Ha ha did you see the episode of Family Guy where the Cookie Monster from Sesame Street is in rehab?
You have to see this, it’s hilarious!
Random Thoughts about life in general, living in the big city of Toronto
by Tricia
Ha ha did you see the episode of Family Guy where the Cookie Monster from Sesame Street is in rehab?
You have to see this, it’s hilarious!
by Tricia
Earlier today as I was surfing the net I came across a site called Conversion Central. It lists 101 tools to convert video, audio, music, image, PDFs and more. I’ve already bookmarked the site because I’m certain it will come in handy when I’m trying to find something to convert some type of file into another in the future.
I wanted to tell you about the site, because I’m sure you’ll find it handy too.
I mean, there’s been times in the past when I’ve tried to find software that would convert video from my cell phone to the more common AVI format. It was a frustrating search that took hours, but I finally did find something that would convert the files for me. Now of course I’m sure the software that I downloaded has expired or is outdated so it’s nice to have found this site that lists just about every kind of conversion tool that you can imagine.
Not only will you find a multitude of tools that will help you with converting video, converting music or converting images into different formats, but you’ll also find software and tools that will convert PDF files to Word documents and other formats, or convert text and rss and other text formats to PDF.
Scrolling down the page I also found tools for converting Power Point, Excel, drafting documents to new formats and tools to convert measurements, temperatures, currency, and even clothing sizes!
You have to check this site out. I’d be surprised if you didn’t at least bookmark or favorite it, like I did, once you visit.
by Tricia
I’ve been watching that new television show I-Caught again. I’ve watched three shows so far, and each time I watch it my head starts to buzz with ideas of things that I or my husband could do on the internet.
My latest idea revolves around my husband. As you might remember we purchased an HD video camera for him about a month and a half ago when I got my new digital SLR camera. The plan for his blog, Guitar Licks, has always been to include video guitar lessons. Now I’m expanding that thought.
I was thinking that maybe we could find a free podcast site to upload his videos to, but instead of just doing guitar lessons he could talk about various types of music and different types of guitars and equipment. Very niche obviously, but I’m pretty sure he’d enjoy doing the videos and he’s a fantastic musician with a lot of knowledge to share so those interested in watching his videos would get something out of it.
Another idea that I had involves podcasts or internet radio type shows. There’s a few bloggers that I know doing these regular weekly shows now and I think Chris would be very good at it. Perhaps I’d join him. Hmmm the Chris and Trish show?
Sure I know for the videos we could just upload to YouTube, but I think if we uploaded the video podcasts to a podcast site with a community built around it the content he’d create would be picked up easier and perhaps build a following.
Do any of you do video or regular podcasts? Which sites do you use? How about internet radio shows or weekly broadcast type sites?
BTW did any of you submit your three words to i-caught? I think that’s a great feature. We didn’t get around to it what with my family reunion keeping us busy but I hope to make a submission in a day or so.
by Tricia
Have you been watching the new ABC television show I-Caught? I think the show is on Tuesday nights. I’m not sure because I recorded the show and didn’t watch it until last night.
I’ve watched two episodes of I-Caught so far and I really like the show. It seems to center around the crazy things people do, and how they broadcast there ideas on the internet, often through videos submitted to YouTube.
The shows About page states:
What is i-CAUGHT? Well – we all know there’s a video revolution swirling around us all – 24/7. Ask yourself… how many times were you caught on surveillance video today? Did you – like more than 100,000 other people – upload a video onto the internet? Did you go online like millions of others and watch a video?
We’re ALL a part of this new video revolution.
But it’s more than just entertainment. Every one of these videos has a story behind it. Who made it? What was going on behind the scenes? What came after it? And how much can we really believe what we see?
An awful lot of it is also news. The politician caught on an open mic. The policeman caught doing the heroic – or the opposite. The patrol on the streets of Baghdad. Or the moment when Mother Nature wreaks havoc on the ususpecting. We’re watching – literally – as every single person with a video camera can gather news for all the rest of us.
We call this new television and internet experience i-CAUGHT. Because that’s how so many people feel these days. Everywhere you look – cameras – catching everything: breaking news… making headlines… turning unknowns into celebrities… turning others into laughing stocks…
And for all the world to see – in an instant. It’s video at the speed of life.
Every week, i-CAUGHT brings you the real stories – reporting on the real people – behind the videos that millions of us watch and share everyday.
I didn’t see last weeks episode, but they apparently asked their views to submit via video three words that they feel are important to them. The words could have something to do with life in general or reflect how the person felt about their day or week. It didn’t matter as long as it was three words.
At the end of this weeks episode they showed a video they’d put together. It was composed of many of the submissions that people had provided over the last week. I’d put the video in this post, but I fear that it’s autoplay and I loath autoplay videos on websites.
Some of the submissions were humorous, others were inspiring and some were just sad. As I watched the video my eyes got a little misty. That’s how deeply some of those simple three word submissions touched me. If you’d like to watch the video just visit “Your 3 Words”. You might even be inspired to submit your own video.
Yes, they are still accepting submissions. When Chris and I heard that we decided that we’d each make a short three word video too. Who knows maybe our videos will become part of the I-Caught Your Three Words video montage.
by Tricia
When we renovate our basement we are definitely purchasing home theater seating. Our basement is going to be a deluxe rec room!
We’ve got a 50 inch DLP TV and a great theater sound system so why not create a nice home theater room with proper seating?
Of course I think I also want to try to have a spare bedroom in the basement as well. Hmmm does home theater seating come as a pull out couch? LOL well if it does … I could kill two birds with one stone so to speak, couldn’t I?
I’m actually quite tired of all the renovations that we’ve been doing. I just want them done. Is anyone else going through the renovation blues?