000+08:002005-04-21T15:59:44.230+08:00<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 1px #000000; }.flickr-frame { float: left; text-align: center; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.archive.org/download/JoashCheeWorkingWithDjVuDocuments/Shrink_Documents_With_DjVu.mov" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://photos7.flickr.com/10214198_2c8ab1086a_t.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="Shrink Documents With DjVu" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"> <a href="http://www.archive.org/download/JoashCheeWorkingWithDjVuDocuments/Shrink_Documents_With_DjVu.mov">Watch Video (23.8MB)</a> </span></div>Fancy compressing your current scans and PDFs into just 10% of the file's original size? Look no further than DjVu. This screencast shows you how you can compress your files for free.<br /><br />Be sure to also watch the corresponding screencast on <a href="http://uijunkie.blogspot.com/2005/04/viewing-djvu-documents.html">viewing DjVu documents</a> with a free web browser plug-in.<br clear="all" /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12228014-111406167993296774?l=uijunkie.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Joash Cheenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12228014.post-1113874312170386692005-04-19T09:31:00.000+08:002005-04-21T16:01:57.300+08:00<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 1px #000000; }.flickr-frame { float: left; text-align: center; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.archive.org/download/Downloading_Quicktime_Broadcaster/DownloadingQTBroadcaster.mov" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://photos6.flickr.com/9833797_707b2564e2_t.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="Downloading QT Broadcaster" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"> <a href="http://www.archive.org/download/Downloading_Quicktime_Broadcaster/DownloadingQTBroadcaster.mov">Watch Video (7.9MB)</a> </span></div>To launch off U.I.Junkie, I'm starting a screencast instructional series on how to do Direct-To-Disk video recording.<br /><br />We start off by downloading and installing the necessary (and free!) software components, beginning with Apple's Quicktime Broadcaster.<br clear="all" /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12228014-111387431217038669?l=uijunkie.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Joash Cheenoreply@blogger.com0