Author Archives: Alvin Trusty

eTech Copyright Law Presentation

Posted on March 12, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

It took me a while to get this online. The audio doesn’t sound great, but I think most of it is understandable. I’ll post something tomorrow to explain how I created this video resource.

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Making your blog CC

Posted on March 11, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

I switched blog servers a year or two ago and never updated the latest version to be licensed under a Creative Commons license. The whole process is fairly simple.  1 – Decide on the license you want to use.  I … Continue reading →

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reCaptcha

Posted on March 9, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

I have been getting a lot of comment spam on my blog.  I don’t want to restrict posting only to those that have gone through the (sometimes tedious) process of setting up an account on my server.  There is a … Continue reading →

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BeFunky

Posted on March 8, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

Here is a fun site. http://www.befunky.com Upload a picture to the site and the web-based application turns the photo into a cartoon. becomes There are options that control how “cartoony” the picture becomes, how much color saturation is carried over … Continue reading →

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Cost of Dinner

Posted on March 6, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

I talked about the five minute rule last year, but here is one that deals with the cost of technology. If there is a technology you need (USB flash drive, head phones, software upgrade) that costs about as much as dinner at … Continue reading →

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