Monthly Archives: September 2007

Covering Up Good Luck Symbols?

Posted on September 28, 2007 by Andy Rush

  As much as anything else, the purpose of this post is to demonstrate once again how technology is literally changing our lives. This Times story describes how the Navy is spending $600,000 to camouflage a building on the Coronado … Continue reading →

Posted in News & Commentary, Technology | 2 Comments

Izza What?

Posted on September 25, 2007 by Andy Rush

"Izza Blendtec blender", states the poor soul who tripped and his video camera (accidentally) fell into this obviously not-your-average blender. More Brilliance from the folks who brought you "Will It Blend – iPhone Edition".

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Fallingwater. Now With DivX!

Posted on September 19, 2007 by Andy Rush

  Sorry, but I couldn’t just do an update in my original post on Falling Water. I wanted to highlight the fact that a DivX version is available for Fallingwater, The Movie . Which means you can watch this movie … Continue reading →

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See Falling Water Being Built Before Your Eyes

Posted on September 12, 2007 by Andy Rush

  This is short, but it’s a stunner. Done entirely with computer graphics, watch Frank Lloyd Wright’s masterpiece Falling Water come alive. Thanks Apollo Pony! UPDATE! The good news is that there is a DivX version. The bad news is … Continue reading →

Posted in Audio & Video, General | 2 Comments

Embed YouTube Video in PowerPoint Offline

Posted on September 12, 2007 by Andy Rush

  As I promised in my screencast on Embedding (live) YouTube Videos In PowerPoint, here is a video demonstrating how to download a video from YouTube, convert it, and insert it into a PowerPoint slide. I’ll be using my old … Continue reading →

Posted in Audio & Video, PowerPoint, Screencasts, YouTube | 10 Comments

Hello Riva, My Old Friend

Posted on September 11, 2007 by Andy Rush

  A blast from my video encoding past has resurfaced. Three Faculty Academies ago, I spotlighted a program called Riva Producer Lite. It essentially lets you encode video into the FLV (Flash Video) format with an interactive component. You could … Continue reading →

Posted in Audio & Video, YouTube | 3 Comments

Windows Live Writer – You Made Me Love You

Posted on September 10, 2007 by Andy Rush

I have a new and blossoming relationship, with a blog editor, and it’s from . . . gulp . . . Microsoft. I’m trying not to feel icky about it, and that’s not hard because there is so much to … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, IT, Technology, Vista | 12 Comments

Embed YouTube In PowerPoint 2007

Posted on September 3, 2007 by Andy Rush

It’s the start of a new semester and that means that the senior seminars get under way. Those classes are designated “speaking intensive”, and so they will have a presentation component to them. One of the popular questions I get … Continue reading →

Posted in Audio & Video, PowerPoint, Screencasts, YouTube | 10 Comments