Author Archives: Alvin Trusty

Yale Open Courses

Posted on December 14, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

Not to be outdone by MIT, Yale has created a set of free online courses.  The “Open Yale Courses” are seven introductory courses taught by distinguished professors.  The topics are Astronomy, English, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Psychology and Religious Studies. … Continue reading →

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Flickr Fun

Posted on December 13, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

I use Flickr every day.  It is one of those sites that has everything.  I like to browser through the most interesting pictures, but find the 10-at-a-time interface too time consuming.  FlickrLeech is a site that will show all 500 pictures … Continue reading →

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Picasa on the iPod Touch

Posted on December 12, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

I was playing around with my Picasa account on the iPod Touch and suddenly everything looked different.  I thought I had adjusted the browser somehow to make Picasa look better on the Touch.  As it turned out, Google did an upgrade to the site and … Continue reading →

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Google Charts

Posted on December 11, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

Need to create a chart and embed it in a web page?  Now with the Google Chart API, you can add a chart using simple HTML image code.  Here’s an example.  The URL for the chart is below. http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=p3&chd=t:0.5,36,5&chs=460×250&chl=Florida|Ohio|Arizona&chtt=Where%20Alvin%20Has%20Lived

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Wii Multi-Touch Whiteboard

Posted on December 10, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

Last month, I saw Johnny Chung Lee’s video that showed how to detect finger movement using a Wii remote.  He summed it up best at the end of the video when he said it was cool, but he couldn’t really … Continue reading →

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