Author Archives: Alvin Trusty

Automatic Backup with FreeFileSync

Posted on October 7, 2012 by Alvin Trusty

Several years ago I wrote this post about my daily backup process. I used SyncToy for many years, but after I accumulated several terabytes of data, it was getting too slow. With SyncToy it was taking twelve hours to finish … Continue reading →

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4×3 vs 16×9

Posted on July 18, 2012 by Alvin Trusty

If you are making a PowerPoint with captured screens, watch this 3 minute video. It shows how you should adjust your screen so that the window you are capturing is the proper 4×3 ratio for PowerPoint.

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Cedar Point’s Millennium Force

Posted on July 13, 2012 by Alvin Trusty

Here is a quick video captured with my smartphone while waiting in line for the Millennium Force, the best roller coaster in the world! The first drop is over 300 feet and the train is usually going faster than 92 … Continue reading →

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Primrose blooms at night

Posted on July 6, 2012 by Alvin Trusty

My mother gave us a start of these flowers this spring. It’s already starting to bloom with new flowers every night. It’s a new plant, so the blooms take longer to open, but they still open in less than a … Continue reading →

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Use Camstudio to Record Screencast of PowerPoint

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Alvin Trusty

I’m using the CamStudio Lossless Codec v1.4 with Quality set to 90. After recording I ran the video through HandBrake which reduced the file size to about 10% of the original.

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