Software
- ⇒ Opera Mini 4 Beta (link from Jun 19, 2007)
The newest version of Opera Mini (the best browser for your non-Apple phone) has been released in Beta, and holy moly, its new feature set is amazing. You know those iPhone commercials that talk about the 'just internet'? This new Opera kinda does that, for $0.
- ⇒ Just completed my first SuperDuper! backup (link from Jun 18, 2007)
After 36 hours and three failed attempts, I finally finished my first SuperDuper! backup. The first attempt, at work, threw an error after a few hours while I was trying to backup to our main network data drive. The second was at home, trying to backup over the network to the USB drive linked to my Windows PC, which threw an error at about 3.9 GB. For the third attempt, I brought the USB drive downstairs and hooked it directly to my machine. It stalled, throwing no error, at about 4GB. I assumed at this point that the troll stopping my backup was the ~ 4 GB file size limit on FAT32 drives, so I moved everything off the USB drive, repartitioned and reformatted it into HFS+, and it finally worked like a charm.
Was I doing anything obviously wrong, other than trying to break the rules of the FAT32 file system (and is that really where the problem was)? If you know anything about it, leave me a comment. Thanks!
- ⇒ iSquint - iPod video converter for Mac (link from Jun 8, 2007)
I spent about half an hour looking for a free Mac app I could use to get my avi files of Heroes onto Lori's iPod. This tiny app did a wonderful job.
- ⇒ Movable Type 4 Beta: We're On A Mission (link from Jun 6, 2007)
The beta of Movable Type 4 is now available to install and play with. Marvel at:
- A completely reinvented user interface with a dashboard overview of how all of your blogs are doing
- Support for publishing standalone pages and managing file assets and images right within MT
- Brand-new community features like OpenID, and a built-in user registration system
- A completely redesigned component architecture that makes MT faster and more scalable than ever before
- And it’s going to be available in a completely open source version with its home at a completely relaunched community site that revives an old, beloved URL