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January 5th, 2007

How to Publish a Video Podcast with WordPress

Article on Informit.com

My latest article for Informit.com has finally been published there.

From the introduction to “Publish a Video Podcast with WordPress“:

Maria Langer’s helicopter jaunts are too spectacular to be described with mere words; adding video podcasts to her web site would give visitors a taste of the thrill they’d be

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January 5th, 2007

About This Mac "build" information

An Apple technical note that explains and lists Mac OS builds.

You can choose Apple > About this Mac to get basic information about your Macintosh, including the version of System software installed, the model name, and the amount of RAM. But if you click the System software version information, the display changes to

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January 5th, 2007

43F Recap: Best of iCal Tips

Ah! I’m not the only one using iCal for scheduling, planning, and maintaining a to do list.

Merlin Mann is like me in at least one respect: he’s a Mac user who uses iCal despite the fact that there may be more powerful calendar applications out there.

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January 5th, 2007

iChat Update 1.0 Now Available

Information from Software Update.

This update renews the .Mac certificate required by iChat for encrypting text, audio and video conferences.

For detailed information on this update, visit http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304899.

Technorati Tags: Apple, Macintosh, macos, iChat, software, update

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January 5th, 2007

Aviation Weather 1.2.5

A Dashboard widget for pilots.

I’ve used this widget in the past and really like it. It uses your Internet connection to retrieve official TAF and METAR information for airports you enter into its interface.

From Aviation Weather 1.2.5 on Dashboard widgets:

About Aviation Weather Get current weather conditions as well as weather

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