Alsoft & DiskWarrior Rocks

Alsoft & DiskWarrior Rocks

This week I was over at a photo studio and one of their new long-term off-line storage drives, a brand new Western Digital 750 GB drive in an external case, massively failed for no apparent reason. We didn’t have a lot of data on it yet, probably only 100 gigs...
Canon 5D Mark II with HD Video

Canon 5D Mark II with HD Video

Good morning! If the Canon 5D Mark II press release doesn’t get you revved up today, even without drinking your coffee, you might not have a pulse! The press release claims: “Along with the ability to capture full HD video clips at 1920 x 1080 resolution,...
Canon 5D Mark II with HD Video

Spin Your Disks

Hard Disk Warning! OK, that caught my attention, and probably yours as well. So what gives? Why the alarm? According to research and conversations with several hard drive experts conducted by Final Cut Pro whiz Larry Jordan, there is every reason to be more cognizant...
The Fast Lane. Comcast 50 Mbps Internet.

The Fast Lane. Comcast 50 Mbps Internet.

I, Jeremy Wilker, have been a very satisfied DSL customer since it came out and I signed up as the ~200th customer (or so I was told) here in the Twin Cities. But recently I’ve been itching for more speed, both in downloading and uploading. Working with large...

Context, or Don’t Delete Those Photos

Elvis may have left the building… but he should still be lurking around the archives. With the ever increasing capacity and falling price of storage, is there a good reason to delete unused digital images from a photo shoot? Take a look at what happens when...

iView, er, Expression Media v2

The beta of v2 of Microsoft’s iView ExpressionMedia is now available for you to check out. It will run for a few months and give you a chance to kick the tires of the new version that claims improved speed, network sharing and other improvements. I’ll...