Author Archives: Alvin Trusty

Nailed by Digital Photo

Posted on September 17, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

Coming back from lunch today, I noticed a campus security guard taking a picture of the car parked next to me.  I had to ask why. The car was registered in the computer system, but there was no parking pass … Continue reading →

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Legitimate Takedown and Fair Use

Posted on September 15, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

If you haven’t seen the Sarah Palin parody on Saturday Night Live, don’t go to YouTube. Here is the YouTube page where the video was. As you might expect, content created on Saturday is still protected by copyright on Sunday. … Continue reading →

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More on Mesh

Posted on September 4, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

Over the summer I reviewed everything I use technology to do in a typical day.  More of these tasks are going online.  This blog for instance is completely online.  I upload pictures to Flickr and embed them with text into … Continue reading →

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Picasa Name Tags

Posted on September 3, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

Google continues to crank out innovative features in their products.  Today the web version of Picasa added face recognition.  The way it works is intriguing.  After you activate the feature, Picasa goes through all your photos and groups them based … Continue reading →

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Chrome

Posted on September 2, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

Today, Google released their first web browser without much fanfare.  It’s called Chrome and it’s all new code.  It’s very light.  The download is only 475k.  That is correct.  A full-blow browser that is less than one half megabyte. I … Continue reading →

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