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The Power of Positivity

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The Rastafarians I ran into growing up used to say that the problem with Christians is that they believe. “Rasta Know!” If you believe then your mind can change with your belief. But if you know something is true, then it just is. There is no changing it. If you know you are going to … Read more

One Song

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Bob Marley is one of my heros. His songs of love, freedom and redemption have inspired me since I was a little boy. I have often wondered if I was him and I was going to write just one song for the world to hear, which song would it be. How would I like to … Read more

Apple Mail – Keystrokes

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Get Mail

We are migrating over from Eudora to Apple Mail.app. I have resisted for years but… well, the time is right.

Of course a move like this must include a few twists and turns. One of my first involves keystrokes. I am not sure why Apple would make ‘Power User’ keystrokes for this app so arcane.

Get New Mail = Command-Shift-N.

Really? What about just Command-M like everyone else? Getting mail is not ‘creating new mail’ which, as you would assume, is Command-N. ‘N’ implies new. ‘M’ implies mail. Create new = Command-N. Get new mail = Command-M. Whatever, it is easy to change, just not sure what Apple was thinking.

After much searching, I found usingmac.com has the best list of keystrokes. I figured I would repost them here so more folks might find them.

PS: Dan Rodney and macrumors have some nice keystroke lists as well.

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Nobody Knows Me At All – The Weepies

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[display_podcast] I went to see Race To Nowhere last night and this song by The Weepies opened and closed it. While I liked the song, I’m not sure how I feel about the movie. It will be compared to Waiting For Superman for obvious reasons. As the folks I saw it with pointed out, one … Read more

How Glad I Am – Brandi Shearer

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[display_podcast] I bought this a few months ago and I am still enjoying it a lot. Hmm… I wonder why. Her delivery is nice, no question. But I think it is the poetry. It has the whole Ray Charles “You Don’t Know Me” vibe to it. For some reason that really resonates with me. Here … Read more

Apple Discontinues Xserve

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Apple Discontinues Xserve Re: Jeez. What does that mean? It means Apple thinks you can do everything with a Mac Pro or a collection of Mac mini’s. Your software will continue to run, obviously. But your hardware is becoming obsolete. Rather than make Enterprise-ready 1U solutions, Apple wants to focus on the Mac Pro. The … Read more

Learn by Video

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Adobe Press Learn by Video This is REALLY, really cool. Set up an app to play purchased video content. Then sell the videos for $2 each (or whatever you want). Lots of free videos for “members” as well. I think this is very smart. Very. Makes me think…

Should I use podomatic.com for my podcasts?

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Re: Should I use podomatic.com for my podcasts?

The answer depends on what you are looking for. If you want something that is free and easy and podcasting is a hobby for you, sure. If you are a professional, podomatic has two major faults:

1) You lose control of your content

Once you upload your content you no longer control it. I doubt you even own it. You certainly have no rights to limit its distribution.

2) You are given a tiny amount of storage.

Media files are by definition large files. 500Mb is a tiny amount (less than 5 minutes of good quality web video or about 500 minutes of good quality audio). Even when you bump up to the “Pro” version you only get 2Gb.

PodPress

“podPress adds a lot of features designed to make WordPress the ideal platform for hosting a podcast.”

We use podPress for all our podcasting websites. It is easy to configure, works great and is simple to use. It can even be configured to post your podcast automatically on iTunes.

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