Madeline Island, WI 4th of July Parade

A small–but crucial–glitch made my old copy of iMovie almost unworkable for what I hoped to do with it today. And with a client expecting a rough-cut of a video tomorrow, I had to jump to iMovie '09 to get it done. It turns out the new version wasn't as bad as I'd feared. '08, the version that enraged users so much that Apple posted the previous version to mollify us, has been replaced by a much-improved '09 and I am really starting to see the benefits. After I'd gotten my project squared away for the night, I played around Read more…

Long day on the road

So yesterday, we left South Lake Tahoe at 9:45 am. And we drove. And we drove. And we drove. And at 11:15 pm, we arrived at home! According to Google, it was a 774-mile day. Our route took us along the east side of the lake, through Reno, and then into the Lassen National Forest, which was most definitely a highlight and a beautiful route. From there we met up with I-5 in Shasta and … and the rest was just straight north. It was a long day, but worth it to sleep in our own bed, and not have Read more…