The narrative below is taken from the lectures of Dr. Merry Andrew Dempsy, lecturer in Fictoverse History at Empty Throne University. It was given six weeks before the onset of the Injunction War. What you have to understand is this my good Elves, Wizards 1, Dwarves, and Gnomes – while we all take our position…
Category: Geek
Back to the Video!
I’ve been fascinated with digital video ever since I first played with pulling on to a Blueberry iMac from a Mini-DV Tape. It didn’t matter to me that iMove took forever to render transitions, or that the audio stunk, or that the Blueberry iMac had a laughable amount of storage to work with digital video….
1Keyboard to Rule them All
My workspace tends to be a multi-device environment. I am often performing a task on my Mac, chatting with someone on my iPhone (often about my current task), and researching a topic on my iPad. For a long time I “suffered” 1 with switching between these devices by moving my hands from device to device…
Workflows brings Automation to iOS
Computer Automation has been something that geeks have known about for a long time. The ability to create a script to run a backup at a particular time each day, pull down tagged information from a text file or database, or set up a template with customized information has been an incredible time-saver. Still, for…
Messaging Migration – Part II
Note: Yesterday I wrote about my messaging migration. This is part II of that post. Follow the link to see the rest of the story. As I wrote yesterday, I’ve long loved the idea of Internet Messaging. Real-time text communication over the Internet is a “killer app.” The tools I’ve used to send messages, however,…
Messaging Migration – Part I
Back in the ancient days of dial-up internet 1 I went out and picked up my first modem, a 14400 baud “winmodem.” I didn’t have the cash to “splurge” on the then-dominant 28800 speed. Inside the modem box were several trials for internet services so, of course, I took a trial run on AOL Online…
