Rich's Tongfamily (Richtong.net add-on)

Playing different video formats on the Mac is a real pain. “Animemusicvideos.org”:http://www.animemusicvideos.org/guides/playback/playosx.html has a nie list of, if I need to play a format, here is what I need to do with the short answer that beside Quicktime, the main thing you need is VLC: | Format | Player Needed…

Many sites are now tuning for the iPhone and also TUAW does a good list of free “downloads”:http://www.tuaw.com/2007/11/14/itunes-free-wednesday/ from iTunes. Many are from foreign countries, so what you have to do is to logon and then you have to buy a gift card and enter an address from that country.…

Alex and Calvin are both learning to program. Here are some geat modern ways (as opposed to Basic that I learned): * “Alice”:http://alice.org. This is a 3D programming environment that is used to put people into the graphical world. EA is underwriting the development and will use Sims 2 characters…

Well, “1.1.2”:http://www.t3.co.uk/news/247/communications/mobile_phone/iphone-firmware-update-2 is out and that means hacking begins, the main feature for all us Chinese users is that it “finally” has Chinese input. Ryan tells me it is buggy though, so beware. In any case, 1.1.2 appears mainly to be a language release and of course it closes off…

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I sometimes really hate the initiative process. So many things to do, yet voting is also important and this is a big one given the big regional transportation bill (we have to get out of gridlock). It is amazingly hard to find endorsements or any definitives. I used to have…

With the Canadian dollar actually above the US dollar, going to Whistler has gone from being really cheap to going to London. The fate of those with lots of American dollars I fear. One way to save is the “EDGE”:http://www.whistlerblackcomb.com/winter/index.htm?crmcontact=4875060&crmevar=EM_CRM_WB_PFC_05_E3_071031 card which gives you some discount. The 1 day ski…

Well, I’ve had three really powerful bike lights over the last couple of years. First the Light & Motion Cabeza which was lightweight but too dim really. Then after getting hit by a car, I went whole hog and got two HID (high intensity discharge) systems one for the handle…

“Engadget”:http://engadget.com points out that “Ars Technica”:http://arstechnica.com/reviews/os/mac-os-x-10-5.ars/ has a great review of Leopard. I’m inclined to agree. Great analysis of the user interface and the move to gratuitous but highly demoable features like “transparency in Aero”:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Aero and I hadn’t realized that Apple’s user interface guidelines were so out of date, there…