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Clickity clack, proper typing’s back

In geek, meta on 15 November 2008 tagged mac with 2 comments

Apple’s Extended II Keyboards and their ‘proper’ clicking keystrokes are back, thanks to Griffin’s iMate ABD - USB converter.  Coveted by the likes of Daring Fireball’s John Gruber, they feel very different to mushy, modern keyboards. Think more electric typewriter.

Good examples go on Ebay for big money, but I got one of the coveted model [...]

Simple guide to burning an .AVI to DVD in OS X 10.4.11

In geek, internet, meta on 15 November 2008 tagged mac with no comments

Here’s how I burn .avi files to DVD. For a guide to why this guide exists, scroll down. You can click the pictures to make them bigger.
1. Get ffmpegx. It’s free and marvelous. Install and follow all the instructions.
2. Open your .avi and set it to convert to .mov. I accepted all the default settings, [...]