When you have to cut your library budget, you have to rethink your priorities for purchasing books, databases, and journals. Formats available: Windows Media (.wmv), Flash Video (.flv)
Facebook video is actually pretty good!
Below is a video that I took on last weekend's bike ride. I shot the video with my Flip Mino Camera, which records video in 640x480 resolution. The movie was edited and rendered with the FlipShare software, and the finished movie was about 350 MB. Facebook handled the file quite well, and it looks great.... Continue Reading →
Happy Birthday to Jessica
Another birthday in our office today, as we celebrated with Jessica. Again, we had lots of good sweets, as well as the usual good singing.Formats available: Windows Media (.wmv), Flash Video (.flv)
How much does your smartphone really cost?
Sure, you may be getting your iPhone or Blackberry for a song, but the real cost of ownership is in the fine details. PC World has an article that explains how much your smartphone really costs. The full article can be found on the PCWorld website.
Can’t quite hit the can
Some smokers outside our library have a hard time making it to the trash can.Formats available: Windows Media (.wmv), Flash Video (.flv)
Tim’s Office Birthday Bash
July is a crazy month for birthdays in my department at the library. Here is yet another round of librarians singing in harmony to bestow birthday wishes onto a colleague.Formats available: Microsoft Video (.avi), Flash Video (.flv)Tags: librarians, birthays, office parties
Saturday Bike ride: 37 miles with a few hills
Yesterday I was able to get in a really good ride. 37.7 miles with over 2300 feet of climbing. Total ride time was 2 hours 45 minutes. I left the house at 6:30 a.m. and rode down 50 to Radford to 56. I then took 682 up to the Plains, and made my way to... Continue Reading →
An awesome webcam video
This video is a very creative use of webcams, videos, and creative storyboarding and scripting. This appears to be some kind of music video. According to Adverblog, "the cast was selected from the actual Sour fan base, from many countries around the world. Each person and scene was filmed purely via webcam."... Continue Reading →
Are you a “smartphoniac”?
I'm old enough to remember the Zack the Legomaniac commercials, and I can honestly say that I was indeed a Legomaniac. I was comfortable with that term. Now, however, a new term supposedly defines my activities again, and I'm a little uneasy about this one. Mark Penn, author of Microtrends, has dubbed people... Continue Reading →