Archive | August, 2008

21 August 2008 0 Comments

Hello from Scotland

Hello from Scotland

Just wanted to check in and say hi from Scotland. What a beautiful country. There is so much history here. It’s absolutely amazing to look around and almost every building you see is older than the United States.  I’m having a great time here hanging with a few members of the NCC team and hanging [...]

19 August 2008 3 Comments

Huge List of Resources

Here is a huge list of resources that I snagged at the Echo conference. I figured out would help spread the word on some of these. Enjoy!
Open Source Software
Inkscape- vector graphics
inkscape.org
Gimp – raster graphics
gimp.org
Audaicty – audio editing
audacity.sourceforge.net
Neooffice – mac office alt.
neooffice.org
Open Office – off. Alternative
openoffice.org
Scribus – desktop publishing
scribes.net
Notepad – text editor
notepad-plus.sourceforge.net
Blender – 3d [...]

4 August 2008 0 Comments

HDTV Broadcast Quality – What are you really watching?

Ever wonder why one HD channel looks so much better than another HD channel?  Well, basically its because they are operation at different bitrates. One channel may be pumping in a 720p signal at 12 Mbps and another might be pushing a 1080i signal at 7 Mbps. So your 720p channel is probably going to [...]