TheMacMania 4.5 cruiseis curve its way back to Civitavecchia , Italy , the porthole city about an hr outside of Rome where we first boarded the ms Noordam . Since we set canvas a petty over a week ago we ’ve visited Monte Carlo , Monaco ; Livorno ( the port metropolis that act as the gateway to Florence and Pisa ) ; Barcelona , Spain ; Mallorca , Spain ; Carthage , Tunisia ; and Palermo , Sicily . Tomorrow I plan to plunge my well - fed ego in the water supply border the isle of Capri while many of my other shipmates explore Naples and Pompeii .
But block the exotic locations . What ’s interested the ocean - going geek were David Pogue ’s iPhoto and Tiger sessions , Sal Soghoian ’s AppleScript and Automator talks ( and the cool way he found to allow students in socio-economic class to surf an Automator WWW site without having to be unite to the Internet ) , Janet Hill ’s iLife and Software Extravaganza academic term , Jack Davis ’ Photoshop class , Bill Durrence ’s exposure expedition and exposure review article get - togethers , and , okay , maybe even my talk of the town about iLife , Apple ’s Information hub , iTunes , and the iPod . luxuriousness learning at its finest .
The full stop of today ’s web log is n’t so much to impregnate envy but to clear up my brain of the not - really - suitable - of - a - blog - on - their own token that pick up on a cruise like this . These let in :
Youmakea picture rather thantakea picture.
When Bill and Jack speak about photography , they term the act of capturing an picture “ making ” rather than “ taking . ” fuzz - splitting through it may vocalise , looking at photography from this angle — the idea that you are manipulating the photographic camera and environment to create the picture you want rather than passively manoeuver the camera at something to capture a moment in prison term — helps you “ make ” better icon .
The most thankless job on the ship…
… has to be Manager of the Internet Cafe .
Although immature people are well present ( and can be found IM - ing late into the night ) , the boat ’s rider demographic favour those who ’ve lived a rich and full life . ( If you ’ve wondered who ’s been go along AOL from suffer its Creator , look no further than Deck 3 , mid - ship . ) Some of these passengers are well confounded by technology , most have small longanimity with the ship ’s expensive ( and sometimes finicky ) satellite Internet connection , and more than a few make their views known in obvious way .
I have witnessed nothing but saintly patience from the staff of the Internet Cafe . Hats off .
A CD-R can help you watch TV
Our cabin admit LG LCD televisions that are screwed into a wooden Qaeda . Bang around on the television receiver ’s television / Video push a few times and you divulge that the television features not only the stock cable television service input , but also an S - Video stimulus and two Composite input signal . Cool , I ’ve got my5 G iPodand an Apple AV Cable , maybe I could just …
“ I could just … ” requires that you get to around behind the idiot box , lick blindly . If only I had a small mirror …
And , of course , I do . A blank CD - R. Flip it to the shining side , hold it behind the idiot box , angle it just justly , and you find that the spare set of Composite inputs are placed on a ledge on the right side of the tv set as you confront it ( by the way , for those watch over along at home , the design is Red , White , Yellow as you confront the TV ) .
Turns out that this spare set of Composite inputs would n’t do the task — the video displayed in black and white and no sound emerge . Mucking with the TV ’s menus did no trade good . No problem , just disconnect the room ’s DVD player from the other set of input ( which use the TV ’s Video transmission channel ) , deputize the Apple AV cable , and liveliness is good .
Grab stealth audio
When make vacation movies and slideshows people often add a melodious soundtrack to their work to give it the flavor of where they ’ve chew the fat . But more often than not , that audio is something like a copy ofVolareor some Celtic ditty buy from the iTunes Music Store . you may do better .
Doing near substance using your digital camera ( one that can shoot movies ) or camcorder and switching on record when you fleck a street player or another representative auditory sensation . Some camera now feature an audio transcription feature article . If yours does n’t , go forth the lens cap on and start recording . You ’ll record a blackened video but one that bear an audio cut that you may later extract and apply to your video or slideshow .
And yes , if you do this form of thing , you should tip the player generously .
