How to unscramble DVD chapters on your DVD backups

So if you have ever used Handbrake to back up your DVD collection, you really want to read this. This post helped me with one of the most frustrating issues of backup…the chapters being scrambled on the backup.
This post Here, tells how to overcome it. Just make sure you log in to see all the [...]

Printing only the events you want in iCal

For as long as I can remember I have been keeping track of things in iCal. iCal’s printing function simply put…it sucks. One problem I have always had is being able to print ONLY the topics that came up from an iCal search.
Lets say I have an iCal group called “Photography”. now lets say that [...]

Flash the double-edged sword | How to remove Flash pop-up ads

Are you like the rest of the population and sick-n-tired of all the popup ads when you are browsing? Do you wonder why you still get popup ads even though you have set your browser, Safari, Firefox or Chrome to “Block Popup Ads”?

Easiest Way To Download YouTube videos

For all you Mac users out there, here is the simplest way to download videos from YouTube. All you need is Safari, a YouTube video and a double click of the mouse. Lets check it out.
Open YouTube and pick a video. Once your video has started playing,

open the Activity window (Command-Option-A, which shows the Activity [...]

Track your Tweets with Google Analytics

I came across a great article on tracking Tweets with Google Analytics tonight and thought I would share it.  Check it out here: http://www.epikone.com/blog/2008/09/02/tracking-twitter/
I have implemented the suggestion on my tweet of this post.  We will see how it fares, if at all. I used URL builder for the URL.

Snow Leopard out on Friday

As you may or may not know, Apple will be making Snow Leopard OSX available on friday.  The upgrade operating system is only $29 bucks.  What does Windows cost for an upgrade… once you figure out what version you need? The family pack runs $49 bones which includes, I believe, 5 licenses.
For all the latest [...]

All New Macs Out Today

Impressive models, they look great, but, only the 17″ has an expresscard slot. Why? Follow live feed here from WWDC.

If email was invented today-Google Wave Demo

Google Wave looks pretty amazing watch for yourself here.

Defective NVIDIA Video Card in Some Macbook Pros

I happen to be one of the lucky owners of a defective MacBook Pro (MBP), and although it is not my main MBP, it still caused downtime. The culprit is a Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT Graphics processor. Nvidia has publicly acknowledged a higher than normal failure rate, however, I just found out on Wednesday the 6th. [...]

Using WordPress with Rapidweaver

Have you ever wanted to use posts from your WordPress blog within your Rapidweaver website? I did. I searched and searched to find out how, but never found the answer that worked for me… until now. I wanted to design a nice website, separate from my blog, using Rapidweaver. I then wanted to take a certain “Category” of posts [...]

Apogee dumps Microsoft Windows forever

I don’t know how I missed this one. Is Apple going to buy Apogee or vise versa? Is there a merge, Apple-Apogee-Euphonix, on the horizon for a further reaching Pro Audio combination? Could you imagine Digidesign being forced by the market to allow other hardware to connect to Pro Tools? I could use my Apogee [...]

Activating PHP and Apache on OS X (10.5.6)

Have you ever wanted to run your own webserver? Apache is the most widely used webserver system on the net. How about the ability to view PHP web pages your creating on your Desktop?
Did you know that Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) comes with both Apache 2.2.6 and PHP 5.2.4 preinstalled, but they’re not enabled [...]

How-To: Automate DVD Backup w/ FairMount & HandBrake

How-To: Automate DVD Backup w/ FairMount & HandBrake
Backing up a DVD library can be an arduous, time consuming task, especially if you have been collecting DVD’s for years….If you have ever tried encoding an entire season of TV episodes you know how laborious a project this can be… The good news is that most of these tasks [...]

I don’t want Vista on my new PC

I do computer work on the side, actually it is what brings in the beans and rice right now, and a friend asked me a question. “I am buying a new top of the line laptop and would like XP instead of Vista on it, can you do that”? Of course I told him the [...]

WordPress | Multiblog (not WordPress MU): Getting Closer

So I have been scouring the web of late looking for a solution to my situation. It has been a tough road.  I want to make my main WP site a writing pad or control panel for my other blogs/sites. a post to the Main blog, here, should, based on its category, copypost to here, here, [...]

ardour | the new digital audio workstation

ardour | the new digital audio workstation
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Linux And Music

Linux And Music
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Slashdot | Are Windows 7 Testers Going Unheard?

Yes, once again, Microsoft has there own idea of how to jack the user.
Slashdot | Are Windows 7 Testers Going Unheard?
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Go Opensource

DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD.

DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD.
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Welcome

You have reached HeathMcConnell.com which is the sum of all he is… Photographer, Musician, Worshiper… and lover of the outdoors.
This site serves as a one-stop landing pad for all Heath’s Photography, Music, Worship, and Outdoors endeavors. On this page  you will find all of his various posts listed from Heath’s other sites for immediate dissemination.
If you are [...]

Happy Holiday!

I just wanted to wish every one a happy President’s Day. We will be enjoying the great outdoors.

Sony/ATV Stops Future Licensing of Digital Services

It appears that someone is planning something…Sony/ATV Stops Future Licensing of Digital Services
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Microsoft Internet Explorer

Dump Microsoft Internet Explorer NOW!That is right get rid of it. There are so many bugs, security issues and more. I say this because I create websites. The code used to create these sites usually have to be rewritten so that the black sheep of the browser world can view them. Internet explorer does nothing [...]