Great apps

Autodesk has a sketching app (SketchBook) that costs about 5 bucks, it has more controls than the free Brushes that I downloaded first. Both fun to use to make quick, easy to post, drawings, etc. Many ways to save and send the images.

Tried to use Quicktime 10 to make a movie from several video clips... Can't do that anymore. Must use iMovie or another video editing application. But you can easily make a movie of your computer desktop as you work! A great teaching tool for those of us teaching computer stuff! There is probably a way to add voice-over once the file is completer. Beats writing out directions! Will post an example soon.


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Happy Thanksgiving

This is last year's bird. This year the pie crust got a little to crispy on one side. Guess I better get the stove repair guy to come over. Or learn how to cook.Or let others take over the kitchen. Hum....
Happy Thanksgiving to all.

Green Porno website, Season 1 to 3

If you haven't seen the previous seasons, check out this website. Isabelle Rosellini is the star. Green Porno  on the Sundance Channel.

New Foodie

Oatmeal, good!!! Wait till I get the pumpkin pie, and wild rice, and squash puree and .....!

Happy Birthday, Erik!!!

One of my favorites!

Things you find on the internet...remembering Dan Farber

I think I probably printed this image a long time ago at Boris Color Labs (now The House of Blues) in Boston. Dan brought his work in to be processed and printed. Printing 8x10 negs was amazing! I was checking out the LUNA Insight digital asset management sight and came across the digitized collection of Dan's work photographing the tombstones in New England. I could spend lots of time in these collections! Just the ones from Cornell are fascinating. We have collectively just combed through tons of study images for art history and many of us have rescued architectural images because they are so beautiful. And here is a link to a digitzed collection of similar images, the A.D. White Architectural Photographs housed at Cornell.

Lucky Friday 13

It was a good day! More later.

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Sports Update

Just to follow up on the Yankees win and its importance to the Madrick family. Milt grew up in the Bronx. He loved the stadium and the team and Frank Sinatra. When Milt died several years ago, I helped Cora move. We kept important things, photos, the usual. Included was Milt's Yankee t-shirt. It has been with us since. We got it out for this series and hung it in the window.

As my dad remembered, some of Milt's ashes were given a final resting place in the old Yankee stadium in Monument Park. Dad wanted to know if the remains were moved to the new stadium. We guessed not. Cora asked me as the game began if, where ever Milt was, did I think he could see the game? I thought for just a second, as she was serious. Sure. And we proceeded to let Milt know that he better use his powers to get the job done. Cora does not take no for an answer.

Cora exhorted...well, actually, she screamed at the players. "You bastard, why didn't you catch that?!" Rob..."Mom, calm down. There was no way he was going to get that ball."


It was an evening with lots of phone calls and nail biting. The final out came and Cora raised her hand to Milt in thanks.

Sports are important.

More funny video clips

Just added more laughs via youTube....Young Frankenstein, Sid Caesar.... and a link to my newly created youTube channel....I'm learning!
Larry David, eat your heart out! (Of course, I'm really dating myself.)

More on Laughing Babies

From the Globe today, an essay about the subject by James Parker. The reader's comments are dumb, but interesting. I would add dancing birds to the short list.

Let's see...what's new this week

A long week of meetings at Wellesley has ended. A few more long meetings to come, but this search process should be finished in a week or so. Then I can feel like I am on leave again. But it is good work. Only 2 more searches to work on this year.

I am back to figuring out a good backup system for my computer. Time Machine works well for the computer backup, but since I don't keep my photo or music files on the laptop, I need to have a system that will backup the external drives to another external drive. A few tests and I should be able to make a decision about the best way to go. I should also figure out an archiving method, too.

Time to start working on an exhibit idea for the fall of 2010 faculty exhibit at the Davis Museum at work. Hope I can pull together a multi-media presentation. Now there is a new thing to learn! Also, still poking around with Picasa to see if I can use it instead of Expression Meda by microsoft which I doubt will be updated in the future.

Another post by A.D. Coleman about the Polaroid collection.

Message to Milt

Better give those Yankees a push this game, Milt! Where ever you are, they need your cheering. Cora is giving the orders! Better listen! And the Yankees win! Everyone in the Madrick family is happy!