Category Archives: Education
Joe Bethancourt Needs Our Help!
This is a call for help to all the friends and fans of Joe Bethancourt. As reported by Robert Zucker: On Saturday, April 30th, Joe’s home in Phoenix was heavily damaged by fire. Joe, his wife Cher, their rescued animals … Continue reading
Filed under Art, Education, Music Reviews, Must See, News
Old Cookbooks!
I recently found a set of old cookbooks that are long out of print and out of copyright. I thought my fans might find them amusing. Click this for the download page. I would love to hear from anyone who … Continue reading
Filed under Book Reviews, Education, Food
Creative Commons Film Group
If you have any interest at all in creating independent video productions, then you need to check out this new group. By independent productions, I mean anything from a simple book trailer to a full-length movie. The Creative Commons Film … Continue reading
Old Farts!
I’m passing this on as I did not want to be the only old fart receiving it. Actually, it’s not a bad thing to be called, as you will see. Old Farts are easy to spot at sporting events; during … Continue reading
Filed under Education, History, Philosophy
NeatNetNews
Like everyone who ever spends time surfing the net, I run into things that are really neat and I want to share with my friends. So, I’m going to start adding posts like this one. From now on, when you … Continue reading
The Price of Experience
My wife is not a computer geek. Neither is she an engineer, mechanic nor captain of industry. She is however, highly skilled at several crafts that leave me in awe. Her day job is in a fabric and craft store. … Continue reading
Filed under Art, Craft, Education, Philosophy
The Backstory
I read some interesting comments on “The Other Side” blog and a couple of friends asked me related questions in the last few days. This looks like a good time to share some more of my creation process. The Other … Continue reading
Filed under Art, Coding, Education, Publishing, Tutorial
Secret Treaty in DC
This is an important article from Boing Boing. It goes against every democratic principle to hold secret negotiations on major legal issues and yet that is what is happening right under our noses. From the article: ACTA is an unprecedented … Continue reading
Filed under Education, GeekStuff, Must See, Philosophy
How to Create a Trailer – Part 4
Disseminate So far, we’ve gathered a handful of separate files consisting of audio, video and/or still images. Then, we edited each of them using the appropriate programs. Finally, we assembled them into our grand production and exported the collection as … Continue reading
How to Create a Trailer – Part 3
Assemble and Edit In the first two parts of this tutorial, I’ve tried to show you some of the basic tools and steps to making the raw material for your video. In big-screen movie parlance, the entire process is broken … Continue reading
