Recent Tech Frustrations…
1) AVCHD - Bought a nifty new hard disk HD video camera to replace my circa 1996 clunker. Trying to work with the data that comes off the thing is crazy. I especially appreciate being punished for owning a Mac - all bundled stuff is PC. Only consolation is that the bundled stuff is apparently useless.
2) Mac - Wanted iMovie ‘08. Can’t just buy iMovie ‘08, must have a whole friggn’ “i” life apparently. Got the impression that Leopard made everything iHappy. Bit the iBullet and upgraded; still no iMovie ‘08. My fault for not reading the fine print (yes, I know Office doesn’t come with XP/Vista…) but, I’m going to be out near $200 to just read HD video files. Sheesh…
3) Chrome - I like it. It’s new. Tech has been boring recently. But… What the hell? Carpet bombing vuln? Not exactly a low-profile issue for WebKit. Also, the password store is accessible by merely pushing the “show saved passwords” button. I mean ‘cmon, you got “clandestine” mode for hiding pron sessions and you can’t hide my passwords from someone who steals my laptop?
grumpy…