Archive for June, 2008
Google SketchUp »
The other day I found a link to Google SketchUp. I downloaded it and started to draw.The picture above is a crude representation of what you can do with SketchUp. I am not an artist, and it shows. However, if you are, and spend the time, there are some very powerful tools in SketchUP that can allow you to design some very impressive 3-D [...]
Sony will Stream Movies Direct to Your TV »
Reading my past blogs on this subject, you know I believe that streaming movies via the Internet will take it's toll on such old favorites as DVD's, Blu-Ray, and Blockbuster / Netflix. Now buried deep in the middle of this article is an announcement by Sony that it will start an Internet streaming service for movies direct to their Bravia TV's [...]
Vint Cerf on the Internet »
(To stop the clip from playing....click the stop button.) Here is a video clip one of the developers of the technology that has become the Internet. He is a biggie in my world (Electrical Engineering) and when I was in college I looked up to him and others (Kleinrock, Tobagi, Roberts, Frank, Kahn, etc) as much as I did Maris and [...]
Tech for Teachers – Podcasting Classes »
If you do not know what podcasting is, here is a very cool introduction:The world is changing. Streaming (podcasting included) technology has already proven itself at some Universities where students who may have missed class, or need to refresh their memory can watch a video stream of the class anytime. For example, see these classes available [...]
3G and cell phone video – an application »
If you are faint of heart or easily offended...please turn to another page.For the rest of you, this story in Time (remember this is not YeOldeTechy's story, I am just passing along information) is interesting.But I believe it is more interesting after you hear my short story about this particular topic.Interesting StoryWay back in the mid-1990's [...]
