http://www.chiefton.net/index.htmChiefton FeedenChieftonCopyright 20072009-03-15T16:29:16-04:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 Sun, 15 Mar 2009 16:48:04 -0400ChieftonFitnessPersonal2009-03-15T16:29:16-04:00http://www.chiefton.net/files/Shamrock_5K_2009.htm#unique-entry-id-16http://www.chiefton.net/files/Shamrock_5K_2009.htm#unique-entry-id-16

This was my first time running the Shamrock 5K in Baltimore. It was a lot of fun with about 4,000 runners. My goal was to run under 28min, which I did with a 25’45” according to my Nike+ Sportsband. The race did use timing chips, so I will have to wait to see what they posted. But I am happy with the result!]]>ChieftonTech2009-02-01T21:07:21-05:00http://www.chiefton.net/files/iPhoto_09_Share_Geotagged_Data.htm#unique-entry-id-15http://www.chiefton.net/files/iPhoto_09_Share_Geotagged_Data.htm#unique-entry-id-15


Apple’s iLife 09 was recently released on January 27th, 2009. I was very excited about 2 of the new iPhoto 09 features- Faces and Places. After starting iPhoto 09 for the first time, it scans through all your photos looking for faces. The scan can take quite a while depending on how may photos you have. I have already started selecting faces in my library and hopefully it will replace most of the key-wording/taging I am currently doing for people in my library.

My main iPhoto library is on my iMac. That is were I typically dump all my photos (unless I am traveling), and then I copy them to my MacBook Pro and my Wife’s MacBook. The Geotagged photos (and keywords) will not copy over when you connect to shared photos from inside iPhoto. To keep the geotagged data and keywords, you have to export your photos, then import them into your other libraries. Use the Export option under the File Menu in iPhoto. Here are the export settings to keep your photo data:



Now when you import to another iPhoto Library, you will have your geotagged data and keywords. Get your copy of iLife 09.

More info on Geotaging: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geotagging]]>ChieftonHumor2009-01-08T23:10:51-05:00http://www.chiefton.net/files/Delete_1_Facebook_Free_Whopper.htm#unique-entry-id-14http://www.chiefton.net/files/Delete_1_Facebook_Free_Whopper.htm#unique-entry-id-14
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10136679-36.html


This story points to the original Facebook App here: http://whoppersacrafice.com]]>ChieftonPersonalFitness2008-12-02T22:05:38-05:00http://www.chiefton.net/files/Turkey_Trot_Update_2008.htm#unique-entry-id-13http://www.chiefton.net/files/Turkey_Trot_Update_2008.htm#unique-entry-id-13:)]]>ChieftonTech2008-12-02T21:23:09-05:00http://www.chiefton.net/files/eBooks_Might_be_Coming_to_iTunes.htm#unique-entry-id-12http://www.chiefton.net/files/eBooks_Might_be_Coming_to_iTunes.htm#unique-entry-id-12http://blog.wired.com/business/2008/11/e-books-have-a.html



There are already some books in the App Store for reading on the iPhone and iPod Touch. A few months ago we had an Apple Engineer come to my University to talk about Apple products and solutions. He told us that Apple was in talks with the major publishers about bring text books to iTunes. There is already the iTunes University (iTunes link) - podcasts from all kinds of Universities free of charge. Many of them are the audio and/or video of classes you can take at that particular University. iTunes also has a “private” University area that only University users can access for even more content that only relates to current students/staff/faculty. It was really neat to hear about all the options although my University has yet to set up anything.

iTunes is already my first stop for music, podcasts, movies, and TV shows. I would love to be able to buy eBooks through it also, although the majority of my book reading is via Audible (audible.com). As I don’t have a lot of time to sit and read and I don’t consider myself a fast reader, I prefer to listen to audiobooks (I love the dramatizations). If you would like a referral for a free audiobook, use the contact page to ask for one.]]>ChieftonPersonalFitness2008-11-13T12:46:22-05:00http://www.chiefton.net/files/turkey_trot_2008.htm#unique-entry-id-11http://www.chiefton.net/files/turkey_trot_2008.htm#unique-entry-id-11

YMCA 5K Turkey Trot

This is my first Turkey Trot, so I can’t wait to attend. It is a 5K race in Towson, MD on Thanksgiving morning.

Date: Thursday, November 27, 2008
Time: 9:00am - 10:00am
Location: Y of Central Maryland,Towson Branch
Street: 600 W. Chesapeake Avenue
City/Town: Towson, MD

Full event details and registration: http://tinyurl.com/6zu2un

Link to Event on Facebook: 5K Turkey Trot]]>ChieftonPersonalFitness2008-11-11T13:04:39-05:00http://www.chiefton.net/files/100_mile_club.htm#unique-entry-id-10http://www.chiefton.net/files/100_mile_club.htm#unique-entry-id-10

I just joined the 100 mile club with Nike+! Basically I have ran more than 100 miles since I got the Nike+ Sportsband. Nike+ has really helped to keep me motivated. When I first started running, I would not have even though of running 100 miles, but I finally did and I am better for it. If you have not checked out Nike+, take a look.]]>ChieftonHumorPersonal2008-11-10T13:18:09-05:00http://www.chiefton.net/files/manga_and_nikeplus.htm#unique-entry-id-9http://www.chiefton.net/files/manga_and_nikeplus.htm#unique-entry-id-9

A few people have asked me how I made my avatar (above) so here it is: www.faceyourmanga.it. Basically it is a website that lets you make avatars. They can be emailed to you for free, or you can pay a few dollars to get a high resolution version for printing. It is actually fun to make one of your friends... or boss!

I also just added my Nike+ Mini to my My Stuff page. I shows information about my running and progress. Check it out.]]>ChieftonTech2008-11-10T13:10:11-05:00http://www.chiefton.net/files/my_backup_overview.htm#unique-entry-id-8http://www.chiefton.net/files/my_backup_overview.htm#unique-entry-id-8
Besides security updates, backups are probably the most important thing you can do to protect yourself. Not only are backups critical, but the more backups the better. I wanted to lay out my own personal backup plan to help you create your own strategy according to your needs.




Right now I have a MacBook Pro and my wife has a MacBook. I have an 1 TB Apple Time Capsule that both our laptops backup to via Time Machine each hour (when they are powered on). Time Machine backups are kept until the space on the Time Capsule runs out. We currently have a few months worth of backups with plenty of space left. I really like the time machine as it makes backups and restores very easy. I have even used it to do a full restore on a laptop that would not seem to boot correctly. All you have to do is boot to the Leopard Install DVD, then there is a choice in the menu to restore from Time Machine.

Store Link via Amazon



My 2nd major backup for both laptops is SuperDuper, which is a full clone copy of your computer to an external hard drive. The nice thing about a full clone is that it is also bootable if the internal hard drive has issues or dies. I do a SuperDuper back on both our laptops about 1-2 times a week. It also offers the fastest restore time as you can boot to the SuperDuper backup, then restore back to your internal hard drive. To boot to the SuperDuper backup, power off your computer, attach the USB or Firewire external drive, then turn on your computer while holding down the “option” key. That will show a boot menu of the internal and external drives.

There is a free version that will do a full clone copy every time you use it so it can take a couple hours depending on how much data you have. The paid version does a full backup the first time, then only differentials (or what has changed) for the others. The later saves a lot of time and is fairly cheap, which is what I use.




Mozy is a 3rd backup I do for both laptops, like a few other services, it is an online backup. When you sign up for the free account, you will get 2 GB of online storage for free. It has a nice little client that allows you to choose what you would like to backup. 2GB should be enough for most people’s documents but not enough for their music and videos. They also have a paid plan of around $5/month for unlimited storage. That is a good deal if you need it.

Right now, you can get an extra 512MB for the free plan with this referral code: http://mozy.com/?ref=CXRE56




Lastly, my 4th backup, is mobileme (formerly .mac). I don’t have the mobileme family plan, so I only use it on my primary laptop. It is also an online backup (and more) that give you 20 GB or storage. You can buy more if you need it. It costs $99/year for storage, a .me email address, calendar and contacts syncing, web space, and photo gallery. I have a daily scheduled job to backup my important data.

Store Link via Amazon


As you can tell, I am pretty keen on backups. I always want to be able to restore if needed and to keep a copy of my critical files off-site. It may look a little excessive at first, but after the setup, it is easy to maintain. The first time you lose some important files (financial, photos, etc) you will get at least some sort of backups going. What is your approach to backups?]]>ChieftonTech2008-10-25T23:22:16-04:00http://www.chiefton.net/files/microsoft_entourage_2008.htm#unique-entry-id-6http://www.chiefton.net/files/microsoft_entourage_2008.htm#unique-entry-id-6

I have been using Office 2008 for Macand the Previous Entourage 2004 to connect to our Exchange server a work. The program itself has been pretty good. It allows you to do about 90-95% of what you can do in Outlook on the PC. You can do all of outlook’s normal stuff - Email, Contacts, Calendar/Scheduling, set your Out-Of-Office notifications, etc. Entourage will also allow you to open other user’s folders given you have the correct permissions. It even has a built in project area which I have used from time to time to keep everything together under each project (emails, calendar entries, notes, files, etc).

One of the limitations has to do with scheduling a resource. If the resource (such as a conference room) is set to auto-accept invitations, it will not auto-accept the meeting from Entourage. It just sits in the resource’s inbox waiting to be approved.

On October 14th, 2008, Microsoft released Entourage update 12.1.3. This broke one major things: scheduling meetings with other people or resources. If you schedule a meeting and send the request, you get an error message and it just sits in your outbox. Microsoft is supposed to be working on the issue and will hopefully release a fix soon. Here is a newsgroup with more information.

In some cases, a workaround is to send the invitation, then move it from the outbox to your drafts folder. Then open the item in your drafts folder and hit send again. I have not tried this yet - I have actually started playing around with the Apple Mail and iCal combination since this happened. I will write about that in another post after I have more time to play with it.

Overall, Entourage 2008 works pretty well. It connects to OWA and via https enables you to connect from anywhere.

Update: Looks like Microsoft release a patch to fix this in Office 12.1.4]]>ChieftonHumor2008-10-24T10:04:36-04:00http://www.chiefton.net/files/cea69c9b5aff44110da0adfce3fd529a-5.htm#unique-entry-id-5http://www.chiefton.net/files/cea69c9b5aff44110da0adfce3fd529a-5.htm#unique-entry-id-5

Could not resist posting this. It originally came from here: http://tinyurl.com/6r84q6]]>ChieftonFinance2008-10-22T16:48:15-04:00http://www.chiefton.net/files/ingdirect_savings_buckets.htm#unique-entry-id-4http://www.chiefton.net/files/ingdirect_savings_buckets.htm#unique-entry-id-4a few articles online, I decided to open an ING Savings account.



The 2 factors when choosing ING Direct was the rate and the fact that you can open multiple “sub accounts.” I use these sub account to segregate money for certain goals. There is no additional cost or fees to create these other accounts. After you open and fund your first account you can then open additional savings or checking account that are linked to the main account. Then you can move money between them to save for certain goals, like vacation, a new car, an emergency fund, etc. For step by step instruction, look here.

Here are a few things that I have found out about the accounts. Nothing bad, just good stuff to know.

• After your initial deposit into your accounts(s) the money is held for a small period of time, maybe 10 days, before you can withdrawal it
• Any deposits into your account are also held for a week or so before you can withdraw them
• You can only withdraw from a savings account (this is also between ING accounts) so many times a month, I think 5 (Federal Requirement)
• You can have 3 outside linked accounts at one time to your ING Direct account to transfer money in and out. This does not mean you can’t initiate the transfer from another bank, however. But linked account can be setup to automatically transfer on a schedule.

Like I said, nothing bad but just good to know up front. If you are going to be moving money around a lot, then you may want to open an ING Checking account to move the money into first, then you can disperse if from there. But I have not had any issues with these requirements.

ING also offers a free $25 for opening an account with an initial deposit of at least $250. I already did this and got my $25. If you are interested, just use the contact form and ask for the ING Direct offer code and I will get that to you as soon as I can.
]]>ChieftonFitnessPersonal2008-10-19T17:09:25-04:00http://www.chiefton.net/files/79335a2fdcf4d27a74bb6f7650d0b999-3.htm#unique-entry-id-3http://www.chiefton.net/files/79335a2fdcf4d27a74bb6f7650d0b999-3.htm#unique-entry-id-3KomenMD 5K! We met-up with some friends for the race. My wife and daughter a long with other friends did the 1 mile walk. My friend Troy and myself did the 5K race. I was really proud of him for jumping in the race at the last minute without training and he did well.



First off it was around 43 degrees at the start. We were stuck in traffic for about 40 minutes on the way there. We finally got parked around 8AM and our 5K started at 8:15AM. We bundled up the kids and got down to the starting area (in the back). With 5 minutes to go, I attempted to use the restroom (lovely spot-o-pot). I ran over to where they had them but the lines were 10 people deep for each one. As I got in line, we heard the announcement for the 5K race beginning! I said,“forget this” and Troy and I ran for the starting line.

Of course we were way past the back of the other “runners,” most of which we were dodging as they were walking and talking. I hung with Troy until after the first mile or so, then I took off to try to get a decent time. I was still dodging walkers the rest of the way, but I made it via my Nike+ Sportband as running 30:13 for 3.2 miles (since we ran further just to get to the starting line and were late starting). Overall it was a cold but fun day!

Link to Amazon Apple Nike + iPod Sport Kit. Amazon does not currently carry the Nike+ Sports band (no iPod Needed), so here is their main website to get more information on both products. I will go into more depth of the Nike+ Sportband and website later.]]>ChieftonFitnessPersonal2008-10-18T09:26:02-04:00http://www.chiefton.net/files/925269f49b942e2590f2f3939bf9f601-2.htm#unique-entry-id-2http://www.chiefton.net/files/925269f49b942e2590f2f3939bf9f601-2.htm#unique-entry-id-2

I am running in the 5K race this Sunday in Hunt Valley, MD. I have been running consistently now for the last few months working my way up to it. I started running outside in August until my feet/knees were starting to give me some pain. I backed off my pace and also got a treadmill. The treadmill has been really great and I can jump on there anytime. I do miss running outside, but it is really starting to get cold in the mornings now and very dark for the time I usually run. I may be able to get outside on the weekends until Spring - But I do love the winter!

The forecast for the race is supposed to be in the low 60’s. Can’t wait for the race.]]>ChieftonPersonal2008-10-11T16:12:14-04:00http://www.chiefton.net/files/5448b3f732e229d5741824fc160fccc7-1.htm#unique-entry-id-1http://www.chiefton.net/files/5448b3f732e229d5741824fc160fccc7-1.htm#unique-entry-id-1here) will be the most up-to-date. Here I will post other personal, Tech, Fitness, Finance, or any other interest. At the moment, I think this is mostly going to be a dumping ground of sorts.]]>