Liking the Look of the Speck FitFolio
I’m liking the look of this Speck FitFolio case for the full-sized iPad. Good enough reviews at Amazon
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A LEGO Must Have
This is definitely a LEGO must have! From the Lord of the Rings, LEGO’s reproduced the Tower of Orthanc. What’s that you ask? That’s the dark tower Saruman ruled where he held Gandalf captive on the roof. Yeah, that tower. Check out the magnificence of this tower along with all its details. It’s over two feet tall!
And the movable Ent is a bonus along with the various minifigures! Save up $200 for July 2013.
Belkin Dot Cover No More?
My experiences with Belkin cases have been good thus far, so I went with another one. This time, I got a Belkin Dot cover with stand for my Dwellable iPad Mini. But now, looking on Belkin’s web site, I don’t see this case offered. I guess it’s no more. Still though, it’s more than a decent case.
The Dot cover is not too heavy but provides sufficient protection to the front and back of your iPad Mini. For awhile, I doubted the magnetic auto-wake trigger of this case, but it is there. Open the cover, and the Mini awakens. The magnetic clasp not only keeps the cover securely closed but strengthens the cover’s structure when open for viewing. I like the overall feel of the cover’s material, providing enough grippy texture.
There are two minuses with this case though small. The stand only works in landscape orientation. If you want to stand up the Mini in portait orientation, you’re going to have to lean it on something. I’ve seen other cases where the iPad can swivel in the stand, but with the low profile of this case, this feature isn’t offered. Secondly, I can’t easily adjust the volume buttons or mute switch. There’s just not enough space for my finger to fit in the recess of the case. No biggie, just humbug.
For the overall cost of the Belkin Dot case, I can’t complain with what I got.
Once You Go Black
Was it Wesley Snipes that uttered that phrase on Passenger 57? In any case, I’ll see if that mantra holds true for beds, specifically the Simmons Beautyrest Black series.
Taken Out by a Preference File
With a pile of old MiniDV tapes, I wanted to extract the video to my Mac using a Canon Vixia HV30 camcorder. Connected via FireWire, the camera showed up in iMovie 11 but refused to import any of the video. The video would playback on the camcorder screen, but iMovie only showed a blue screen during import.
I found one suggestion to change the output of the HV30 since the recorded format was older, non-HDV video. While the camcorder is disconnected, you can change the camcorder’s output, and the recommendation was “DV lock.” Sadly, that didn’t fix the problem.
Then I came across this post with a fix of deleting iMovie’s preference file. The article says to delete:
username/library/preferences/com.apple.imovie8.plist
But I couldn’t find that exact file. I did, however, find com.apple.iMovieApp.plist and com.apple.iMovieApp.plist.lockfile in ~/Library/Preferences. I dragged both out of the folder to my desktop and launched iMovie which generated a new preference file.
Can you believe this worked? The import video in iMovie 11 now behaves as expected. I can control the camcorder over FireWire and during import, I can see the playback on the camcorder screen and in iMovie. Who knew that one corrupt preference file could cause that much trouble?!
A Tribute to Ron Bright
After the last performance of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, the cast (along with special guests) sang a tribute to Ron Bright. This was probably my first play watched at the Ron Bright Theatre at Castle High School, and I could definitely feel the love, respect, and admiration for Mr. Bright from patrons and performers alike.
Sorry, the video is from my iPhone since I didn’t have any other gear with me.
Was I Hacked?
My heart sank when I visited my blog only to see a simple message of “It works!” That wasn’t right. Since WordPress has been under attack recently, I thought I had been hacked.
Doing some quick Google searches didn’t correlate hacks to “It works” but rather a misconfiguration with Apache. Still though, I didn’t make any changes so what was going on?
Fortunately, Dreamhost has their Live Chat tech support (for certain plans anyways) and after a few minutes, the problem was fixed. There was a misconfiguration that the tech took care of. Not sure why this happened in the first place, but I’m glad there was someone to help troubleshoot.
Looking Up the Effects of Vog
I know I’m getting old since I’m looking up the effects of vog. I don’t recall being affected in my younger years, but recently I’ve noticed coincidental throat issues when vog levels are high.
Getting old…
What Does Peanut Butter Crunch Pancakes Look Like?
Looking at the specials menu for Sunday, April 21, what does peanut butter crunch pancakes with a marmalade topping look like?
A short stack looks like this!
The taste was interesting, not my favorite though. I wasn’t the biggest fan of the marmalade topping, instead wanted more peanut butter flavor.
One Team Hat in Grey
At the Iolani Fair, I picked up the last One Team hat in grey. Still had the hat in red or black, but I thought the grey provided the most contrast.
Vote Dwellable for Geekwire’s App of the Year
Dwellable’s mobile app that helps find vacation rentals throughout America has been nominated for Geekwire’s App of the Year. If you’re not familiar with Dwellable or its revamped app, take a minute to read my app review. 🙂
Okay, so I did win an iPad Mini for my winning review but hey, I still endorse Dwellable as App of the Year amongst its competition of Glympse, Haiku Deck, Walk Score, and Zillow Digs. Voting goes on through April, and the winners will be announced on May 9 at GeekWire’s Awards Bash.
As a company, you gotta love Dwellable’s engagement with its fans and users. They’ve sponsored contests, featured their fans, and published interesting perspectives on DwellableTrends.
Good luck to Dwellable and please vote for them!
Sorry, I wish I could embed the voting poll here. You’ll have to head on over to GeekWire to vote.
What’s Not Sold Out at Walmart?
While Jabba’s Palace was sold out at Walmart, these new drinks were very plentiful. Alcoholic drinks in Capri Sun-like bags! I can’t believe it.
