Check out my new Tutorials section. It’s been suggested to me many times that I take the most common questions I am asked and turn them into articles. Well, here you go. If you try these How To’s and they don’t work for you, or if you have any suggestions to make them better, please […]
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Bring ExpressCard Back
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I was pretty disappointed with WWDC this last week. I had heard all the rumors about what was in store for the new iPhone and the 3.0 software update. So no real surprises there. I had also heard that the 13″ Unibody MacBook was going to be added to the MacBook Pro line, which makes […]
Read MoreBackup Early and Backup Often
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Apple, SANs and Post Production, News
The 5 week old hard drive in my laptop gave up the ghost the other day. Since I’m working on about 4 projects concurrently, it couldn’t have come at a worse time. Anyone that knows me, knows how paranoid I am about backup and archive. So of course I had a recent backup ready to […]
Read MoreBusy tone… and giving credit
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Remember when phones didn’t have call waiting or voicemail and you got a “busy tone?” That’s how things are going for me right now. Busy, busy, busy, and I would like to thank all of my clients for allowing me to stay busy. I apologize if I’m not returning your calls fast enough. I have […]
Read MoreGotta Keep Those RAIDs Clean
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Apple, SANs and Post Production, News
I spent the weekend over at TGR to give their Xsan system its semi-annual cleaning. Us IT guys gotta work weekends while you office people are out playing. A little disc defragging here, a little blast of air there. The biggest step is removing all the components from the Xserve RAIDs and rolling the […]
Read More12″ Powerbook G4 Optical Drive = PITA!
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Apple, SANs and Post Production, News
Well, this turned out to be the most ridiculous take-apart I’ve done yet. To replace a broken optical drive in a 12″ Powerbook G4, you have to remove EVERYTHING. Unlike Apple’s other Aluminum notebooks which are very compartmentalized, the 12″ Powerbook is layered like a sandwich and the optical drive is on the bottom. The picture is from right before […]
Read MoreSuper 8 Wedding on the Pacific
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News, Super 8 Transfers
I just got back from the Oregon coast where I was shooting a friend’s wedding on Super 8. I shot 10 rolls: some B&W, some 64T reversal and a bunch of Kodak’s new Vision3 500T. Depending on how the 500T turns out, I could see dropping the 64T reversal in favor of using the faster […]
Read MoreBlu-Ray? Sure, why not?
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Apple, SANs and Post Production, News
I got a copy of “That’s It, That’s All” on blu-ray a few weeks back. I thought it would probably be a good idea to get a player so I could actually watch it. I was also reading about how Toast 10 could burn up to 30min of blu-ray video to DVD-R, and that places […]
Read MoreDestination Extreme – National Geographic
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Apple, SANs and Post Production, Color Grading, News
I’ve been color correcting episodes of Destination Extreme for Wink Inc Productions, which will air on National Geographic in a few weeks. I just heard that the first 4 shows passed QC, which is awesome and takes a bit of the pressure off on the remaining episodes. For this series, I’m using Apple Color almost […]
Read MoreWings of Thunder
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Color Grading, News
A month ago, I color corrected a Super 16mm film for Jeff Hogan Films called “Wings of Thunder” for the Bear River Wildlife Refuge in Utah. It was very cool to be working on a film project again. The source tapes were HDCAM SR 422, which made the color correction much easier. It took quite […]
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