Blues Brothers Come to Lecco

As part of a “youth happening,” the “BB Band” came to Lecco, complete with dancers. The music was live and very good, and the youth happening turned into an all-ages event with everyone enthusiastically dancing. Who says today’s young people don’t appreciate good music? You might also like: No related posts.

Lecco Gospel

I borrowed a digital video camera from the office yesterday so I could experiment with video as a means of communication. I have had a video camera for years, but haven’t used it much because it’s analog, so everything I shot had to be painstakingly converted to digital before I could do much with it,… Continue reading Lecco Gospel

First Steps in Putting Video on a Website

I’m experimenting with ways to publish video on the web. This first effort was labor-intensive: I started from a video clip I recorded from TV to VCR years ago, and digitized some time later to MPEG 1, using Adaptec’s then-current VideOh! device. The original file was about 20 MB, not great quality. Today, I used… Continue reading First Steps in Putting Video on a Website

The Fanvid Phenomenon

I wrote some time ago about the phenomenon of fan fiction , where fans make up their own stories set in particular fictional universes. Although publishers and copyright guardians are uneasy about the phenomenon (especially because many of the stories are sexy), I feel that the creators of these fictional worlds should feel highly complimented.… Continue reading The Fanvid Phenomenon