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A little over a year ago I posted Embed YouTube Video in PowerPoint Offline using various tools to allow the embedding of YouTube videos in PowerPoint presentations. In the mean time, YouTube has added a bazillion more videos, and some new tools have become available to make it much simpler to use that wonderful resource [...]

This is just extra special news for me personally. I’ve known about the possibility of this reunion for a few weeks now, but seeing others in my Twitter network tweet about it makes it very much more real. Blur, one of my recently discovered favorite bands, are getting back together and doing at least one [...]

Here’s a great argument for implementing Creative Commons in the sciences. This video, directed by Jesse Dylan, explains that those information silos that we speak of exist in spades for scientists. Of course, the best line of the video is that “scientists are the ultimate remixers” – cool since I consider myself a scientist at [...]

Word is getting around that YouTube is in HD and some videos have the “Watch in HD” link allowing viewers to see the Hi Def version. No official word from Google/YouTube yet. Maybe they don’t want a bandwidth surge? Who knows. Anyway, using footage that I shot from the beginning of the semester, here is [...]

It’s nice to see that WordPress 2.7 is available, at least on WordPress.com. Having attended a great WordCampEd conference at George Mason with the UMW crew last month, I feel like I own version 2.7 a little more than previous versions. I got to sit in on a “user experience” session with Jane Wells from [...]

No official announcement yet that YouTube has gone HD, but I did notice this today. There’s a little “Watch in HD” link below the videos that are available in high definition. To find some examples, just search for “HD” at YouTube’s site.