Category Archives: leisure

News

Posted on April 1, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

I’m from Google and my wife is from Yahoo.  Yet we both get the same headlines every day.  Actually she has Yahoo as her start page while I use Protopage as mine.  Her news is right there in Yahoo.  Mine … Continue reading →

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BeFunky

Posted on March 8, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

Here is a fun site. http://www.befunky.com Upload a picture to the site and the web-based application turns the photo into a cartoon. becomes There are options that control how “cartoony” the picture becomes, how much color saturation is carried over … Continue reading →

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Google and TV

Posted on January 13, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

I ran across Google Trends yesterday.  I was reading through my news reader while watching the football game.  I clicked over to Google Trends and made a quick realization. Based on the searches people were doing right now, there were … Continue reading →

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Could someone have listened?

Posted on January 8, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

I wrote about this a month ago and now ESPN has picked it up (undoubtedly not from my blog).  After the BCS debacle this year, maybe we could have a four-team playoff.  It will be at least 2010 before it … Continue reading →

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Disney On YouTube

Posted on January 2, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

Everyone walking around Disney has a camera. A few people have video cameras. I have actually asked several people if they intend to sit down and watch hours of video. Many have said hey plan to upload segments to YouTube. … Continue reading →

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