Archive for August, 2008
The Canon IP3500: A Review
Aug 30th
Well, it’s by no means the latest release. *BUT* it is at such a great price point that *NOW NOW NOW* is the time to get into the photo printer market if you’ve been looking, and unable to make up your mind.
Let’s take a look see shall we?
First of all, where I bought it, they had a promotion on, so not only did I score an extra black cartridge, but a whole box of 4×6 photo paper.
While I tend to outsource my local clients work (big jobs over 500 photos etc) to a nearby printer who delivers to my door by courier, sometimes I have a client who just wants a few shots, in which case it works out easier for me, and faster for them if I produce them right on my desk as soon after the shoot as possible. Obviously only once post-production and processing is done.
Up until now, I was using my trusty HP Photosmart 7760, but it’s two years old, and honestly, it had been through one house move with us, and it was getting a little ‘loud’ for my tastes, plus – with the price point that this Canon was being offered at, I just jumped at the chance to get it.
So that’s WHY I got it.
Now I want to tell you that I really like the fact that there are 4 ink tanks, black, magenta, cyan and yellow, meaning that if you only do one type of work, you’re more likely to run out of one colour quicker, and with this system, you’re able to replace just the colour you’re low on, saving you time and money! As the Canon’s get more complicated, impressive and expensive, the more ink tanks they have, up to a total of 9 I think is the current top of the range printer.
I will definitely at some point in the future, do all my own production up to A3 and will therefor need the best printer my money can buy, but for now, this baby more than serves my needs, and better yet, looks great, all smart and shiny, and looking pretty next to my gorgeous Mac. That folks, makes it extra special.
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Product Review Coming Tomorrow
Aug 29th
I just got a Canon IP3500 sitting all bright and shiny out the box.
Will set it up, fire it up, and do a full review on my experience tomorrow.
For now, back to the design drawing board, for a clients’ business cards! Never a dull moment in Macnessa world.
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Series: Make Money with Zazzle!
Aug 28th
Now while I know everyone who owns a Mac is a design genius, or at least a closet graphic artist/photographer/right brainer, everyone who owns a Mac will therefor *love* the following site!
First of all it’s TOTALLY FREE people! Let me say that again. Totally Free. It costs nothing. Nada. Niks. Zip.
You get to design to your hearts content, with their built in Java design tool, everything from skateboards, to hoody’s to posters etc. EVEN SHOES. You can make and maintain your own zazzle hosted gallery (see mine by clicking here)
They supply you with code to have your own Zazzle Flash Panel, which you’ll see down my left sidebar, and you can insert code just about anywhere to promote any of your products, just like this!
Make sure you get your iMacnessa hoody today! I’ve put this sucker in my sidebar on the right if you want to peruse it later.
Now get designing you Mac Lovers! Rest assured that your Mac will not crash on you like your PC used to, and your designs are safe because they are regularly autosaved by Zazzle for you to find in your ‘products in progress’ section.
Yeah!!
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Series: Make Money from Your Blog
Aug 27th
This is the first in a series of posts, which will be ongoing for as long as I keep discovering new ways to make money on the web. Afterall, one has to fund ones’ Mac addiction for awesome Apple product somehow right?
So…here you go:
Sponsored posting takes many forms on the web, from simply entering keywords for content and being paid monthly for those, or by posting a review of a product or website as a separate post for a set fee.
I have had some success with this company with one of my other blogs, although it *did* take awhile for this said blog to reach a high enough google rank to become eligible for some of the tasks. My advice to you is sign up, and give it a try. Even if your account lies dormant for a month or two while you diligently blog away at other things, it will become oh-so worth it when the money starts to roll in.
For example, I own several websites and domains, and just 1 sponsored blog post pays for one of these websites for two months hosting!
Which brings me to another point, in order to be eligible for *most* sponsored posting sites you should have the following, as a general rule of thumb:
- A blog hosted on your own domain (ie www.yourdomain.com NOT yourdomain.blogger.com)
- You should have content going as far back as 90 days. (Some sites will accept only 30 days)
- Your blog should be in English, and reasonably well written, with good grammar and use of punctuation.
- Your blog should have content posted with reasonable frequency, i.e. you can’t have a big break in posting for several weeks and then start again, you should be commited to posting *at least* every other day, if not daily. (My problem is sometimes that I have so many offers, that I find I have too much to post on just one blog – hence the reason I own several domains).
Anyway, good luck in your quest to earn some extra cash, I guarantee you it is worth it! Now go ahead and sign up using my link specially placed for you just here.
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How to "Right Click" using a Mac
Aug 26th
One of the first things a former PC user notices about the Mac – aside from it’s beautiful exterior, gorgeous iconography and seamless design – is the fact that the mouse/touchpad, only has 1 button.
OMG what now!? They shriek in horror, because the feeling that your computer is laughing at you hasn’t quite left you, even though your PC is now gathering dust somewhere.
Rest assured fellow Mac converts that your Mac, is smiling with you. Now while you will be able to accomplish most tasks without needing to ‘rightclick’ on something, Apple wasn’t entirely willing to abandon the function completely. So here we are:
Option 1:
If you want to cut and paste text without the hassle of using menu’s simply use your command button (the apple one – there are two – one on either side of your space bar folks!)
You type Command C (to cut) and Command V (to paste) similar to the old PC way of using Ctrl C &V.
Option 2:
If you are wanting to cut and paste text: Simply hold down your control button while you click. Go on, try it now on this blog post. Highlight this paragraph and then press Ctrl while you click your touchpad button. If you’ve done it correctly you should see this:
From here you will be able to select ‘copy’ and when your cursor is in position, you will be able to repeat the action (Ctrl-click) in order to ‘paste’ in your desired location.
Option 3:
This is less labour intensive and perfect for MacBook and MacBook Pro/Air users, simply adjust your system preferences :see below: to allow for two finger trackpad clicking. Basically once this is done, you simply place two fingers on the trackpad and then click the button with your thumb.
I welcome any further questions or comments!
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Technorati
Aug 26th
Just performing my technorati blog claim with this post. Catch you all on the flipside later today with more Macish Awesomeness!
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Mac Links for Mac Fans
Aug 25th
Since having started this blog all of 3 days ago, I have done much trawling of the web, in my quest for all this MacIsh.
Without a doubt one, that is going to come in very handy both to myself and other MacFans out there (that means you if you’re here!) is MAC FORUMS.
You can visit them by clicking above. Registration is easy, fast and once activated by email you’re A for Away. I’ve added the link to my Mac Links section of the blogroll – a la right sidebar.
See you around the forum!
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The Ultimate Mac Office: Chair
Aug 24th
Of course now that you have a shiny, beautiful, classic and elegant Mac gracing your home office – you need a whole new home office to go with it right? Because somehow, even though your beautiful Mac makes everything around it look prettier, you’re suddenly inspired to create a whole new space, that’s light and airy.
Space for YOU to be creative and space where your brain can expand so that you can do wonderful and meaningful things with your Mac. Your old desk and crummy typist chair just aren’t going to cut it anymore, right?
So this series of “The Ultimate Mac Office” is going to help you do just that.
I’m going to be showcasing items every now and then that I believe could possibly share the same space with the glorious iMac/Macbook etc
So our first stop, in this groundbreaking new series? IKEA of course!
Feast your eyes on this…
Enter the Jerrik Chair from IKEA – picture is clickable to product on IKEA Australia website.
Doesn’t it just yell CAPTAIN OF THE STAR SHIP ENTERPRISE?
Doesn’t it make you want to boldly go where no graphic designer/photographer/SAHM/WAHM has gone before?
You might even be tempted to shop for Star Trek Pj’s to wear while you sit in this baby, having your morning coffee and speaking your latest entry in to the Captains Log….star date…569.4…right??? Or talking into your bluetooth headset just like Uhuru??
It retails for AUD $569, and about US $399, but sadly the USA website as of this morning only had icky brown available not like this subtle beige. Now I don’t know about you, but icky brown doesn’t really suit my plans of galactic domination. Although…there’s a red option…so that *might* work if you’re working in cloaking mode.
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How to do a Screen Capture on a Mac
Aug 23rd
As a digital designer, and photographer, one of the things I used to use a lot on my PC was the old “Alt-Printscreen” maneuver. You know, to capture whatever was on the screen at the time?
When I got my Mac I wondered how Mac would handle this same request. After having searched for a printscreen key and failing miserably, in fact there wasn’t even an alt key, I thought, “No way. There is No Way, that Apple didn’t plan for this, there has to be a way to do it.”
Of course I was just being a PC brainwashed dummy as usual.
Of COURSE Apple planned for this. Hell, they probably invented the move…and as usual, it’s even easier on a Mac than a PC. LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE.
Plus they give you a choice!! (Can you hear the heavenly choirs breaking through the dark clouds in a chorus of Handels Messiah?)
Option 1: Press Command-Shift-3 this will capture your entire screen.
Option 2: Press Command-Shift-4 this will allow you to click and drag an area to select.
Bonus: Your beautiful Mac will automatically name and save these for you to your desktop. All nicely packaged and ready for you to go and get to insert wherever you need it.
GeekSpeak: The Command Key on a Mac is the one with the Apple on it. It’s such a great thing, they’ve even given you TWO of them.
I love Mac.
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Welcome to my corner of Blogville!
Aug 22nd
Why MacNessa.com is here:
- To convert you all to MacIntosh. Seriously, what *are* you all still doing on those dinosaurs?
- To explain why MacIntosh is superior, and a darn sight prettier than anything else.
- To let you know who else in the world is a Mac Nut just like me.
- To showcase tips and tricks for those just converting to Mac from PC Hell.
- To give you the inside scoop on the latest Mac/Apple releases as they happen.
- To provide you with opportunities to learn how to make some money on the web with nothing but a hosted blog and a spirit of adventure.
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