Author Archives: Alvin Trusty

Drawings with Picasa

Posted on July 30, 2009 by Alvin Trusty

I have been using Picasa for several years.  If I am looking at a picture on my computer, chances are good I’m probably using Picasa to do it, especially if it’s a picture from my digital camera. Above is a … Continue reading →

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Feedreader3 – Update

Posted on July 24, 2009 by Alvin Trusty

After I started to seriously use FeedReader3, I began to get this error: A error occured in program Can’t perform execSQL operation. Query active ? {TEnclosures} I went to the support forums to see if anyone else had had the … Continue reading →

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Easy Photography

Posted on July 18, 2009 by Alvin Trusty

My students are working on a PowerPoint file in class.  I give them all the text.  They come up with the pictures.  All the pictures must be licensed with a Creative Commons license and several of the pictures must actually … Continue reading →

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RemarkableOhio almost 500

Posted on July 14, 2009 by Alvin Trusty

Over the weekend we did a little travelling.  I promised my wife a night out of town and since we were already going across the state to pick one of the kids up at church camp, it seemed like the … Continue reading →

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FeedReader3

Posted on July 9, 2009 by Alvin Trusty

Like many other people, I use Google Reader as my main RSS feed reader.  However, I like to keep my class feeds separate.  For years I have used a free piece of software called RssReader.  This simple program keeps all … Continue reading →

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