Darian Shimy » rant

My DSL is not that slow

Darian Shimy — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:24:44 +0000

I went to download a file and saw the following estimated download times:

Although, DSL and Cable providers have been adding higher speeds to their offerings, isn’t it time to lump them together into ‘broadband.’

Can we ditch the Fax Machine yet?

Darian Shimy — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:19:53 +0000

I recently needed to fax a document to Apple regarding the iPhone. Here is the comment I added to the fax cover page:

You requested information to be sent via an obsolete technology. Although a fax machine may look nice next to your mom’s 8-track collection, you really should consider using technologies that were developed after the mid-1970’s. Just a thought.

QuickTime X is not QuickTime Pro

Darian Shimy — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:44:26 +0000

Despite the numerous rumors (here, here, here, and here) about Snow Leopard shipping with a version of QuickTime that included the Pro features, I can sadly say, it does not. Not even close. The power of the Pro features was the ability export video with fine-grained control.

Luckily, the Optional Installs contains QuickTime 7. You still need the Pro key to enable the Pro features.