Each and every Friday I post a desktop wallpaper which I have taken personally on travels and outings with my Canon 350D. The wallpaper is sized at a resoultion of 2560×1600 pixels, big enough to be used on a 30 inch Apple Cinema Display, so no-one will miss out. Dramatic Highlights Feel free to leave [...]
Prime Lenses vs Zoom Lenses
Image credit: POTN forum member Sootyvrs. A contest which seems to be almost eternal is the photographers war on zoom vs. prime lenses. A few commonly asked questions are which is best, which should I use, which is the most affordable, and which will give me the best image quality? Sit tight and be prepared [...]
Weekly Video Overview: 20-24th August
Here’s this weeks overview of the latest videos published to YouTube and iTunes on The Glenn Wolsey Show. In addition to checking out what has been produced each week here, you can subscribe to the show on YouTube, or iTunes. Canon 40D DSLR I went over the specifications of Canon’s 30D sucessor, the 40D. Was [...]
Desktop Friday: The Thirty Sixth
Each and every Friday I post a desktop wallpaper which I have taken personally on travels and outings with my Canon 350D. The wallpaper is sized at a resoultion of 2560×1600 pixels, big enough to be used on a 30 inch Apple Cinema Display, so no-one will miss out. Towering Above Feel free to leave [...]
Handbrake Performance Boost
I have one word for you regarding the latest update to the popular DVD encoding application Handbrake. That word is ‘Wow!’ The latest version of Handbrake, 0.9.0 is labeled by the developers as a major update with a vastly improved user experience through a re-envisioned Mac interface that’s been rebuilt from the ground up. Along [...]
Dropping A Few Notes
Just a few quick notes which don’t warrant a full post of their own, but I wanted to make a quick mention of. I’ve sat down with a few other Mac fanatics and recorded the first episode of the MacFocus podcast. The team of Nick Danforth, Alex Killpatrick, Wesley Yendrys and myself produced the first [...]
Why I Want The Canon 40D
The Canon EOS 40D DSLR has now been official announced by Canon. As reported yesterday, the camera features a 10.1-megapixel CMOS sensor, large 3.0-inch LCD display with enhanced Live View, 6.5 frame-per-second continuous shooting capability, sRAW mode with a 35-zone metering system, and an integrated Self-Cleaning Sensor Unit. I’ve been waiting for a camera like [...]
Canon 40D DSLR Specs Revealed
Last night Amazon let slip of specifications, details, and pricing on Canon’s upcoming successor to the 30D, the Canon 40D DSLR. The Canon 40D is more of a revolution than an evolution to the previous model in the line. It packs in some pretty impressive features professional amateurs and professionals alike will thoroughly appreciate and [...]
Weekly Video Overview: 13-17th August
Here’s this weeks overview of the latest videos published to YouTube and iTunes on The Glenn Wolsey Show. In addition to checking out what has been produced each week here, you can subscribe to the show on YouTube, or iTunes. iPhoto 08 Feature Overview I go over a few new iPhoto 08 features I like [...]
Desktop Friday: The Thirty Fifth
Each and every Friday I post a desktop wallpaper which I have taken personally on travels and outings with my Canon 350D. The wallpaper is sized at a resoultion of 2560×1600 pixels, big enough to be used on a 30 inch Apple Cinema Display, so no-one will miss out. Silhouette Feel free to leave any [...]
Review: Mac Pro 2 x 2.66Ghz
After having the machine for just over 6 weeks, I feel the time is right to post some more detailed views about my 2.66Ghz Apple Mac Pro. This review is based on (almost) baseline specifications of the shipping Mac Pro, with an additional 2GB of RAM and an extra 500GB data hard drive. Mac Pro [...]
Wakoopa: Software Gone Social
While keeping an eye on Twitter updates via Twitterrific today, I stumbled across an excellent web application called Wakoopa. Weird name huh? What’s it all about? When signing up to the service you’re prompted to download the desktop client for either Mac OSX or Windows (the Linux version is current a work in progress). This [...]
Useful Safari 3 Beta Features
I’ve been using the Safari 3 beta since the day it launched at this years World Wide Developer Conference. Overall, I’ve had a very pleasant experience with the browser, it hasn’t crashed as frequently as you’d expect with beta software and feels very well polished for such a new product. Two features have stood out [...]
Weekly Video Overview: 6-10th August
I want to showcase weekly videos on The Glenn Wolsey Show without embedding each clip into a separate blog post. The solution? A post every weekend showing what was produced from Monday to Friday, some weeks you might see two videos, others you might see ten. In addition to checking out what has been produced [...]
Desktop Friday: The Thirty Fourth
Each and every Friday I post a desktop wallpaper which I have taken personally on travels and outings with my Canon 350D. The wallpaper is sized at a resoultion of 2560×1600 pixels, big enough to be used on a 30 inch Apple Cinema Display, so no-one will miss out. Graffiti Feel free to leave any [...]
iWork & iLife 08 Tutorials
Looks like Apple has put a lot of in-depth work into their iLife and iWork 08 training tutorials. They’ve recorded literally dozens of high quality, well presented video clips training you how to make the most of each main feature in the new software suites. I’ve gone through and downloaded all the videos to my [...]
4 Reasons Why The Mac Pro Rules The iMac
The release of Apple’s new iMac line had me a little disappointed this morning. I was wondering why I hadn’t waited to purchase up one of the new 24″ iMac’s, until I realized I’d made the right move with the Mac Pro and I loved the machine to death. Here’s a few reasons why you [...]
Podcasts And Videocasts I Enjoy
When iTunes 4.9 was released, podcasts were exposed to a large potential audience. I subscribed to dozens. Since then, I’ve followed the podcasting industry at a distance over the past few years. It didn’t take long before the podcasts I subscribed to slowly dwindled off my subscription list due to many contributing factors. I eventually [...]
Review: The Cult Of iPod
This below article was previously published in Macguide Magazine – While I am at Parkside Media this week, I’m slowly going through the back issues and publishing reviews which are still relevant. After the success of his “Cult Of Mac” book, which highlighted the deep and heavily attached relationship Mac-users have with their computers, Leander [...]