Rob Bredow

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  • Click to play movie in keynote

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    I’ve been very happy with my transition from Powerpoint to Keynote…particularly when dealing with lots of movies in a presentation. One feature I was suprised to find missing in keynote is a “click to play” option on an imbedded movie. For some reason, keynote doesn’t have that option built-in. I found a decent workaround:

  • Surf’s Up (Wii)

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    Here’s a look at the Wii version of the video game from Ubisoft. Looks like it’s going to rock.

  • Press Conference in Hawaii

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    Some of the first images released from the film as well as an interview with a few of the stars. Sal Masekela, Rob Machado and Kelly Slater had a blast doing the voices for penguins in the animated film “Surf’s Up,” set to be released in June. Read more: The Star Bulletin The Honolulu Advertiser…

  • vi gem

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    I’ve been using “vi” (a popular unix text editor) for about 15 years. Today I learned something important. Vi has bookmarks that can be used for doing stuff with blocks of text easily.

  • Markdown Extra Improvement

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    I’ve been using Markdown Extra for formatting posts and pages for a new site I’m working on. Since I want the back-end editing to be as simple as possible, I wanted to remove the “two spaces at the end of the line” requirement when the user simply wants to insert a line break. The change…

  • History in all it’s 640×480 glory…

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    Google has announced today on their official blog that they are starting a pilot program to digitize the National Archives’ video content. They posted a few example links including the first Apollo Moon landing. I was impressed to see that the quality of the footage was better than most of the other videos I have…

  • 2 Picasa2 Tips

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    Tip 1: Hover over any thumbnail and hit Ctrl-Alt. It will instantly fill the screen with the high resolution image. Tip 2: Hit Ctrl-L and your web browser will pop up connected to a web version of Picasa2. You’ll get some funny looking URL like this: http://localhost:1606/2325d8afb4426bbca5ba8cf7afbb20db/ You can easily browse the images and do…

  • Quote of the Day

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    “You know what’s not pleasant? Drinking at the water fountain and feeling the stream of water dip when someone flushes the toilet in the bathroom next door.”, Maggie Mason.

  • Taco Bell Express

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    I was at a museum recently and noticed that they had some fast food offerings. I didn’t think much of it until I noticed the Taco Bell Express. I simply don’t understand the marketing genius behind that one. Who is the target audience for Taco Bell Express? Are they really looking for the fast food…