Archive for July, 2006

Making a green screen for video production

Sunday, July 30th, 2006

Green Screen Set UpAs a web designer I am asked to develop allot of rich media interactive sites. In order to stay on top of technology and keep my clients happy and coming back for more I have to have some sort of video integration into primarily FLASH projects. I have seen pre-fab green screens on the web go for as little as $80 but lets be real a green screen is nothing more than a green screen. So I turned to Google only to find an excellent tutorial on constructing a green screen for little cost. This is an excellent guide to making your own green screen at home that is portable. Creating a green screen on a budget

Making better grocery lists via Amazon Wish List

Friday, July 28th, 2006

Amazon Wish List Grocery ListIf you are anything like me making a grocery list to go to the store with is sometimes a hard task to conqueror. One day I thought to myself I know what I like now if I could just see it I could write it down. Then the idea came to me why not set up an Amazon Wish List then use there grocery store to make a printable shopping list. Well I did just that and find this very useful in making good shopping decisions.

Space Saver Bluetooth Laser Virtual Keyboard

Thursday, July 27th, 2006

Infrared Blutooth KeyboardThe new Bluetooth Laser Virtual Keyboard should be on your top to get list this Christmass and I’ll tell you why. This handy little gadget projects an infrared overlay of a standard qwerty keyboard onto any flat surface and monitors your fingers to calculate keystrokes. Featuring bluetooth connectivity you could set this away from your PC and still use it. If thats not enough to sell you on this item it also has added simulated keystroke sounds to provide a realistic keyboarding experience.
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Access your webserver with PuTTY

Thursday, July 13th, 2006

PuTTY is a free implementation of Telnet and SSH for Win32 and Unix platforms, along with an xterm terminal emulator. It is written and maintained primarily by Simon Tatham.

I use putty alot and really find it usefull. Download PuTTY here

–Tim Matheson