Adam's blog

Google Earth - RouteBuddy Geo-URL

Mon, 3 Sep 2007 21:50:42 +0100

I've just created two little scripts (one for ecto and the other for MarsEdit) The function the script will will let you add a Geo-URL as I call it (Sharing RouteBuddy URLs) with in your blog entry, that will then show that location with in RouteBuddy. For more info plus scripts click here.

My Geo-blog location for RouteBuddy

Sun, 2 Sep 2007 20:35:36 +0100

You can write about your Geo-Blog entry here and by clicking on the link to the right, you can then view this location in RouteBuddy.

Getting Blojsom to generate a RouteBuddy file

Fri, 31 Aug 2007 13:00:26 +0100

I've just put together a little template for Blojsom so that Blojsom then can generate the xml content for a RouteBuddy file. You then have the use the Terminal on your mac to them pull down the content. The reed the full how to click here.

Geo-Blogging with Blojsom and RouteBuddy + Google Earth

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:51:51 +0100

I've just written up a little how to on how to Geo-Blog using Blojsom and RouteBuddy + Google Earth on RouteBuddy forum. RouteBuddy is a very slick and well thought out GPS application to the Mac. My little how to should allow you to bridge the gap from reading about a location to getting there in reality in your car or on foot If you have a RouteBuddy installed on your Mac just click on the little RouteBuddy icon below. To see a little demo movie click here.

Aperture geo tagger

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 20:37:44 +0100

The other day I was invited to contribute to Tagging For Learning on the Apple Learning Interchange. Besides contributing information to the Tagging For Learning I felt inspired to create a little app called Aperture Geo Tagger which lets you add geo tags to your images in Aperture, plus view locations of other geo tagged images from Aperture.

beta 1 of TuneMyFeeds 1.5

Fri, 6 Jul 2007 02:50:39 +0100

This little beta is v1 of TuneMyFeeds 1.5 so what's new: To download the beta: Click here - Support for GhostReader from ConvenienceWare - Support for scheduling your tuning of your feeds using Apple's System Voices. - little changes to the UI - Fix the problem if you wanted to use Apple's System Voices but it would also ask for TextParrot at the same time. Hope you enjoy

iPhone RSS reader

Sun, 1 Jul 2007 23:14:43 +0100

I was just giving a Apple's new iPhone RSS reader a spin at the weekend to see how my blog looked. You get of cores the the title of your blog entry - date and the 1st 55 characters of the body of the entry, but unfortunately not the categories of my blog.

As for viewing your an entry you get get a clean white back ground with content and previous, next plus show all articles option at the bottem.

Google Earth 4.1.7076.4458

Wed, 30 May 2007 14:04:28 +0100

Good to see that Google have fixed the buy that was coursing a problem with my kml feed from my blog in Google Earth 4.1.7076.4458 More info on Geo-Blogging here...

TuneMyFeeds 1.1

Fri, 25 May 2007 14:49:50 +0100

I've just updated and fix a few things in TuneMyFeeds. The updates are on the batch side of things. You can find out more be clicking here. To download v1.1 click here, I hop you enjoy using TuneMyFeeds.

TuneMyFeeds BETA

Fri, 18 May 2007 23:17:16 +0100

TuneMyFeeds is a little application that is if you like a big brother to TuneMyVienna. TuneMyFeeds is in BETA as I've got a bit of cleening up to do on it. So what can you do with TuneMyFeeds? Well it supports endo - NetNewsWire and of cores Vienna + as well supporting batch processing of feeds using Apple's System voices and TextParrot too. What will you need: Mac OS X 10.4 Optional: Vienna - 2.1.2.2110 TextParrot 1.0.1 endo - 1.0.41 NetNewsWire - 2.1.1 To download TuneMyFeeds BETA - click here

Batch processing - TuneMyVienna

Thu, 10 May 2007 16:04:14 +0100

Well it had to be done, I've got the 1st stage of batch processing add to TuneMyVienna. So now you can send all your unread or read articles from a RSS subscription with in Vienna, to iTunes using the Apples systems voices or TextParrot. What will you need: Vienna - 2.1.2.2110 Mac OS X 10.4 Optional: TextParrot 1.0.1 To download TuenMyVienna - click here

TuenMyVienna - Update

Fri, 4 May 2007 22:33:15 +0100

I've just added support for Apple's own system voices now as well as still supporting TextParrot with in TuenMyVienna. You can now also pick a iTunes playlist or add to a new playlist, your captured audio file from with in TuenMyVienna. There is also a option to play with Window visibility, this means that you can view other windows & documents below the TuneMyVienna pallet. What will you need: Vienna - 2.1.2.2110 Mac OS X 10.4 Optional: TextParrot 1.0.1 To download TuenMyVienna - click here

Wirecast Scheduler update 1.5

Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:35:01 +0100

I've updated Wirecast Scheduler key things are: support for MarsEdit support for hCalendar (microformats) New GUI Console log of activity Wirecast is a great video streaming application for Mac if you've not already used it before. But want if you wanted to automate your live stream? This is where Wirecast Scheduler comes in, it uses iCal to to trigger off the shots with in Wirecast for you so you can spend your time doing other things. Also Wirecast Scheduler lets you share the news about your up and coming shot, by letting you write a short blurb that you can publish to the web, using ecto or MarsEdit with Wirecast Scheduler, if you like also there you can use the hCalendar option too. To download Wirecast Scheduler - click here

TuneMyVienna

Thu, 19 Apr 2007 19:11:26 +0100

This little app lets you take an article from Vienna (RSS client for the Mac), by just cliking on it once, then clicking "Go" in TuneMyVienna. It will then in a few seconds or so appear in iTunes. So you can then listen to articles on your iPod, while on the move. Also the text content from the artical will added to the lyrics tab with in iTunes too. What will you need: TextParrot 1.0.1 Mac OS X 10.4 Vienna - 2.1.2.2110 To download TuenMyVienna - click here

TuneMyParrot

Tue, 17 Apr 2007 17:33:13 +0100

In my last post I talked about just how cool TextParrot is and I just find it a god send of a application. The besides the cool voices you get with TextParrot and it being able to export to iTunes there is one thing that I craved for, that is to add extra iTunes data when exporting. So over the weekend I came up with TuneMyParrot. This application lets you extend the power of TextParrot's iTunes export, to add extra iTunes data about your track. To download - click here

US RT fun

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 17:44:56 +0100

When looking back about 6 years ago when I first learnt to fly in the US the hardest thing to get use to was the RT. Back here in the UK RT it tends to be very procedural. Today I came across this lovely audio clip from JFK ground and it remided me of my time flying out in the US. To check out this clip go to the Trip Report blog.

TextParrot for the Mac

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 10:34:24 +0100

TextParrot is a fantastic application for converting text to speech using human voices. It also exports text as a audio file to iTunes, so you can then here to your text documents that you have converted with TextParrot to your iPod. The nice thing about TextParrot is the cost at 39.95 Euros! about £27 when it comes to accessibility application I find they tend to be over priced but TextParrot I think they have just got the pricing just right for students and home users. Just one last word on TextParrot any files you open up in TextParrot or Speack Selection, it will hi-light the words as it speeks them out to you, very cool for keeping track of where you are with in the document. TextParrot supports Text, Word, HTML, PDF and RTF files. So for any one how is dyslexic like my self or wants documents read to then on the fly, then check out TextParrot !

GeoRSS and Google Maps

Sun, 25 Mar 2007 12:39:11 +0100

I cant believe I missed this one but thanks to Miles for spotting it! that is Google Maps now supports GeoRSS at long last compared to Yahoo Maps that has for some time now. So I could not resist but to test out my GeoRSS template that I wrote some time ago for Blojsom with Google Maps and yes it works just fine. To give you a very quick taster just click here, to see my GeoRSS feed in Google Maps.

Bleezer

Sat, 17 Mar 2007 10:56:03 +0000

Just been checking out Bleezer today, a JAVA based blogging client for Mac OS X - Windows 2K XP - GNU / Linux and is donation ware. The thing that court my eye was that it supports microformats, in this case hCard and hCalendar.

more microformats fun

Thu, 15 Mar 2007 23:49:31 +0000

I've now ported my microformats script for MarsEdit and SubEthaEdit too It's still work in progress on the documentation + need polish of one or two parts of my scripts to but all in good time

micro fun

Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:16:03 +0000

I've had some love and hate relationship over the past few nights with scripting Address Book in regards to ecto and microformats. In the end I've got a beta out the door that you can download - micro Card beta. I also have a few other scripts for ecto regarding microformats like, micro Address, micro Geolocation and micro iCal event.

Mini Bonjour browser

Mon, 19 Feb 2007 23:52:59 +0000

I really could not resist scripting this up in Salling Clicker. A mini Bonjour browser, as after scripting up Wirecast suite the other day, something court my eye in Salling Clicker's scripting dictionary. Under Salling Clicker Main Suite I spotted rendezvous service class with a load of interesting properties. So with in a few hours I came up with a nice little Mini Bonjour browser on my cell phone that works a treat.

Flickr power

Mon, 19 Feb 2007 01:23:50 +0000

The other day I had a email from the guys at MacUser UK magazine, which was in relation to them wanting to use one of my photos from The BETT Show, in a special education article they where running. So how did they find my photo? well they turned to flickr. After consenting to them using my photo, as my photos are under a Creative Commons license, I've have to say it's strange seeing it in print but of cores it's a nice feeling to see it. At the end of the day I'm not surprised about this kind of for sourcing of image work by magazine companies but I am surprised to be sourced by them.

Salling Clicker fun

Mon, 19 Feb 2007 00:37:42 +0000

Over the weekend I've been having fun with Salling Clicker scripting away I've put got two scripts done on the streaming side to control Wirecast and QuickTime Broadcaster. So If you wish to give them a spin click here for Wirecast suite and click here for QuickTime Broadcaster suite.

A cupel of cool things from OGLE EARTH

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:32:57 +0000

I was just going though my feeds and a cool things from OGLE EARTH:
Live Schiphol flight paths + noise sensor web. This very slick peace of handy work from the Dutch.
Can't touch this GUI. What can I say minority report comes of age.

MacBook - Cleaning fun

Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:06:40 +0000

Any one how has a black MacBook finds them self's cleaning there the finger marks off there MacBook from time to time. The best product that I've found to do this is the e-cloth, don't be put off by the name of the product as it works a treat!

The ultimate killer Geo-Blogging Mac

Fri, 5 Jan 2007 03:56:05 +0000

Well this has to be the ultimate killer Geo-Blogging Mac. The guys at Axiotron, Inc a Solution hardware manufacturer have created a modded Mac tablet with built-in GPS. It will be unvalued by Axiotron Macworld Expo 2007 next Tuesday 9th of Jan. To read the full story click here.

Keyword Manager

Wed, 3 Jan 2007 21:09:40 +0000

One of my cool new app addon's I got over x-mass as present was Keyword Manager. If your into iPhoto and tagging your images using Apple's Keywords with in iPhoto, then you will just love Keyword Manager! Keyword Manager makes the hole process a breeze tagging your photos iPhoto. I do love there use of HUD windows with Keyword Manager making it a joy to use!

Geo Car fun

Wed, 3 Jan 2007 20:43:58 +0000

Just reading a post on ogleearth about Ford and Microsoft to put Virtual Earth in the car? it got me thing it must be posible to do something with a Mac etc.. and of cores low and behold looking around I came across MacVroom. You'll find all you need to pimp your ride with a Mac - GPS - touch screen - plus cool software. So you could have a Google Earth / Maps in your etc... it's up to you how fare you want to go

Colour Management with Mac OS X

Wed, 20 Dec 2006 20:51:01 +0000

Just doing a bit of scripting today and came across this nice handy over view PDF - Colour Management with Mac OS X Panther. .

No joy with Google Earth 4.0.2694

Sun, 17 Dec 2006 20:44:09 +0000

Just downloaded Google Earth 4.0.2694 today and still no joy with categories, on network links listing the correct contents. I think tomorrow I'm going to have a sit down have a closer look at what's going on.

My KML 2.0 Geo-Blog feed - http://blogs.rave.ac.uk/blojsom/blog/aburt/?flavor=kml2
My KML 2.1 Geo-Blog feed - http://blogs.rave.ac.uk/blojsom/blog/aburt/?flavor=kml21

Testing with Google Earth 4.0.2093

Fri, 15 Dec 2006 13:29:46 +0000

So fare it's looking like that Goolge Earth 4.0.2413 is the sticking point with network links and I've just test out version 4.0.2093 on a G5 Mac, with all my links that I've mentioned in my previous post. So my feeling for shore that it's a bug with 4.0.2413.

Google Earth 4.0.2413 network links bug

Fri, 15 Dec 2006 01:20:32 +0000

Well 4.0.2413 has been a interesting one. I've found testing out my KML 2.1 test templates and 2.0 templates throwing up some interesting results. With 4.0.2413 and my test 2.1 templates:

My test blog root - http://blogs.rave.ac.uk/blojsom/blog/aburt/?flavor=kml21

My test Flying category on it's own - http://blogs.rave.ac.uk/blojsom/blog/aburt/Flying/?flavor=kml2_1-category

FireFox plays ball and will render every thing fine in flying category, Google Earth 4.0.2413 on the other hand will render the root category instead, very odd! But if in FireFox say save the contents of http://blogs.rave.ac.uk/blojsom/blog/aburt/Flying/?flavor=kml2_1-category as a file then open that up in Google Earth 4.0.2413 and it's fine with it. I've come to the conclusion that it's a bug with 4.0.2413, as I've tested it out with WinXP version of Google Earth 4.0.2091 on Parallels and it works fine. Also I get the same results with my KML 2.0 templates - http://blogs.rave.ac.uk/blojsom/blog/aburt/?flavor=kml2 as well in 4.0.2413 but then it works fine with in 4.0.2091 and v3 of Google Earth on my 12" PowerBook.

Google Earth templates

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 18:35:04 +0000

I'm aiming to have by the end of the week v2.1 compliant Google Earth templates, as Google Earth 4.0.2413 (beta) is playing up with my existing templates. The existing templates seem to work fine with earlier version Google Earth 3 and 4 (beta), so hopefully I should have a set of templates v2.1 to go.

Finnish baby box

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 23:25:47 +0000

I found out very interesting fact today. With in Finland every expecting family have the choice of €300 - $385.92 USD or a baby box from the government worth €420 - $540.29. I was stunned by this fact! in a way it would be intresting to see what sort of results you would get here in the UK if the government where to run the same program. So what douse this baby box contain you might ask? Well I think that there is more kit in this box then a regular soldier gets when joining the army. With in the box you get what look like baby manuals, nappies, clothing, medical bit's and bobs etc... to see there full offering of kit check out there Finish site - click here. If you click on the images they will enlarge. My Finnish translation skills are some what limited to about zero present. Apparently you can also use the box as a cot as well.