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» Go to this postHere’s what happens. When the Drobo is connected to a computer and the Drobo Dashboard software isn’t running, the Drobo’s capacity meter will overestimate the used space, potentially triggering a low space alert. When the Drobo Dashboard software is started, it does its own used space calculations and corrects the capacity meter, literally turning off [...]
» Go to this postPlease be sure to read through my updates to the post below, made after being contacted by an Elgato representative. Scroll to the end to see them all.
The latest version of the Turbo.264 software from Elgato (version 1.3 build 294), issued a few days ago, is buggy, and will mess up your converted movies. Not [...]
» Go to this postHow do you handle a corrupted previews catalog in Adobe Lightroom? How do you identify the problem and solve it? I will show you exactly how to do it in this short screencast.
Click on the screenshot below to view or download the video. It’s 720p HD (1280×720 pixels). I messed up (slightly) in the video [...]
I’ve had Vista SP1 installed on my machine for a week or so, and I’m pleased (surprised as well) to see that Microsoft addressed some of the issues that have frustrated me in the past. I guess when your expectations are low, any step toward something better is noticeable.
If I sound somewhat bitter, it’s because [...]
At work, I use Windows Vista Ultimate Edition. I tried to install Vista SP1 on my computer yesterday. I created a restore point, just in case something went badly, and started the install. Here’s the error message that I got:
Apparently, Vista SP1 cannot install on my machine, because I’ve got too many language packs installed. [...]
» Go to this postUpdated 3/18/08: I was contacted by Parallels and put in touch with one of their support technicians. They’ve advised me to do two things: re-install Parallels, and re-create the VM from its HDD file. They said this should resolve any instability issues. I’m going to give it a try as soon as my [...]
» Go to this postConfirmed it this afternoon while trying to help my mother via iChat Screen Sharing. With Parallels open, Screen Sharing kept crashing and the error reporting dialog box came up every time. iChat would still run. Every further attempt caused the same effect: Screen Sharing crashed.
With Parallels closed, Screen Sharing worked great. As soon as Parallels [...]
The latest version of Adobe’s Lightroom, 1.2, introduced corrections for several issues such as XMP auto-write performance, Vista grid display errors, and noise reduction for Bayer-patterned sensors (the majority of digital sensors on the market user Bayer patterns in their color pixel distributions). It also introduced support for new cameras such as the Canon EOS [...]
» Go to this postFor the last month or so, I’ve stayed away from uploading to my Zooomr stream. Now, I’ve decided to stop uploading altogether, at least for the present time. Why? Because I’m disappointed with the way things are going.
You may know me as a staunch supporter of Zooomr. I’ve blogged about it endlessly, and I’ve supported [...]
» Go to this postIIS (Internet Information Server) doesn’t have a way to automatically redirect HTTP traffic to HTTPS if SSL encryption is enabled for a site. So if you’ve got a site that users are supposed to access by typing in https://www.example.com, but they type in http://www.example.com or www.example.com or just example.com, they’re going to get a pretty [...]
» Go to this postCosmin Ioan asked me yesterday what I thought of Flickr, Zooomr and Picasa Web. He’s been using Yahoo! Photos, and as you may have already heard, they’re shutting down and merging their photos with Flickr. Existing Yahoo! Photos users will get the option to transfer their photo library directly to Flickr, and new users are [...]
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