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Welcome! This site is a place to document technical information and other stuff that I was not able to find easily and/or don't want to lose.
 
Welcome! This site is a place to document technical information and other stuff that I was not able to find easily and/or don't want to lose.
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== Presentations ==
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* 2023 Introduction to Live Streaming [http://headbackup.com/images/d/dd/2023-05-17_Introduction_to_Livestreaming.pdf Slides]
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* 2021 Technology 101 for Parents [http://headbackup.com/images/0/0f/2021_Technology_101_for_Parents_-_web.pdf Slides]
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* GAiN 2012 Webcasting on a Budget [http://headbackup.com/images/3/3b/GAiN_2012_Webcasting_on_a_Budget.pdf Slides]
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== Guam Info ==
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* [[Shipping to Guam]]
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* [[Cabotage]] Why you could be denied boarding on foreign carrier flights to Guam.
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* [[Time Drift]] Why some clocks don't keep time very well in Guam.
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* [[Christmas Events]]
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* [[Guam Location Issues with Streaming Services, Websites & Smart TVs]]
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* [[Google Voice]]
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* [[Cost of Living]]
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== Walla Walla Info ==
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* [[Walla Walla Fruit Info]]
  
 
== Technical Notes ==
 
== Technical Notes ==
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=== Webcasting & Video Editing ===
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==== Full Workflows ====
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* [[Guam Video Studio for Production & Live Streaming]]
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* [[Guam Quality Low Budget PTZ Church Streaming]]
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* [[Collegedale Community Church Webcast]] Overview, History and Technical details
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==== Other Resources ====
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* https://www.adventistchurchconnect.com/help/knowledge-base/live-streaming
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* [https://www.yololiv.com/ Yolobox]
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==== Technology Specific Notes ====
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* [[Low Latency RTSP Sources in OBS]]
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* [[Wowza Media Server]]
 
* [[Amazon EC2]]
 
* [[Amazon EC2]]
* [[MediaWiki]]
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* [[Newtek Tricaster]]
 
* [[Newtek VT5]]
 
* [[Newtek VT5]]
 
* [[Wirecast]]
 
* [[Wirecast]]
* [[Western Digital Mybook World Edition II]]
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* [[FFmpeg]]
* [[Wowza Media Server]]
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* [[Excel]]
  
== Links ==
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=== Websites & Photo Management ===
=== Free Tools ===
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* [[MovableType]]
Here are a number of free tools that I have found to be very useful.
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* [[MediaWiki]]
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* [[Picture Management]]
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* [[SmugMug]] Customization Tricks, etc
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* [[Google Calendar Tricks]]
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* [[Google Sheets Conditional Formatting]]
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* [[Working with HEIC files on Windows 10]]
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* [[Wordpress]]
  
==== Graphics ====
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=== Hardware ===
* [http://www.gimp.org/ GIMP] GIMP is a versatile graphics manipulation package.
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* [[Western Digital Mybook World Edition II]]
* [http://hugin.sourceforge.net/ Hugin] Panorama photo stitcher.
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* [[WRT54GL Linksys Routers]]
* [http://www.sentex.net/~mwandel/jhead/ jhead] Exif Jpeg header manipulation tool (can use -autorot flag in conjunction with jpegtran to automatically rotate images based on orientation data stored by cameras that support including many Canon Powershots).
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* [[Mustek PF-A700B Picture Frame]]
* [http://sylvana.net/jpegcrop/jpegtran/ jpegtran] Lossless jpeg manipulation including rotation (direct link for .exe version is [http://sylvana.net/jpegcrop/jpegtran.exe here]).
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* [[Verizon LG EnV Phone]]
* [http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php ImageMagick] I mainly use this for batch picture resizing (mogrify -resize *.JPG 1600x1600)
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* [[Active Power Factor Correction (Power Supply) & Stepped Sinewave Approximation (UPS)]] = PC shutdown
 
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* [[Kindle Parental Controls]]
==== Video ====
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* [[Samsung TV]]
* [http://www.squared5.com/svideo/mpeg-streamclip-win.html MPEG Streamclip] Simple video editor that can read multiple formats and export them to QuickTime, DV, AVI/DivX and MPEG-4.
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* [[Laptop GPU Performance]]
* [http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ VLC media player] The cross-platform open-source multimedia framework, player and server
 
 
 
==== Other ====
 
* [http://tp.lc.ehu.es/jma/win32/dirco.html Directory Compare] This handy utility will compare and/or synchronize folders including network shares and can be used for simple backups.  Visit the author's home page for more handy tools: http://tp.lc.ehu.es/jma.html
 
* [http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ PuTTY] Free telnet/ssh/serial client which supports tunneling and much more.
 
* [http://keepass.info/ KeePass Password Safe] Secure, encrypted password storage with cross platform support including blackberry and other mobile devices.
 
* [http://www.cdburnerxp.se/ CDBurnerXP] Burn CDs and DVDs, including Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs for free.
 
* [http://www.1-4a.com/rename/ 1-4a-rename] A file renamer which renames many files at once (handy for combining pictures from multiple sources and prepending numbers to keep them in order).
 
* [http://www.truecrypt.org/ TrueCrypt] Free open-source disk encryption software for Windows 7/Vista/XP, Mac OS X, and Linux (I use it mostly for a virtual encrypted disk within a file which is mounted as a real disk).
 
 
 
=== Free Website Software ===
 
Here are a few free web tools and software packages that I use.
 
* [http://www.google.com/apps/ Google Apps] I use Google apps for my email & calendars (yes I realize it's the only thing in this list that you can't install on your own server)
 
* [http://www.movabletype.org/ MovableType] Publishing Platform
 
* [http://gallery.menalto.com/ Gallery] Your photos your website
 
* [http://www.dagondesign.com/articles/secure-php-form-mailer-script/ Secure PHP Form Mailer Script]
 
* [http://www.dagondesign.com/articles/secure-guestbook-script-with-image-verification/ Secure Guestbook Script with Image Verification]
 
* [http://phprecipebook.sourceforge.net/ PHP RecipeBook] PHPRecipeBook is a web based cookbook with the ability to create shopping lists.
 
* [http://www.gnu.org/software/gnump3d/ GNUMP3d] Web based music indexing & streaming including recursive playlist generation.
 
* [http://www.melhuish.info/simon/projects/index.html#csv2png csv2png] Very small precompiled utility for generating graphs from csv data.
 
* [http://www.limesurvey.org/ LimeSurvey] Opensource survey application (run easy to use surveys on your own web server)
 
* [http://awstats.sourceforge.net/ AWStats] Free tool that generates graphs web, streaming, ftp or mail server statistics.
 
* [http://www.mediawiki.org MediaWiki] Free software wiki package written in PHP, originally for use on Wikipedia (this site is running on it).
 
 
 
=== Websites that I frequent ===
 
 
 
==== Entertainment ====
 
* [http://www.facebook.com/ Facebook] I use Facebook to stay in touch with friends
 
* [http://www.hulu.com Hulu] Watch TV shows & movies online for free legally
 
* [http://www.pandora.com Pandora] Free music streaming service that plays new & old music based on what you like
 
* [http://www.nationalgeographic.com National Geographic] I get several e-newsletters and enjoy the pictures & articles
 
* [http://slashdot.org slashdot] News for nerds, stuff that matters
 
 
 
==== Shopping ====
 
  
===== Stores =====
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=== Software ===
* [http://www.amazon.com Amazon] Buy and read reviews on almost any product
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* [[Pale Moon Browser Tweaks]]
* [http://www.monoprice.com Monoprice] Very reasonable prices on cables and other IT/AV supplies
 
* [http://www.ebay.com eBay] Buy stuff cheaper (sometimes) and/or locate hard to find items
 
  
===== Comparison/Deal Sites =====
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== External Links ==
* [http://www.dealnews.com Dealnews] How to go broke saving money
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* [[Free Tools]] Free software for use on your PC or server.
* [http://www.salescircular.com Salescircular] Retail store specials aggregated & sorted in one place
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* [[Free Website Software]] Handy packages and tools for use on a web server.
* [http://www.google.com/products Google product search] Price comparison shopping
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* [[Free Online Services]] Useful and free.
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* [[Websites, Services & Products that I like]] Bookmarks, etc.
  
==== Travel ====
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Need a pep talk? Dial PepToc at 707-998-8410
Travel research often involves many varied sites, but here are a few that I use often and a couple that are unique enough to mention.
 
* [http://www.expedia.com Expedia] Tickets, Hotels, Cars, etc
 
* [http://www.tripadvisor.com Tripadvisor] Hotel reviews and more
 
* [http://www.airtreks.com/ Airtreks] Affordable, multi-airline around the world tickets (I have never actually used them but it's fun to dream)
 
* [http://www.travelzoo.com/ Travelzoo] Travel Deals
 
* [http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/ Upgrade:Travel Better] Informative travel blog
 

Latest revision as of 23:55, 16 May 2023

Welcome! This site is a place to document technical information and other stuff that I was not able to find easily and/or don't want to lose.

Presentations

  • 2023 Introduction to Live Streaming Slides
  • 2021 Technology 101 for Parents Slides
  • GAiN 2012 Webcasting on a Budget Slides

Guam Info

Walla Walla Info

Technical Notes

Webcasting & Video Editing

Full Workflows

Other Resources

Technology Specific Notes

Websites & Photo Management

Hardware

Software

External Links

Need a pep talk? Dial PepToc at 707-998-8410