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"Until I can turn Default Sort back to 'Oldest First', I'm not moving to the new version. In the entire history of web commenting, oldest first is by far the dominant method of commenting. I can't believe that this was elliminated in the upgrade." - Dale Dietrich

"Couldn't agree more Barry. I was really hoping this would be fixed in iOS6. Sadly, it wasn't. :(" - Dale Dietrich

Buy in the iTunes App Store – $0.99 I’m delighted to announce that the Apple App Store accepted my first iPhone app, Fine Tip – Tip Calculator, on my first try. You can use Fine Tip to quickly calculate your next restaurant bill’s tip and grand total. It’s fast and easy to use. Take a [...] - Dale Dietrich

"Thanks Brent" - Dale Dietrich

"Wow! How Apple! I finally get some time after putting the wife and baby to bed to watch the keynote and it's taken down by Google of all companies!!! Grrrr!!!!  Double GRRRRR!!! :(" - Dale Dietrich

Years have passed with no significant changes made to the podcast functionality built into the iTunes (now Music) app.  As a daily consumer of podcasts, I had high hopes for Apple’s newly released (June 26, 2012) ‘Podcasts’ app. While some improvements were made – namely the ability to directly subscribe to podcasts from within the [...] - Dale Dietrich

"Locuust176 - depending on the video you choose to convert, and the options, it may very well compress. That doesn't necessarily means it loses (much) quality. The iPhone video is not compressed and can be compressed a LOT before losing quality. This saves space and also makes it much faster to upload to YouTube etc.  But, all that said, I do save/retain the original in a separate folder for future use assuming that one day Microsoft/Apple may fix this." - Dale Dietrich

"Did you click on the 'Integrate JPEG Lossless Rotater with the shell' option when installing as I indicated in the photo above - (I circled it in red)? If not, uninstall and re-install it again. If you did, I don't know what else to suggest. It worked fine for me and many others." - Dale Dietrich

Yay, I was eligible for the free 25GB Skydrive upgrade (vs 7GB for new users). To see if you are eligible for the free Skydrive upgrade click here. Because I used Windows Live Mesh in the past (or maybe because I tested out Skydrive in the past, I don’t know), I was eligible for the [...] - Dale Dietrich

"Terrific article.  Two things I also strongly suggest. Business owners should ensure that their database administrators/web developers hash BOTH the users passwords and their credit card numbers. These are what the bad guys are usually after. It's astonishing how many modern websites/webservices - many originating from the valley, funded by the big Angels & VCs - do not take this basic precaution. Leaving passwords and credit-card numbers in plain text within the site's database is akin to database malpractice." - Dale Dietrich

"Terrific article.  Two things I also strongly suggest. Business owners should ensure that their database administrators/web developers hash BOTH the users passwords and their credit card numbers. These are what the bad guys are usually after. It's astonishing how many modern websites/webservices - many originating from the valley, funded by the big Angels & VCs - do not take this basic precaution. Leaving passwords and credit-card numbers in plain text within the site's database is akin to database malpractice." - Dale Dietrich

If the warning above annoys you as much as it does me whenever you open an attachment in Office 2007, here’s how to get rid of it. [FEB 21, 2012 UPDATE: I posted a video of how to do this in Outlook 2010 here.] The Problem Microsoft has understandably made security a cornerstone of its [...] - Dale Dietrich

If the warning above annoys you as much as it does me whenever you open an attachment in Outlook 2010 (or outlook 2007) the video below shows you how to get rid of it. [Note: This is a reprise of an earlier post where I showed how to do this in the context of Outlook [...] - Dale Dietrich

"I couldn't agree more with your term sheet advice - especially on the IP ownership issue. Here's a tip for you Stephanie. When you write each of your blog posts, cross post them on Facebook/Twitter/Google plus. I get way more traction from my blogs when I do that. Most people (me included) no longer surf from site to site. I rely on my Twitter, Google Plus and Facebook feeds to turn me on to interesting new content. Heck, I wouldn't even have known your blog existed but for your posting on Facebook. I also suggest that when you do cross-post that you make it clear that you wrote the post you are linking too. I didn't realize that at first when you posted your Pinterest article on Facebook. But, once I knew it was something you wrote, that made me want to go in and read it. good luck with your new blog. If your first posts are any indication, you are off to a terrific start. Oh, and did you make it to the gym on day 7? :)" - Dale Dietrich

There is a known video rotation issue when importing videos into Windows 7 that were taken in landscape mode with the iPhone 4 and 4S . In Windows, iPhone videos will be upside down if, when you took them, you held the iPhone horizontally with the recording on/off control button on top. Turns out that [...] - Dale Dietrich

There is a known Windows 7 incompatibility issue with portrait photos taken with the iPhone 4 and 4S. Unlike with the 3G or 3GS, photos taken in portrait mode on the iPhone 4 and 4S do not auto-rotate when imported in to Windows 7. This is the case: (i) whether you sync your photos via [...] - Dale Dietrich

"It looks like this extension is no longer available :(" - Dale Dietrich

"Some shows are missing. Any info on when any of the following will start up this fall/winter? - Mad Men - Sherlock - Game of Thrones So sad that 'Lie to Me', one of my favorites was cancelled yet the likes of Mike & Molly survived" - Dale Dietrich

"Some shows are missing. Any info on when any of the following will start up this fall/winter? - Mad Men - Sherlock - Game of Thrones So sad that 'Lie to Me', one of my favorites was cancelled yet the likes of Mike & Molly survived" - Dale Dietrich

"Hey Brent, on your sorted by Premier Date pdf you show the Emmies as being on both Thursday Sept 15 and Sunday Sept 18. My guess is the real date is Sun Sept 18." - Dale Dietrich

"Hey Brent, on your sorted by Premier Date pdf you show the Emmies as being on both Thursday Sept 15 and Sunday Sept 18. My guess is the real date is Sun Sept 18." - Dale Dietrich

"Whoo hoo! Many thanks as always!" - Dale Dietrich

"Whoo hoo! Many thanks as always!" - Dale Dietrich

As part of my ongoing move to a ‘ paperless’ office, I purchased a Doxie scanner. It’s small, easy to use and does exactly what I need – scan to an app or the cloud. The key benefit of this scanner is that I can scan into any app that accepts images or documents. Most [...] - Dale Dietrich

I bought a brick for the Twit Brick House and received this Certificate of Appreciation : - Dale Dietrich

"Cool, but what the heck are you doing still using XP :) !!!" - Dale Dietrich

"Cool, but what the heck are you doing still using XP :) !!!" - Dale Dietrich

"Thanks Andy. I'll check it out.  [Aug 23, 2011 UPDATE: I have checked it out and I like it. I have added it to my regular podcast list. Thanks Andy.] Sadly, since I last updated this post, Game Theory and The 1Up Show are gone too leaving no really good podcast.  Leo Laporte has been talking about launching a video game podcast on the Twit network for a long time and they've even run a several alpha tests. It's called 'At the Controls' and is hosted by Brian Brushwood, Glen Rubenstein and Tom Merrit. See them on Youtube here: http://www.youtube.com/playlis... But it hasn't launched yet as far as I'm aware. I've downloaded the most recent episode (episode 8) onto my Nexus S and I'll  definitely give it a listen. ...Dale" - Dale Dietrich

"Thanks Andy. I'll check it out.  Sadly, since I last updated this post, Game Theory and The 1Up Show are gone too leaving no really good podcast.  Leo Laporte has been talking about launching a video game podcast on the Twit network for a long time and they've even run a several alpha tests. It's called 'At the Controls' and is hosted by Brian Brushwood, Glen Rubenstein and Tom Merrit. See them on Youtube here: http://www.youtube.com/playlis... But it hasn't launched yet as far as I'm aware. I've downloaded the most recent episode (episode 8) onto my Nexus S and I'll  definitely give it a listen. ...Dale" - Dale Dietrich

"Hey Lukas: I don't know the ins and outs of how iTunes handles media on the Mac but I can make a couple observations: 1. If you want everyone in your flat to be able to access the library it must all be on the server, so I would at least move everything there. 2. You could use something like Dropbox or Windows Live Mesh (yes even on the Mac) to keep music synced between your laptop and the server. But, you will probably find that your laptop's comparatively small drive will fill up pretty fast. 3. The whole iCloud (iTunes in the Cloud) music service announced a few weeks ago may be just the solution for you. It costs $25 a year but you can access your music anywhere you can get a wifi or 3G connection without needing to keep any of it physically stored on your laptop. For more info check out: http://www.apple.com/icloud/fe... ...Dale" - Dale Dietrich