This is the non-beta iPhoto 7-compatible version. It is also compatible with 5 & 6. This is now the official version of WebExport. Get it today.

Fixed the pesky memory leak during export bug. It's a TON faster. yay!

Download it now: WebExport 1.1b9

Let me know how things go! I'll be rolling out the official release as kinks stop coming in.

I have just rolled out the beta iPhoto 7 compatible WebExport. Everything stays the same except a few things under the hood, and "modified" dates do not work anymore, because Apple removed the support.

Download it now: WebExport 1.1b4

Let me know how things go! I'll be rolling out the official release as kinks stop coming in.

Terribly sorry everyone, apple went and released a new version of iPhoto while I was hiking in Germany. Since I was sleeping in a hut that barely had electricity, I was unable to get my hands on a copy of the new iLife. As it stands, I am still going to be out of the country for 2 weeks, and will be spending my time poking around Germany, and won't have time to update my plugins. I'll get a new copy ASAP and see what I can do. For now, just remove the plugin from /Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/PlugIns/.

Sit tight, it'll happen in (with luck) 14-16 days, once I'm back in business.

If someone knows of a faster way of getting ahold of iPhoto 7 ('08), let me know.

I just got back from the Baja Travesia, a 5 day adventure race in Mexico. It's unlikely I'll be able to respond quickly to emails, but you can read the race report!

I've been experimenting around with the amazing website, Meebo. It turns out it gives a lot more than just the ability to do AJAX-y AIM/Jabber: it lets you put a live chat box on your website, which is what I have done. If I'm online, feel free to give me a buzz about tech support issues, product ideas, etc. If I'm not, try again later, I'm a busy guy.

Post general comments on WebExport 1.0 (all versions) including feature requests, etc.

I am working on a Google map hack that shows the full route of the SoCal 24 hour race put on by the folks at Team Sole:

Course Overview and Detail

Well, me and my buddies (on Team Animal Tested), just completed a 24 hour race. Phew.

The Story:

A week ago, we find out our planned 60hr race in Downieville is cancelled. We're pissed, we wanted to race and frantically look around for a race. We found a 24 hour race in Big Bear, just a week away, for an amazing $50. We contact Team Sole, who is putting it on, and they let us do it. We run through all the pre-race prep in a huffy, figuring we can rent Kayaks in Big Bear. We pack up the car, ask some of our parents to crew for us, and we jet. We get to Big Bear at 4:30, and realize we still have to pick up the kayaks. By the time we get there, "Captain John" is gone, and we are stuck… so we "picked them up" (stole them), and left a note on his desk. Uh oh.

We make it to the race meeting in time to eat some pizza and paint our faces like something with whiskers (we're the Animals from Team Animal Tested, see?). At the race meeting they tell us what a crazy race we got ourself in to. We wondered to ourselves, did we miss the "Expert Only" note on the website? 11000ft of elevation gain? Tough navigation? Desert heat and alpine cold? Did we actually read anything about this website? Do we want our money back? Hell No! We get the maps and checkpoints, and plot the points on two extra-large MyTopo.com maps. As we are working with our maps, we notice Team Dart/Nuun sitting next to us doing the same: cool. In Cycling you never get to prep next to Lance Armstrong! Adventure Racing is sweet because it's small, and you can actually get tips in person from the best in the business.

Once finished with the maps, we hop in the car and get close to the race start which was 2 hours away. It's basically 12AM before we bed down in a Humane Society outlet store. Ugh. We would have camped out on the roof, to avoid the light, but we got some nasty looks from our support crew (Dan's mom and uncle). We get up at 4AM (yes, we only got 4 hours of sleep), and we make it into Pioneertown. We start at 6AM, and we embark. Here is a map of the course, but to make it quick: 31 hours, 7000 calories, and dozens of sleep-monsters later, we make it into the YMCA camp that is the finish. We roll in 5th in our division, 8th overall, ahead of over a dozen teams who dropped out. We were tired, happy, and glad to be able to play in the hills with some of the strongest, most determined guys and girls in the world.

Many thanks to the course directors Karen and Paul of Team Sole, for putting on a hellacious and long course that pushed us like crazy.

The amazing Summer Jaunt photos are posted.