Author Archives: Alvin Trusty

Photosketch

Posted on October 9, 2009 by Alvin Trusty

PhotoSketch: Internet Image Montage from Tao Chen on Vimeo. It’s incredible if you can get into the site. http://cg.cs.tsinghua.edu.cn:8080/cmm/?page_id=155

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My Windows 7 party has started

Posted on October 8, 2009 by Alvin Trusty

About a month ago I signed up to host a Windows 7 launch party.  Officially, Microsoft will release Windows 7 on Octobery 22.  Those selected to host a party are suppose to have a party within a week after the … Continue reading →

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Picasa Has Name Tags

Posted on September 23, 2009 by Alvin Trusty

The stand alone Picasa application from Google now recognizes who is in your pictures and groups all the pictures based on this information.  The web version of Picasa has had this feature for at least a year.  I blogged about … Continue reading →

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I Need my Teachers to Learn

Posted on September 20, 2009 by Alvin Trusty
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What’s the capital of South Dakota?

Posted on September 17, 2009 by Alvin Trusty

In fifth grade I memorized the capitals of all fifty states. It took a while, and I got 100% on the test. To my knowledge that information has not helped me one single time since fifth grade. Fortunately I have … Continue reading →

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