http://iblogscott.wordpress.com i will write things which will confound and amaze you Tue, 27 May 2008 07:05:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today I started recording a screencast in ScreenFlow for a demo on how a software product works. I went back to edit and heard static all throughout the mic track. I started doing tests in Wiretap Studio, changing headsets and iMics and all kinds of things trying to get ... http://iblogscott.wordpress.com/2008/05/26/scritchy-scritch-scritch/ Sometimes there's no substitute for doing things yourself, because you can, and because it's fun. Being a DJ on your own radio station falls into that category, and like most other media creation activities on the Mac, it's easy and fun to do. Programs like Nicecast make it so. I ... http://iblogscott.wordpress.com/2008/05/11/the-beautiful-stream-of-music/ Ever wanted to wiretap someone? Gain sneaky access to their conversations or hear what they are up to? Well, you can... wiretap yourself with WireTap Studio. WireTap Studio lets you capture any audio source on your Mac - inputs, applications, even system audio. That means you can capture any sound ... http://iblogscott.wordpress.com/2008/05/03/authorized-wiretap/ In my previous post, I talked about my Time Capsule from Apple, and the problems with network connectivity that started cropping up with it over a month or so of using it. As I mentioned, the genius bar guys reset it to factory settings, and then couldn't see any ... http://iblogscott.wordpress.com/2008/05/03/more-time/ Anyone who follows Apple products probably noticed when Apple announced the Time Capsule earlier this year. I sure did. I was one of the ones who pre-ordered the terabyte version and couldn't wait to get my hands on it. I figured it would change the way we used our ... http://iblogscott.wordpress.com/2008/05/03/a-history-of-time/ Peter Nikolaidis of the Fresh Ubuntu podcast and I recently did an episode for Hacker Public Radio on Yahoo! Pipes, which I've mentioned here before. We had a lot of fun, and we'll definitely be doing it again. As for HPR itself, I haven't listened a whole lot yet, but ... http://iblogscott.wordpress.com/2008/03/08/hackers-like-pipes/ Ok, I poked fun at Microsoft's Interoperability attempts, showing that I was unable to view their video highlights of the event on my Mac. In reality, of course there are ways to view Video encoded for Microsoft Media Viewer in Quicktime, as well as many other formats of video. The ... http://iblogscott.wordpress.com/2008/02/25/quicktime-video-plugins-watch-those-wmv-files-after-all/ Recently my old pal Peter asked me to be on an upcoming Hacker Public Radio with him, and suggested we talk about Yahoo! Pipes. Not knowing a Yahoo! Pipe from a Google Bong, I thought I better do some learning. Like anything else, I suggest studying the works of ... http://iblogscott.wordpress.com/2008/02/24/yahoo-pipes-smokin/ Okay, I've been talking a little bit about screen capture apps, mentioning snapz pro x and ishowu. I think for doing something like capturing game action (WoW junkies, listen up), ishowu is probably the best choice (Update: I don't think this is the case anymore. I think ScreenFlow is ... http://iblogscott.wordpress.com/2008/02/23/screencasting-with-screenflow/ Microsoft announced a whole new effort towards interoperability with open standards and all kinds of great happy horse poo, so I thought I'd watch their video highlight of the event. Here's what happened. By the way, this screencast was created using ScreenFlow, a product I'll detail more in my next ... http://iblogscott.wordpress.com/2008/02/23/microsoft-interoperabilty-i-cant-see-it/