March 2009
1 post
New Blog →
Over the past two years or so, tumblr has been a wonderful platform for posting short blog entries. However, I have found to need for more features/widgets in my blog posting to I’ve decided to migrate to WordPress. Please refer to http://blog.dnpconsulting.com for new updates to Darren’s Corner.
February 2009
6 posts
Great Video on Technology and Society →
Great Screencast Information →
Gotta thank Mike Kruzel for finding this set of tutorials.
Tiny Chat →
Neat little instant chat tool to add to a website. You can log in as a guest or use your twitter login. My custom chat room is: http://www.tinychat.com/a9us Stop by to check it out.
Pun Of The Day
Just started playing around with Text Message integration on my website, www.dnpconsulting.com. Text “DNPCONSULTING” (without the quotes) to 41411 to receive the PUN OF THE DAY.
January 2009
9 posts
WMM Version 2.6 →
Am currently teaching a class in digital video and students are having problems applying some of the Rehan Effects to inside the Vista version of WMM. Click the link above to install version 2.6 of WMM.
Amaze.FM →
Cool Website where unsigned artists submit their songs.
Really liked Brainspoon:
http://amaze.fm/artist/Brainspoon/bleeding-black-white/
Facebook Connect →
Just heard about Disqus integrating Facebook Connect with their applications and added it to my tumblr blog. Hoping I’ll get a few Facebook users to leave comments on my posts.
Gotta love how so many neat tools can integrate fairly seemlessly.
Funny Star Wars Video →
Jonahan Coulton Primer →
While I’ve heard Code Monkey a while ago, I hadn’t too much else by Jonathan Coulton. Here’s a good sample of his music.
Leo Laporte and the Future of TV →
Great Digg article on Leo Laporte and the future of TV
Flash and other Adobe Video Tutorials →
GSpace - Firefox Music Plugin →
Finally found an easy way to bring my mp3s with me. It does require a gmail account, along with a Firefix browser, but it’s pretty cool. Check it out.
December 2008
9 posts
Very interesting interview with Don Tapscott,...
Instant Eyedropper →
Very neat, free, tool to instantly grab the RGB color values from anything on your screen. Works with webpages, photos or anything displayed. Check it out!
IE Vulnerability →
Found this on Digg. Pretty serious IE vulnerabilty. I think Microsoft will be issuing the fix this Wednesday
Found this on Digg →
Gimp is GREAT!
Interactive Springfield Map →
Cool Map of Springfield from the Simpsons. I haven’t found the StoneCutters temple yet. Please leave a comment if you find it.
Search Statistics by State →
Interesting tool showing all sorts of information about google searches on a state by state basis
101 Uses for Twitter →
Some responses to the question “What’s Twitter good for anyways?”
Free Web Hosting with ASP support →
Gotta check this out when I have time. I’ve had my students use freehostia.com for PHP and MySQL projects but this looks like a nice setup for setting up Microsoft ASP and Access projects.
The Simpsons on "Mapple" →
Funny Stuff!
November 2008
9 posts
Bruce Campbell Movie in Minneapolis
Looks like Bruce Campbell is coming to the Twin Cities on Dec 5th to promote his new movie: My Name Is Bruce. I just might have to go to this. (Army of Darkness is one of my favorites.) Looks like he’ll be at the Lagoon Theater.
Free Web Hosting →
I’ve tried free web hosting services before and had limited success but had a student that uses freehostia.com and has said she has had good luck with it. 250MB storage plus PHP and MySQL support. I’ll have to check this out sometime.
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The Pickens Plan
Normally, I use my blog to post one of three different topics: interesting web/technology news, things that make me laugh and photos of my family. Today, I’ve decided to post about something which I think is very important to the future of the United States. I’ll start off by saying I was very skeptical at first. T. Boone Pickens has made a lot of money in the oil industry and is...
The Matrix Runs on Windows →
Love the part with the little paperclip icon
Wow - MTV Videos →
Does anyone remember when MTV played videos instead of running “The Real World” 24 hours a day? Some of my favorites are Into The Great Wide Open, November Rain, and Just A Gigolo.
Hulu →
Looks like YouTube has some competition
October 2008
4 posts
Great Gimp Tutorials →
I’ve always enjoyed using GIMP as a free alternative to Photoshop. The main problem is finding tutorials. Here’s a nice collection of 30 tutorials. Now I just gotta find time to try them out.
XtraNormal Video Tool →
Just found this tool called xtranormal which is currently in Beta. Simple Text to Video tool, great for storyboarding. Here’s a quick Pulp Fiction Example I created.
Cool Adobe Air Applications →
I gotta find some time to play around with these Adobe Air Applications. The RichFLV and Pixus Applications are pretty handy.
September 2008
4 posts
Second Life at SPC →
Neat story about what’s happening with Second Life at SPC
PHP Review Sheets →
Just found out the a website with lots of useful HTML review sheets changed their name from ilovejackdaniels.com to http://www.addedbytes.com/. Guess they had some trademark issues with their old domain name. Anyways, lots of good html, php, javascript and other one page web review sheets found here.
Unplug Your Friends →
I think we all know someone in our lives that’s a little too “plugged in”. Check out this website to see what you can do to help. Gotta love the little video that accompanies the form letter.
Google Chrome →
Looks like Google just released it’s new browser called Chrome. Gotta find some time soon to check the new features.
August 2008
5 posts
Minnesota Community Colleges →
A nice article from the August 29th edition of the Star Tribune on the role of Community Colleges in Minnesota.
Free Computer Tools Video
A while ago I gave a powerpoint presentation on various free computer tools. I just converted the powerpoint presentation to two video files which I posted on YouTube HERE and HERE. Any feedback is appreciated.
JK Defrag →
Found a free little disk utility program called JK Defrag that (so far) seems to work a lot better than the built-in Windows Defrag tools. I’d also recommend using ccleaner before running this to remove old files and tune up your registry.
Interesting Video →
An interesting take on Barack Obama is all I can say.
Embedded Flickr Photostreams →
Found a neat way to display flickr photo streams.
July 2008
9 posts
Customized JibJab Videos →
Send a JibJab Sendables® eCard Today!Make sure to check out the guy who shows up around 1 min, 50 seconds.
Unique Software →
Found an excellent place for deals on all sorts of software for students called Unique Software down in Eagan, MN. All sorts of student discounts, especially for Adobe products. The student version of the Adobe CS3 Design Premium is only $295. That includes Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash and Dreamweaver. Pretty good deal for students.
Facebook Redesign
I’ve been hearing about the redesign of Facebook recently but haven’t seen any major changes to my profile page. I just found out you have to go to new.facebook.com to see the updated version. I like the new interface, seems a little easier to find stuff.