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Internet for Everyone: Lawrence Lessig
Lawrence Lessig talks about “Infrastructure” at InternetForEveryone. (I am also testing out the auto blog from YouTube feature)

Got a lil bored today, decided to try a new song. I never played it the whole way through till today..
 

A couple of goof ups, but oh well :) 
 

Technorati tags: 311, Don’t Tread On Me, Guitar, Acoustic

Last week, Heidi and I went to The Veranda Lounge at the Pioneer Place Theatre in St. Cloud. The Half Steps were singing. I pulled out the digital camera and recorded them singing “That’s Amore” (think: Dean Martin).

 
Technorati tags: That’s Amore, Dean Martin, The Half Steps, A capella, Pioneer Place, St. Cloud, Minnesota, The [...]

A few years ago I was in a punk band for about 2-3 weeks, and this is one of the songs we learned, after we actually got everyone tuned to the same key.

Really not liking the vocals, should be an octave higher, I didn’t feel like screaming at 4:30 in my apartment though :)
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Well, it has been over a week since I picked up my guitar, and I figured it was time to pull it out. Here is the result of that:

Figured too since I am growing the Paul McCartney beard out, I might as well try to sing like him. :)
Technorati tags: The Beatles, Beatles, Oh [...]

Since everyone thinks I won’t be in Portland long, I figured I would respond the way they would on the Simpson’s, in song.

Technorati tags: 311, Cover, Acoustic, YouTube, Portland, Music, Guitar

Well, I did a little research, and probably the best bet (sadly) is Quicktime Pro. So I put out the 30 bucks and got it. Was able to crop my video, and compress it (from 250 MB to 9 MB!!)
Quick how to crop a mov in Quicktime pro
1) open Quicktime and the movie2) Window->show Movie [...]

My digital camera takes some sweet video. It comes back in .MOV QuickTime format. Thing is, a 3 minute video is like 300 MB.
What I want is the ability to compress the video so I can upload to YouTube. Another cool thing would be a feature to “crop” the video. There is a lot of [...]

Second clip from last night:

 
Technorati tags: Beatles, Baby’s In Black, YouTube, Video, Guitar

Well, I bought a good digital camera yesterday. A Panasonic Lumix, 7.1 megapixel. Has the lithium ion battery, etc. I picked up a 2.0 GB SD card as well. Time to get my pictures on! I really wanted it so I could take tons of pictures going out to Oregon plus once I am out [...]