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Is iTunes the iPad’s Achilles Heel?

Tom Long — Tue, 11 May 2010 18:16:19 +0000

Yes, I confess I didn’t want one and have been playing the role of hypocrite ever since my wife got one. Like my iPhone the iPad interface just invites being caressed by my lustful fingers. Touch here and I’m watching a movie. Touch there and I’m reading a book. Ooh, look. Now I’m sifting through pictures [...]

Make Your Own Web TV Show

Tom Long — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:29:34 +0000

Making a video web log is fairly simple in WordPress.

1 – Produce a Video The preferred format is an mp4 container with the AVC/H.264 video codec (mpg with the mpeg2 codec is second choice) and MP3 or AAC (needed for surround sound) audio codec. This minimizes losses in the video conversions that [...]

iTunes for My Tunes

Tom Long — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:01:22 +0000

There was a time in the not too far distant past in which one made a token of affection for another person by putting one’s favorite songs onto a cassette tape. This mix was considered to be either (a) romantic or (b) dorky and a big turn-off. From those days until now, I have tried to [...]