sorry, 5-10 minutes have long gone!

Okay, on my ipad in the dropbox app, I can view mp4 movies. I chose a 25 minute one and it played right in dropbox. There was no option to view it in the standard app or in any other app.

I don't know if longer movies will play as easily.

Thanks, le nubian. We'll try that first.

Well, I was able to play the files via Dropbox on my iPhone, so that bodes well.

Roundup of Changes in iTunes 11

iTunes 11 has finally arrived, nearly a month after it was originally promised because of the need to "get it right" according to Apple. The app promises a redesigned store, simplified layout, and more.

I really like it so far. Especially this (the bit with the color background matching the album art):

I think my favorite new design element is what Apple is calling “Expanded View”. In a graphical list of albums or movies or shows, you click one and it opens in a subview right there under the album/movie/show. Instead of going to a new view, you stay where you are. No way to get confused about where you are, more of a sense of direct manipulation. I think this is a brilliant design for everyone, particularly typical users. And there’s a neat trick: the colors for the song listing are chosen algorithmically based on the album or poster art. Very clever, very fun. It’s a digital approximation of going through real-world albums or DVD jewel boxes and opening them in place — with the custom color palettes, the listings feel like the “inside” of the albums.

My replacement NAS came in and my original one was fucked up from the get go. I have the DLNA shares showing in Finder which I never managed the first time. And Time Capsule is back to working like a charm.

I decided to go with RAID 1 this time, and am rethinking the organisation of the directories.

I asked the tech support guy how/if people backed up their NAS, and he said it was the backup, so it wasn't a big requirement. Which...why DLNA? Wiki software? C'mon now. If you're positioning it as more than a file store, have a couple more suggestions.

Still, no big. I feel a bit more confident with RAID 1, and I can work out what to burn to optical and when.

Alright, back to copying.

cross posted from natter:

I need some assistance in trying to figure out why minecraft will not run on our old laptop. See how I wrote old there? I think it might not meet the min requirements, but I am not even sure how to check he requirements it says I need. help.

Windows or Mac, and what version of the operating system?

windows xp

Right-click on "My Computer." You should get a context menu. Click on "Properties," which is usually the last item in the list. That should get you a screen that shows system details like the amount of RAM installed.

What are the software's minimum requirements? There is usually a minimum amount of disk drive space required, sometimes a processor speed.

here s what it says:

Minimum Requirements: CPU : Intel P4/NetBurst Architecture or its AMD Equivalent (AMD K7) RAM : 2GB GPU : Intel GMA 950 or AMD Equivalent HDD : At least 90MB for Game Core and Sound Files Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 or up is required to be able to run the game.

here is what my properties say:

Mobile AMD Sempron Processor 3000+ 1.80 GHz, 896 MB of RAM

ok - so the RAM is nowhere near enough, right?

Here is what happens - we were able to download it, we have minecraft.exe on the desktop, we double click it and get a screen to logon - logon on a second window opens shows a quick download, like a blink and then the window just stays black.