Suburbia - Rick Curran's Bloghttp://suburbia.org.uk/Writing about web design, tech stuff, family stuff and more...ennoemail@noemail.org (Rick Curran)Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:07:27 PDTAdobe BrowserLab - Hosted Browser testing from Adobehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Suburbia-RickCurransBlog/~3/HvplJ2Ko4fc/050727.htmlRick CurranTue, 02 Jun 2009 22:08:41 PDThttp://suburbia.org.uk/blog/2009/06/03/050727.html ]]>Adobe have added a lot of new projects to their Labs page over at http://labs.adobe.com since I'd last checked it out. In particular there's a new service / product called BrowserLab that allows you to test web pages in various browsers along the lines of...http://suburbia.org.uk/blog/2009/06/03/050727.htmlAVCHD Lite - What is it (and why can't I edit it in iMovie or Final Cut)? (updated)http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Suburbia-RickCurransBlog/~3/ud4JOaXhMio/172647.htmlRick CurranTue, 09 Jun 2009 01:28:05 PDThttp://suburbia.org.uk/blog/2009/05/19/172647.html ]]>After a few years of being available there are now many hard-disk based video cameras that use the AVCHD format for video, support for the format in video editing software is well supported now on both Mac OS X and Windows by apps like Final Cut Pro / Exp...http://suburbia.org.uk/blog/2009/05/19/172647.htmlFlamingoHD 1.0 releasedhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Suburbia-RickCurransBlog/~3/3utMJzzn6FU/062151.htmlRick CurranThu, 14 May 2009 23:29:47 PDThttp://suburbia.org.uk/blog/2009/05/15/062151.htmlI wrote a review of FlamingoHD a couple of months ago of their new media management application for Mac OS X called FlamingoHD (made by Shedworx, the makers of VoltaicHD). At the time of the review FlamingoHD was available for sale as a beta version (fo...
]]><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">I wrote a review of FlamingoHD a couple of months ago of their new media management application for Mac OS X called FlamingoHD (made by Shedworx, the makers of VoltaicHD). At the time of the review FlamingoHD was available for sale as a beta version (fo...</div>http://suburbia.org.uk/blog/2009/05/15/062151.htmlHow to restore a MySQL database from your Time Machine backuphttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Suburbia-RickCurransBlog/~3/DSgjKlx9ETk/173824.htmlRick CurranThu, 07 May 2009 22:38:24 PDThttp://suburbia.org.uk/blog/2009/05/08/173824.html ]]>I'm writing this as much to remind myself as for anyone else really :) I generally run databases running on my MacBook which I use for sites in active development, I then transfer these databases over to a staging server which are then use by other people...http://suburbia.org.uk/blog/2009/05/08/173824.htmlClipstart - Simple video file management and uploading for Mac OS Xhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Suburbia-RickCurransBlog/~3/eS7D6TCO590/141534.htmlRick CurranThu, 07 May 2009 01:34:33 PDThttp://suburbia.org.uk/blog/2009/05/01/141534.html ]]>Clipstart is a newly released application that is designed to complement Photo applications such as iPhoto or Picasa. It offers a streamlined interface that lets you import video footage from video cameras, tag them and then upload them to either Vimeo or...http://suburbia.org.uk/blog/2009/05/01/141534.htmlCSS Naked Day 2009http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Suburbia-RickCurransBlog/~3/ClnSdNwdfBU/012557.htmlRick CurranTue, 07 Apr 2009 23:25:57 PDThttp://suburbia.org.uk/blog/2009/04/09/012557.htmlIt's that time of year again when many websites suddenly lose their inhibitions and let their inner-html run free!!! Well, kind of, it's CSS Naked Day 2009 so that's why Suburbia is appearing the way it is for a 48 hour period (it's an internationa...
]]><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">It's that time of year again when many websites suddenly lose their inhibitions and let their inner-html run free!!! Well, kind of, it's CSS Naked Day 2009 so that's why Suburbia is appearing the way it is for a 48 hour period (it's an internationa...</div>http://suburbia.org.uk/blog/2009/04/09/012557.htmlFive Subversion Clients for Mac OSXhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Suburbia-RickCurransBlog/~3/wc4zWMTdklM/182507.htmlRick CurranTue, 07 Apr 2009 23:25:07 PDThttp://suburbia.org.uk/blog/2009/04/08/182507.html ]]>Until fairly recently if you were a Mac user and you wanted to use a version control system like Subversion you didn't have much choice as far as client apps went. If you didn't have the terminal skills to work via the command line and wanted use somethin...http://suburbia.org.uk/blog/2009/04/08/182507.htmlFlamingoHD - Helping you manage your AVCHD mediahttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Suburbia-RickCurransBlog/~3/JBCh0lZo8hs/043542.htmlRick CurranThu, 07 May 2009 22:39:32 PDThttp://suburbia.org.uk/blog/2009/03/11/043542.html ]]>FlamingoHD is a new application by Shedworx (the guys that make VoltaicHD), with the purpose of helping you manage all of your AVCHD video footage. Although AVCHD has greater than ever support these days it still presents a challenge when it comes to mana...http://suburbia.org.uk/blog/2009/03/11/043542.htmlAtlas by 280Northhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Suburbia-RickCurransBlog/~3/KJGaqLD30ic/174053.htmlRick CurranMon, 09 Mar 2009 22:43:40 PDThttp://suburbia.org.uk/blog/2009/03/10/174053.html280North's Atlas looks pretty amazing, a tool to create web applications (Rich Internet Apps) but not based on Flash / Flex but on the core HTML, CSS, Javascript capabilities of modern web browsers. Built on the open source Cappuccino web framework...
]]><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">280North's Atlas looks pretty amazing, a tool to create web applications (Rich Internet Apps) but not based on Flash / Flex but on the core HTML, CSS, Javascript capabilities of modern web browsers. Built on the open source Cappuccino web framework...</div>http://suburbia.org.uk/blog/2009/03/10/174053.htmlQuick Review: eduStyle.net / The eduStyle Guide to Usable Higher-Ed Homepage Designhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Suburbia-RickCurransBlog/~3/zAy4a0ZR0Ms/035132.htmlRick CurranThu, 05 Mar 2009 19:51:32 PSThttp://suburbia.org.uk/blog/2009/03/06/035132.html ]]>If you're involved in web design and development for Higher Education then you may already be aware of the great website eduStyle which showcases examples of website design from Higher Ed institutions from around the world with the aimto provide a p...http://suburbia.org.uk/blog/2009/03/06/035132.htmlTwenty Five facts about mehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Suburbia-RickCurransBlog/~3/jPI9vF80g5A/181139.htmlRick CurranMon, 16 Feb 2009 22:22:56 PSThttp://suburbia.org.uk/blog/2009/02/17/181139.htmlBen tagged me on his blog so I thought I'd continue his '7 things' meme. However, I've changed it to 25 things instead as my wife tagged me on Facebook with a similar meme so I'm killing two birds with one stone! I moved to Guyana, South America...
]]><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Ben tagged me on his blog so I thought I'd continue his '7 things' meme. However, I've changed it to 25 things instead as my wife tagged me on Facebook with a similar meme so I'm killing two birds with one stone! I moved to Guyana, South America...</div>http://suburbia.org.uk/blog/2009/02/17/181139.htmlState of the Union for AVCHD: Premiere CS4, MotionBox, VoltaicHD and AVCHD Litehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Suburbia-RickCurransBlog/~3/Tw3RwW2_3Lc/184625.htmlRick CurranTue, 10 Feb 2009 22:51:52 PSThttp://suburbia.org.uk/blog/2009/02/11/184625.html ]]>I thought it would be good to take a quick look at how support for AVCHD video has progressed over the last year.When I first wrote about AVCHD back in June 2007 there was very little support, cameras had been out for quite a few months but with no ...http://suburbia.org.uk/blog/2009/02/11/184625.htmlHow to make your Nokia N95 more like an iPhonehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Suburbia-RickCurransBlog/~3/kGKLjLLt9i0/165857.htmlRick CurranTue, 10 Feb 2009 20:59:24 PSThttp://suburbia.org.uk/blog/2009/02/11/165857.htmlMy recent switch to an iPhone after using a Nokia N95 for the last year and a half has been great, there's a load of features on the iPhone that just make a load of sense. I'd always been keen to try out the various apps available from the Nokia La...
]]><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">My recent switch to an iPhone after using a Nokia N95 for the last year and a half has been great, there's a load of features on the iPhone that just make a load of sense. I'd always been keen to try out the various apps available from the Nokia La...</div>http://suburbia.org.uk/blog/2009/02/11/165857.htmlThe iPhone Apphabethttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Suburbia-RickCurransBlog/~3/OfyGOFyPzJc/163031.htmlRick CurranTue, 30 Dec 1969 20:00:00 PSThttp://suburbia.org.uk/blog/2009/01/13/163031.htmlWhen I was bored one day I realised you could make words out of some of the apps on the iPhone, it got me to wondering if you could find iPhone apps with all the letters of the alphabet. The answer? Yes you can. ...
]]><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">When I was bored one day I realised you could make words out of some of the apps on the iPhone, it got me to wondering if you could find iPhone apps with all the letters of the alphabet. The answer? Yes you can. ...</div>http://suburbia.org.uk/blog/2009/01/13/163031.htmlMacworld 2009 Keynote - Highlightshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Suburbia-RickCurransBlog/~3/24Et9DLtgVA/105105.htmlRick CurranTue, 06 Jan 2009 03:17:54 PSThttp://suburbia.org.uk/blog/2009/01/06/105105.htmlSo, Macworld SF 2009 Keynote, where was the iPhone Shuffle!?!!? Devastated. Oh well, I thought I'd point out some of the highlights of the announcements, at least the things I picked up from following various live bloggings of the event! So I guess it's ...
]]><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">So, Macworld SF 2009 Keynote, where was the iPhone Shuffle!?!!? Devastated. Oh well, I thought I'd point out some of the highlights of the announcements, at least the things I picked up from following various live bloggings of the event! So I guess it's ...</div>http://suburbia.org.uk/blog/2009/01/06/105105.html