Author Archives: Alvin Trusty

Van Buren Music Boosters

Posted on August 29, 2009 by Alvin Trusty

Last night was the first scheduled marching event for the Van Buren Band.  Unfortunately, the heavy rain washed us off the field.  Next week will be at home with Liberty Benton. Here is the Van Buren Music Booster’s site.

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Things you should know about tech

Posted on August 24, 2009 by Alvin Trusty

This PowerPoint answers a few common questions about technology. If there is a critical topic that you think should be added, let me know. I can update the deck. Click the play button (single click) and the presentation will go … Continue reading →

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Drawings with Picasa

Posted on July 30, 2009 by Alvin Trusty

I have been using Picasa for several years.  If I am looking at a picture on my computer, chances are good I’m probably using Picasa to do it, especially if it’s a picture from my digital camera. Above is a … Continue reading →

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Feedreader3 – Update

Posted on July 24, 2009 by Alvin Trusty

After I started to seriously use FeedReader3, I began to get this error: A error occured in program Can’t perform execSQL operation. Query active ? {TEnclosures} I went to the support forums to see if anyone else had had the … Continue reading →

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Easy Photography

Posted on July 18, 2009 by Alvin Trusty

My students are working on a PowerPoint file in class.  I give them all the text.  They come up with the pictures.  All the pictures must be licensed with a Creative Commons license and several of the pictures must actually … Continue reading →

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