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Via David Oster at the Official Google Mac Blog (“Vidnik” 8 May 2008):
“Vidnik is our newest application in the Google Mac playground. It’s a simple program for using the built-in camera on your Mac to create movies and upload them to YouTube.”
With Macs historically being the poorer cousin in development considerations for the web (with Linux even less considered), this news is welcome indeed.
Currently the program is an early Alpha (version 0.13) and is only available through the Google Code website. Nonetheless, installation is easy; just download the ZIP …

This post originally started as part and parcel to “Ubuntu Linux Experiences“, but would have resulted in an exceptionally long piece covering two distinctly different topics. So I’ve split them in two.
Despite my love for open source software, there are certain things that I prefer to do – or can only do – on proprietary systems. For example as far as I’m concerned nobody beats Mac’s digital media production capabilities (such as audio and video editing).
Additionally, like it or not Windows is still one of the main focal points for …

Just had a look at the showcase video for the new version of Mac OSX – Leopard – and I’m quite impressed. Preliminary news reports have deemed this new version “an evolution rather than a revolution” and based upon what I’ve just seen in the video I agree with their assessments – and yet the improvements that Apple has made to iChat in particular are phenomenal.
They’ve taken what was an already excellent IM video chat program and turned it into a web conferencing tool that is on par with any …

OS Trifecta
Originally uploaded by acousticdad
This OS triple-play was not nearly as difficult to pull off as you might think.
Ingredients
1) Intel-based MacBook
2) VMWare Fusion
3) Windows XP Professional
4) Ubuntu Feisty Fawn
Steps to Implementation
1) Download VMWare Fusion and install on Mac OS X.
URL: http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/features.html
Installation directions are exceptionally easy to follow and require only 10 to 20 minutes to complete including reading time. 30-day evaluation licenses are available for those interested in preliminary inquiry only. Retail price for a single license is USD$80.
2) Launch VMware Fusion Library
Select New and follow …