GMAIL and gCount not compatible

I don't know about the rest of you guys, but I love my gmail account. I mean it's great! 1 gig of free mail space! Come one! That's a no brainer. The thing I love about it is the fact that I don't have to save the 1 gig of mail on my laptop. I just forward all my relevant mail right to it for a good backup.

And Gmail combined with gcount is awesome. What is gCount? Well the website says :

gCount is a menu bar and/or Dock item that displays the unread status of the inbox of a recently popular email service. It is provided free of charge, and the source might be released eventually. It requires Mac OS X 10.3 or later.

Now up until a few days ago, I would get this great little beep and a little red mail symbol in my menubar when I had new Gmail. But now, apparently Gmail has changed their configurations, and gCount no longer works. However Nathan Spindel says that a new version is on the way. Keep up the good work Nathan, and let's get that gCount running! Drop by Nathan's site in a few weeks, and get th latest update to this great little app for Anyone using OS X.

Microsoft voodoo?

Today I'm at STETZ working on a dvd project. First video needs to be edited in Final Cut Pro, then authored to DVD. And it's taking forever! For some reason FCP just keeps needing to think about stuff before it will play the video. I'm sure it has something todo with the video being digitized uncompressed and then being set to photo-jpeg in the sequence settings. Or it could be the black magic card that is having trouble. No none of those technical things. I think it's the material. Yup that's it!

It must be because this I'm working on a sales training DVD for Microsoft. I know, I know. "You've sold your soul Gabe!" is what you are saying. Well unless someone will hand me 5 million to retire, and just make the films I want to make, I have to sell my skills as a mediamaker to the highest bidder. So here I am. Waiting for FCP to respond to me.

I had no idea Apple had these software hacks installed to prevent people from producing projects for their competitors. Rather an interesting marketing move if you ask me.

Oh and by the way, if you believe that Apple can do this, then I'd like to sell you a ritual that will make your iPod pshycic to your feelings, to play the song you need whilst on shuffle. Only €1 million per iPod. ;)

It has begun!

Here it is folks. What you've all been waiting for. After about a year of no updates, we've got it up. GABE.NL is back ONLINE! This time Gabe Bauer (aka lebauerski) has joined me (Gabe McIntyre) in this wild ride. We're gonna be posting freaks here. Thoughts, ideas, films, photos, tips & tricks, and even a couple of party flix!

We've gone more towards a blog format with the site this time around. Seemed the right way to go. Soon I'll be making a Vlog on how to setup your own Blog/Vlog. Stay tuned!

We hope you enjoy it.

-Gabe & Gabe