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‘Live Rich’ – A spoken word film about the true meaning of wealth.
‘Live Rich’ is a film about our relationship with money in a world where we are always being sold to, and how the most important things in life can’t be bought.
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Written, Performed & Directed by Gary Turk
Original Score by New Desert Blues
Featuring Megan Turk & Jonathan Royston-Claire
Spend less. Live more.
Buy more experiences, fewer things.
(via Films for Action)
With Colbert gone, Modern Family is now my favourite TV show.
‘Modern Family’ pulled off a hilarious episode that takes place entirely on a Mac
I use iPhoto for Mac uploading the best pics to a Flickr Pro account.
iPhoto is pretty crappy, but the alternatives were worse, so far as I was concerned.
Happily, the new Apple photo management app is getting good reviews. I can hardly wait. I may even turn iCloud back on when it arrives.
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Apple – Photos for OS X
New camera. Here’s how video looks edited in iMovie 10 on Yosemite.
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Here are low resolution pics for the web.
Click over to flickr to see those at highest resolution.
So far, I’m liking the Coolpix 830. Powered by 4 (replaceable) AA batteries. Good for longer hiking trips.
So far I’m loving it.
The retina monitor (227 pixels/inch) is a huge upgrade.
I REALLY love setting the display to “Larger Text”, making everything larger on screen. Unfortunately some apps don’t fit on to that screen so I switch, now and again, back to the standard retina display.
New this Pro is very snappy.
I paid CDN$1406 (US$1132) including tax after a trade-in, an old computer that barely worked. It’s CDN$1599 new with 256GB flash memory. (Flash costs about $1/GB these days.)
The Yosemite operating system is a big improvement, especially Spotlight search.
Compare Apple laptops. (Jan 2015)
I’m recommending the Pro for power users (video or photo editing, blogging, etc.), the less expensive Air for everyone else.
I was tempted to jump to Microsoft after seeing the Surface 3 and Windows phones. But opted to buy a new MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch) with Yosemite. I’m half way through a 5 year project editing video in iMovie 11. I want to stick with the same simple software.
Loving the Pro. Especially the Retina monitor.
But if Microsoft HoloLens is one third as cool as this promo video, my next computer will be Windows.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Washable – Microsoft’s HoloLens: Wireless virtual reality that looks ready for the masses
Wired – Our Exclusive Hands-On With Microsoft’s Unbelievable New Holographic Goggles
I’ve decided to stick with Apple for at least one more machine.
I’m getting close to the BUY date. So far, it looks much like my current laptop:
13″ Air – June 2013 or later with Haswell CPU. 256GB minimum. 8GB memory.
Refurbished I see it at CDN$1100. I’ll look for the best deal on an older model.
I wish the successor to Haswell, the Broadwell chip, was coming soon. But it looks to be mid-2015 at earliest. Apple might even wait for the Intel’s chip after that, code named Skylake.
Can’t wait that long.
Wirecutter review – Oct 2014
Mark Manson:
This is everything I own: A MacBook Pro, an iPad, an unlocked iPhone, seven shirts, two pairs of jeans, two jackets, one coat, one sweater, two pairs of shoes, a suitcase, a backpack, some gym shorts, bathroom stuff, socks and underwear. That’s it. Everything I own can be easily packed into a small suitcase and moved within 30 minutes. There is nothing that I want that I don’t already own. And this is despite owning a six-figure internet business. …
read on … Minimalism
Thanks Dave.
Rick McCharles 