Should I not ask where the content is downloaded from, ND?

How does one control an AppleTV? I know there's an Apple remote, but it doesn't have that many buttons--is it like typing on a TiVo?

Should I not ask where the content is downloaded from, ND?

Actually pretty much all of my content is downloaded from iTunes or ripped from DVDs that I own. Remember I'm the guy that's the stick in the mud about copyright issues since it actually has an impact on my work.

How does one control an AppleTV? I know there's an Apple remote, but it doesn't have that many buttons--is it like typing on a TiVo?

Yes, everything is done through the little remote, so typing is similar to Tivo.

At the minute I stream my content from my iMac to my TV using an Xbox 360. I have something called Connect360 on my Mac, which shares all my movies and music to the Xbox seamlessly. It's brill.

The problem is it can share downloaded stuff fine -- DivX and Xvid play fine -- but it can't play legally downloaded stuff from iTunes. So I may end up with an AppleTV box for that.

Remember I'm the guy that's the stick in the mud about copyright issues since it actually has an impact on my work.

True that.

It's funny--my sister asked me how long it took me to download a movie, and I was halfway through answering her when I realised I don't download movies. I can buy them, so why bother? She, on the other hand, downloads (or has someone with more bandwidth download for her) furiously. Living in Jamaica restricts what she can watch in the theatre and what she can buy, even over the internet.

Does that sort of thing chap you?

Does that sort of thing chap you?

To be honest, I tend to not overly worry about it. I buy movies and music and use them the way that I'm ethically comfortable. I don't allow friends to copy my music, and if pressed with explain why I feel the way I do about it. I try to let other folks do as they are going to do and only control the aspects of the situation that are directly under my ability to control. Hopefully, once in a while, people will see how I deal with the issue and it might give them pause to think. That's about all I can really hope for.

Maintains and displays internal consistency without trying to enforce external compliance.

Perfectly reasonable in all the best senses of the words.

Unrelatedly, this is a great button to have on your web site. Or even your blog.

GAWDDAMNWTFFFFFFFFF????????

Can anybody please tell me why the EFFING HELL Gmail will not let me attach a Pages document I created myself, from the documents folder on my Mac mini???? I can see it in the attachment finder, but it's grayed out and won't let me select it.

WTF??? I don't understand! It's a document. I created it on my computer. Why can't I attach it to an email?

This is pushing me into HULK FUCKING SMASH territory.

Maybe gmail doesn't like the fact that the file extension is more than .xxx in that pages documents are .pages on the extension. Might be worth a try to change that.

Your Pages "document" is actually a folder with a bunch of smaller files inside. You need to zip it up first or something.

Yeah, Pages is weird. Its documents are really folders (neat side note: Mac applications are ALSO really folders, filled with all the support files and stuff. 'Swhy you can install just by dragging for most programs.).

If you need to print it, export it as a PDF first. If they need to edit it in Pages at the other end, you'll have to zip it up. (ctrl-click the file in the finder, choose "Create Archive")