Tag Archives: video

Did you know 4.0

Posted on September 15, 2009 by Alvin Trusty

I saw these videos on Garr Reynolds’ web site. If you have liked the original “Did You Know” videos, you will definitely like these.

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Teaching To The “A” Student

Posted on December 12, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

Here’s an excellent presentation by Benjamin Zander, conductor of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra. He demonstrates a lot of excitement which he attributes to attitude.  No PowerPoint here.  He makes his point with some very simple drawings (more like scribbles) on … Continue reading →

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Bill Gates’s Last Day

Posted on June 27, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

Today is retirement day for Bill Gates.  Now his focus will shift from Microsoft to giving away more than 99% of his money.  In case you are wondering, 1% of 50 billion dollars will still leave 500 million dollars.  Most … Continue reading →

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Canon HG10

Posted on May 18, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

I have moved into high definition video recording.  Through a mini-grant I have received a Canon HG10 hard drive based video camera. I can record about five hours of 1920 x 1080 video on the 40 GB hard drive.  Putting … Continue reading →

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GOM Player

Posted on February 16, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

For the last few years, I have used a classic media player that I downloaded from freshmeat.  Since I switched to Vista last summer, the media player has been quirky.  Last week I heard someone mention GOM Player on one … Continue reading →

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