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"curl" is the default program that comes with OS X.
I think of them as quite different - cURL is the automated file-transfer tool that does way more than I ever actually use it for; links is truly a browser -- it started as a free analog of lynx years before lynx was GPL'ed, although the features have diverged a fair bit.
(I mean, if you really want to get into the semantics, then yes, a browser transfers files. But that's not what I mean.)
(edit: oops. I somehow missed the post where curl ~= wget, not curl ~= links. Functional comparison is still true.)
I used GoDaddy for domains until I finally got fed up with the usability issues of their account management site and transferred everything over to Dreamhost (who I also use for hosting). It's a little more expensive, but the value of actually being able to navigate the control panel is worth it to me.
Deena, if Go-daddy hosting works for you great. A lot of people find their panels difficult to navigate; I've universally heard their user support sucks.
The next time you need a phone, ita, be sure to consult with Stephen Fry.
My god, he's insane. But he doesn't mention my new phone!
::sniff::
Gar, they've improved the controls a lot. They were horrible. I've never had any trouble with their support, especially if I call in the middle of the night. They're much better then. The daytimers are usually a little less together, but we get the job done.
So, whew, good to know I'm not missing something too terrible. But then, I may have gotten a little too used to them. Last time I looked at a dreamhost control panel I found it incomprehensible.
Dreamhost just changed their panels. I love their service, but the logic behind their panel organisation is quite beyond me.
This is such a trivial little thing that I'm not sure it's even Buffistechnology-worthy, but it doesn't seem to fit anywhere else:
I have a short (~15 seconds) film I took with our digital camera of Emmett and Matilda sliding down a slide together, blah blah cutecakes blah blah. But, since it was a longish slide, I held the camera sideways instead of right side up to take the film.
Now that it's uploaded, the film itself is sideways and neither iPhoto nor iMovie seem willing to cough up any instructions whatsoever for rotating it. Still photos, sure, but not the film. None of the immediately visible menu options do it, and I've combed through all of iMovie help using every search term I can think of and come up with nothing. Am I just SOL, or is there an easy obvious solution that I'm not seeing because they've buried it someplace I'll never find without assistance?
I take sideways movies by accident fairly often, and it never even occurred to me that there was a way to fix this! Go JZ with the asking! I await the answer...
Supposedly, Windows Moviemaker can rotate video 90 degrees: [link]
