Category Archives: Film

And summer begins.

My first year of college is finally over. What a relief!
The past few weeks have been crazy and I’ve been taking a little time to decompress. Cramming on overdue papers during finals week is not fun. I’m hoping this will serve as enough motivation to kick my study habits into higher gear for next semester.
As […]

Randomness and Networking

Good news! I have applied and been accepted into the Random Shapes Blog Network, a blogging community full of intelligent and classy young folks. Welcome, people from Random Shapes!
Right now I’m pretty swamped with schoolwork as there are only a few short weeks until finals. However, I’ve been thinking of a few interesting things to […]

Talkin’ about my generation

A recent entry on Rex is Excited got me thinking about how people my age are using technology.
Rex writes:
I’m riding the bus down from school right now, heading home. I’m wearing my headphones, listening to a podcast on my iPod from O’Reilly, a discussion panel of non-techies about their experiences on the web. What I’d […]

Avid Ruminations

I like how Avid Media Composer is the “industry standard” for nonlinear video editing equipment. Nice “industrial solution” you’ve got there.
Recent frustrations have prompted me to write an entry on Google pages. Figured I might as well link to it here and spread the love.

Applying for internship with Creative Commons

Wow. A summer internship at Creative Commons? That would be insanely cool.
I got my stuff together at the last minute and sent my application off. It may be a long shot, but I’m keeping my fingers crossed.

A tapeless recording setup using Final Cut Pro.

I figured out how to do this a little while ago, and wanted to share it. This should work with any decent firewire DV camera.
First, hook up the camera to your Mac and turn it on to “camera mode” (Not VTR.) Start Final Cut Pro. Open the “Log and Capture” window and go to the […]