AVCHD and Picasa

Found this handy blog entry explaining how to get AVCHD video taken with our Panasonic Lumex ZS3 into Picasa. After installing the linked software (accepting all defaults), I was able to add video to the library by dragging folders containing .m2ts files into the Picasa file explorer. Importing off the camera went well, too, although the camera froze up the first time I tried it (the second time worked fine).

One significant advantage Picasa has over the bundled PHOTOfunSTUDIO is that importing to a network drive is supported.

IO Gear Print Server on pookaNet

I got the IO Gear Print Server running with the crappy old HP DeskJet 820Cse on pookaNet. This is the first time I've tried it in months. I think I now understand why I ran into so many inexplicable problems the first time: only computers wired to the network seem to be able to detect the printer. If you're on a computer connected to pookaNet wia WiFi, you're out of luck.

Need to work on this more in the future.

IP is 192.168.1.254.