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<title>TedLindsey.com</title><link>http://www.tedlindsey.com/index.html</link><description>Hot News&#x21;</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:creator>ted@tedlindsey.com</dc:creator><dc:rights>Copyright 2007-2008 Teddy Lindsey</dc:rights><dc:date>2009-02-03T22:26:48-08:00</dc:date><admin:generatorAgent rdf:resource="http://www.realmacsoftware.com/" />
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<lastBuildDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 01:13:47 -0800</lastBuildDate><item><title>Laptop Bags: the Winner</title><dc:creator>ted@tedlindsey.com</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2009-02-03T22:26:48-08:00</dc:date><link>http://www.tedlindsey.com/files/ddd27b1b8c5f18c649a7377d40372cb9-22.html#unique-entry-id-22</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tedlindsey.com/files/ddd27b1b8c5f18c649a7377d40372cb9-22.html#unique-entry-id-22</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Since my last roundup on laptop bags, I ended up exchanging the Booq Boa for a slightly smaller bag, the Booq Folee 2M, since the Boa was just too large for everyday carry. ...  Two things that I had mentioned that really bothered me are present on this bag: dual carry handles and a large flap opening.   Contrary to my expectations, these features are so well implemented that I no longer consider them to be problems.   Because the flap does not need to be pulled back to access the laptop compartment or the main compartment, I find it much less obtrusive.


...One of my favorite features is the magnetic closures on the main flap as well as the interior pockets. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Laptop Bags</title><dc:creator>ted@tedlindsey.com</dc:creator><category>Apple</category><dc:date>2008-09-22T19:59:34-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.tedlindsey.com/files/1383973143fc0f44f8584f4f9b638097-21.html#unique-entry-id-21</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tedlindsey.com/files/1383973143fc0f44f8584f4f9b638097-21.html#unique-entry-id-21</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The thing to keep in mind is that my primary machine is a 15&rdquo; MacBook Pro and that I consider my laptop bag to be my mobile office.   Because I travel and give presentations quite a bit, my bags tends to be fully loaded with gear so that I have pretty much everything I need to set up shop anyplace.


I always seek out bags that have a single carry handle rather than two handles that must be clasped together. ...  I also don&rsquo;t like bags that have a gigantic flap that must be opened to access the contents. 

...Very nice until you unzip one side of the case that is loaded with gear and it falls over. the semi-rigid materials also means that the bag is always going to be the same size, even if it is empty. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Working with AVCHD Video</title><dc:creator>ted@tedlindsey.com</dc:creator><category>Video</category><dc:date>2008-01-05T20:07:48-08:00</dc:date><link>http://www.tedlindsey.com/files/62d03144785e78c43d5ed2a0ea19990a-18.html#unique-entry-id-18</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tedlindsey.com/files/62d03144785e78c43d5ed2a0ea19990a-18.html#unique-entry-id-18</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[AVCHD footage is approximately 2 Mb per second which is pretty good compression, especially for HD content.   Unfortunately, you can't edit raw AVCHD .mts files on a Mac, even though iMovie 08 and Final Cut Express 4 both claim to "natively" support AVCHD.   What they actually support is transcoding of AVCHD footage from the camera to Apple Intermediate Codec (AIC) format on import.   AIC files are optimized for realtime editing and they take up about 8 Mb per second* of footage, which uses up disk space pretty quickly.


* These numbers are just based on my personal observations, and compression ratios vary due to the variable encoding rates, but they are in the ballpark for my Sony HDR-CX7 camcorder capturing AVCHD footage at 960 x 540 resolution through iMovie 08.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Essential Mac Applications</title><dc:creator>ted@tedlindsey.com</dc:creator><category>Apple</category><dc:date>2009-04-14T11:00:00-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.tedlindsey.com/files/409eb20643374657473c92f0a14cfa27-15.html#unique-entry-id-15</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tedlindsey.com/files/409eb20643374657473c92f0a14cfa27-15.html#unique-entry-id-15</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[When I made the switch to Mac OS X, I spent a lot of time trying to find equivalents to many of the applications I relied on in Windows. 

...Pages is a nice blend of word processing and page layout and I haven't had a need to use the Numbers spreadsheet yet.


...Linotype Font Explorer X: Probably the best font manager I've ever seen on any platform and they give it away for free.


...Preview: In Leopard, Preview has gained some great new features and it really takes the cake over any other image viewers I've seen.


...Steermouse gives you control over this as well as all of the buttons on your mouse without having to load crappy Logitech or Microsoft drivers.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Editing AVCHD video with iMovie 08</title><dc:creator>ted@tedlindsey.com</dc:creator><category>Apple</category><category>Video</category><dc:date>2007-08-30T21:51:04-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.tedlindsey.com/files/112cd51e861e208fef35319e4f3e068d-14.html#unique-entry-id-14</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tedlindsey.com/files/112cd51e861e208fef35319e4f3e068d-14.html#unique-entry-id-14</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I've been experimenting with editing footage from my Sony HDR-CX7 HD Camcorder in iMovie 08.   It seems that some people are having problems getting the camcorder to work properly with iMovie 08 and here is the process that is working for me.


...	&bull;	Place the camcorder in the dock and power it on.


	&bull;	You should see a menu asking which method you'd like to use to connect the camera.


...	&bull;	iMovie with automatically detect the camcorder and prompt you to import video.
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