Darren's Corner http://dnpconsulting.com/blog Darren's Blog on Technology and Other Stuff Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:03:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Miro Video Converter http://dnpconsulting.com/blog/?p=83220016 http://dnpconsulting.com/blog/?p=83220016#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:03:28 +0000 dpearson http://dnpconsulting.com/blog/?p=83220016 Been reading up on the <video> tag in HTML5 this morning and came across the Miro Video Converter.  Gotta love open source software.

]]> http://dnpconsulting.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=83220016 0 Google Code University http://dnpconsulting.com/blog/?p=83220009 http://dnpconsulting.com/blog/?p=83220009#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:39:40 +0000 dpearson http://dnpconsulting.com/blog/?p=83220009

Google Code University

Google Code University



Google just listed a series of lectures and tutorials used by Google Engineers called Google Code University.  Gotta make sure I take some time to look at all the video options in HTML5.

]]> http://dnpconsulting.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=83220009 0 Excellent Concert! http://dnpconsulting.com/blog/?p=83220004 http://dnpconsulting.com/blog/?p=83220004#comments Sat, 28 Aug 2010 15:17:03 +0000 dpearson http://dnpconsulting.com/blog/?p=83220004 Saw Rush at the State Fair yesterday and had a blast! The tickets were a surprise gift from my wife for my birthday. Thanks Steph! They played every song from Motion Pictures but also had a great selection of songs from Permanent Waves, Hold Your Fire, Snakes and Arrows plus many more. Loved the intro to Working Man. The Star Tribune had a pretty good review.

The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c
Rush
www.colbertnation.com
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]]> http://dnpconsulting.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=83220004 0 Shakespeare with Power Tools http://dnpconsulting.com/blog/?p=83219999 http://dnpconsulting.com/blog/?p=83219999#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:43:21 +0000 dpearson http://dnpconsulting.com/blog/?p=83219999 WooHoo!

Saint Paul College ranked #1 today in the Washington Monthly review of two year community colleges.

The magazine went on to talk about the Saint Paul College environment in an article called “Shakespeare with Power Tools.“

]]> http://dnpconsulting.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=83219999 0 College Mindset for the class of 2014 http://dnpconsulting.com/blog/?p=83219996 http://dnpconsulting.com/blog/?p=83219996#comments Tue, 17 Aug 2010 20:36:01 +0000 dpearson http://dnpconsulting.com/blog/?p=83219996 Each year, Beloit College creates a Mindset List for freshmen, characterizing how freshmen view the world. Some of the interesting ones for 2014 are:

  • For these students, Benny Hill, Sam Kinison, Sam Walton, Bert Parks and Tony Perkins have always been dead.
  • Few in the class know how to write in cursive.
  • Email is just too slow, and they seldom if ever use snail mail.
  • DNA fingerprinting and maps of the human genome have always existed.
  • “Viewer Discretion” has always been an available warning on TV shows.
  • Having hundreds of cable channels but nothing to watch has always been routine.

The complete list for the class of 2014 can be found here.

]]> http://dnpconsulting.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=83219996 0 Virtual Worlds at the Mayo Clinic http://dnpconsulting.com/blog/?p=83219990 http://dnpconsulting.com/blog/?p=83219990#comments Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:18:59 +0000 dpearson http://dnpconsulting.com/blog/?p=83219990 Second Life at the Mayo

Second Life at the Mayo

Cool Article about using Second Life at the Mayo Clinic

]]> http://dnpconsulting.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=83219990 0 Feeddler for the iPad http://dnpconsulting.com/blog/?p=83219974 http://dnpconsulting.com/blog/?p=83219974#comments Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:24:54 +0000 dpearson http://dnpconsulting.com/blog/?p=83219974 Just found a great app called Feedler for the iPad and iTouch.Does a great job formatting RSS feeds from Google Reader to an easy to read format.

Also have started to figure out how to effectively use use Google Reader. I use to put in RSS feeds from places like Digg, StarTribune and CNN but then would get overwhelmed at all the information. Instead, I’m finding it much more useful to visit those individual websites to get the news and then use Google Reader/Feeddler to follow friends blogs, Twitter account and other websites that only have new updates once a day.

Here’s the list of feeds I’m currently following:


Feeddler

]]> http://dnpconsulting.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=83219974 0 iTouch/iPad/iPhone Screen Captures http://dnpconsulting.com/blog/?p=83219970 http://dnpconsulting.com/blog/?p=83219970#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:48:17 +0000 dpearson http://dnpconsulting.com/blog/?p=83219970 Just found out a neat little feature on the iTouch, that also works on the iPhone and iPad. If you press the Power button and the Main Menu button at the same time, your iTouch performs a screen capture. Just go look in the Photos app and you’ll see a new photo which you can send via email. It’s in PNG format so very, very old browsers won’t recognize it but it’s a pretty neat feature. Heard about it while listening to iPad Today with Sarah Lane and Leo Laporte.Below is an example of my flickr app on my iTouch.

iTouch Screen Capture

]]> http://dnpconsulting.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=83219970 0 Aspen Ideas Festival http://dnpconsulting.com/blog/?p=83219968 http://dnpconsulting.com/blog/?p=83219968#comments Fri, 16 Jul 2010 20:20:01 +0000 dpearson http://dnpconsulting.com/blog/?p=83219968 Was listening to a great talk by David Brooks at the Aspen Ideas Festival. Lots of interesting insights into the development of the human mind.

]]> http://dnpconsulting.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=83219968 0 Plagiarism Inc http://dnpconsulting.com/blog/?p=83219965 http://dnpconsulting.com/blog/?p=83219965#comments Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:50:14 +0000 dpearson http://dnpconsulting.com/blog/?p=83219965 Good Article in City Pages about plagarism business the Twin Cities.

http://www.citypages.com/2010-06-30/news/plagiarism-inc/

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