Video Progress Report
June 25th, 2009My $75 (used, on Craigslist) video camera works. I’ve shot a few (lame!) minutes of video, and have sucesffuly imported it into a computer via Firewire. That process was easy peasy.
Learning Videography
June 21st, 2009Last week I bought a JVC GR-DVM90 video camera. When it was introduced in 2001, the list price was $1,600. Thanks to the passing of time and the abundance of new and oh so shiny objects, I paid $75 for the complete kit. Thank you, Craigslist.
Tom Chikoore likes (!) TouchTerm for iPhone
April 25th, 2009Tom Chikoore, co-founder and CTO of Filtrbox. likes (!) TouchTerm for iPhone.
Claus Valca: How to “Posterize” a printout (fast and free)
April 22nd, 2009Claus Valca explains how to “posterize” or print a BIG drawing (way bigger than your printer can natively handle) on multiple sheets of paper you then tape together. Step by step, using free tools. It’s all good.
Skype on Blackberry with 3G Data
April 3rd, 2009Peter Macaulay writes: “Skype just announced Skype for the Blackberry over 3G data packets (not just WiFi) in 10 countries.
Carol Wilson: Telecom trade press struggling
March 31st, 2009Carol, Wilson writes in Telephony magazine End of an era: Telecom trade press struggling. Telephony is considering charging for the printed magazine to avoid going web-only.
Roger Crona (a.k.a Jason von Straussenburg) Rest in Peace
March 17th, 2009Radio personality Paul Harvey died recently. Harvey’s signature line — “That’s the rest of the story” — applies perfectly to this follow-up about the recent death of Jason von Straussenbrg.
Jason VON STRAUSSENBURG, Rest in Peace
March 15th, 2009A Santa Barbara friend sent me this obituary notice which deserves a wider audience.
VON STRAUSSENBURG, Jason
March 15, 2009 9:15 AM
Chris Kelly’s Grand Plan 2.0
March 5th, 2009Chris Kelly writes about his original Grand Plan, now trashed by our current aweful economic situation. Please read his post.
“You can’t spend confidence” — James Quinn
March 3rd, 2009Below are excerpts from the article STAIRWAY TO RETAIL HEAVEN by James Quinn, March 3, 2009. [via Paul Kedrosky's Infectious Greed]
A friend says: “I don’t Facebook”
March 3rd, 2009I ran across very funny (if slightly not safe for work) video today on Facebook. So, as is my nature, I emailed the link to a very tech savvy friend who I pretty much knew would appreciate the link. But no.
Some Final Words — Billy Collins
March 1st, 2009Some Final Words
Billy Collins
I cannot leave you without saying this:
the past is nothing.,
a nonmemory, a phantom,
a soundproof closet in which Johann Strauss
is composing another waltz no one can hear.