I moved into my new office today. I am writing my master thesis here: Codd-M building, IT-byen Katrinebjerg, Århus, Denmark.
Thank you Inge for downloading the new (intel) Cisco VPN Client and thank you Line for moving the file using your USB-stick.
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I installed the universal (intel) version of cocoAspell on my MacBook Pro five minutes ago. Works fine with the Danish version 5 dictionary and Adium and Apple Mail so far.
A nice surprise on a sunday.
It would be cool if Anton had RSS feed or newsletter email on cocoAspell (cocoaspell.leuski.net). I do not fancy MacUpdate that much. Too much junk and paid subscription.
It took a few hours with backing everything up and installing OS X from scratch. It works..
Makes me feel dirty.
Check out the other photos while I run Windows Update for a few hours:
After a few repairs..
.. My disk still suffers from some condition which prevents Windows from being installed.
Windows installations always seem to require some sort of drastic FORMAT C: measure. I will attempt a reinstall of OS X. But first a complete backup, which will take 3 or 4 hours.
I grabbed the firmware from:
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macbookproearly2006firmwareupdate10.html
Used the updater to shut down. Held the power button until the light flashed..
Sat and watched the progress bar..
Waited for a few minutes more..
OS X boots as usual and says update completed..
Yes! Finally I can run Windows and get viruses on my Mac. I’m going to try it out..
I saw the news here:
Apple quietly releases Boot Camp Beta at World of Apple
And here:
Apple Goes to Boot Camp at Binary Bonsai
Tried it out on the MacBook Pro.. The Boot Camp Assistant tells me to update my computer’s firmware.
I checked Software Update. Nothing new for my MacBook Pro.. Nothing yet.
Attention Danish Mac users!
Apple Store Denmark has a limited time 10% discount on Miglia TVMini until 23rd of April. I can not direct link to the TVMini, but it near the bottom on the front page. With this USB2-device you can watch free to air Digital Terrestal TV (DVB-T or DTT).
I have just received my TVMini yesterday.
- I ripped the package open
- Downloaded the latest universal version of EyeTV from elgato.com
- Dragged EyeTV to my Applications folder and opened it
- Punched in the code from the TVMini package
- Plugged in the TVMini into my MacBook Pro
- Followed the EyeTV setup steps
- ..and within a minute I was watching DR1, DR2 and TV2 in crispy clear quality
First impressions
It is smooth and easy to record, fastforward/rewind, even pause live TV. EyeTV has a buffer and remembers what you have been watching for almost an hour. It is of course possible to adjust how much harddisk or RAM space you want to waste on that feature.
Recording
The Electronic Program Guide (EPG) makes timed recordings a walk in the park. Just place a red circle on any program and it turnes into a red spot. EyeTV will launch in the background automatically to record the show using a measly 6% CPU load. Normal TV watching takes 30% CPU load of just one of the cores on my MacBook Pro. Watching or recording on the go does not seem to affect my battery significantly. The time indicator went from 3:30 to 3:10 in a few seconds but stayed on 3:10 for at few minutes. I have not tried burning with Toast og converting anything to iPod format yet.
Subtitles
Yes, they work great on all Danish channels. You just have to enable them in the View-menu. The subtitle feature can also be turned on and off while watching recordings. I have included a screenshot of some daytime tv-show with Danish subtitles. The quality of the transmission itself is nothing special, but the subtitles are perfectly rendered:
Conclusion
My old trusty VHS is shaking with fear – and probably with good reason.
PithHelmet 2.6.5 has universal appeal…
This release is mostly for native compatibility with the new Intel Macs. I did add a few new rules that should scrub the latest annoyances from most pages, so even if you aren’t on an Intel Mac, I think it’s worth upgrading. Oh, I also added a Russian translation.
Go get it and block some popups, ad images, cruddy flash-animatons and horrible midi loops.
Another one of my favorite things
I have been using cocoAspell since I got my PowerBook two years ago. I am really starting to miss those wavy red lines beneath a few of my Danish scribbles. It is amazing to have spellchecking in every application.
This was posted at cocoaspell.leuski.net:
March 14. cocoAspell does not work with Intel Macs. I will release an update to cocoAspell as soon as I get my hands on one of those machines (which ought to be sometime later this month).
I am looking forward to the universal version. Keep up the good work!
I have yet to come across a media file which VLC Media Player can not play, except some Windows Media files.
With VLC my MacBook Pro’s Rosetta PowerPC emulation makes video clips flicker and jump while the CPU usage goes through the roof.
The VLC media player nightly builds contains a number of more or less stable OS X Intel solutions. I went throught a few builds and landed on one that solved my flickering movie problem and almost does not crash 
True, VLC does not play recent Windows Media WMV10 files. Our friend Microsoft has recently accquired a solution for this from a company called Flip4Mac. Flip4Mac/Windows Media Components even does streaming neatly embedded in Safari. Only trouble is that it is not universal yet.
VLC tip: Try the script called Delete_Preferences located on the VLC disk image. It will delete all your precious preferences and the cache folder – thus eliminating a few sources of strange errors.
Update on Flip4Mac: Antonio suggests a workaround solution for intel Macs. Check it out here: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=366987 . It works for me, with a bit of lag
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