Darren's Corner

New Blog

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:28:22 -0600

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.

Great Video on Technology and Society

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:07:07 -0600

Great Video on Technology and Society

Cracked.com always has great Photoshopped photos. This one was...

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:34:34 -0600

Cracked.com always has great Photoshopped photos. This one was from a collection of great movies found here

Great Screencast Information

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:35:08 -0600

Great Screencast Information:

Gotta thank Mike Kruzel for finding this set of tutorials.

Tiny Chat

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:42:00 -0600

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.

These go to 11.

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:03:24 -0600

These go to 11.

Pun Of The Day

Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:58:40 -0600

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.

I thought the placement of this billboard was kind of funny

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:18:00 -0600

I thought the placement of this billboard was kind of funny

WMM Version 2.6

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:24:13 -0600

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

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:27:00 -0600

Amaze.FM:

Cool Website where unsigned artists submit their songs.

Really liked Brainspoon:

http://amaze.fm/artist/Brainspoon/bleeding-black-white/

Facebook Connect

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:14:43 -0600

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

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 12:04:16 -0600

Funny Star Wars Video

Jonahan Coulton Primer

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 08:35:52 -0600

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

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:02:07 -0600

Leo Laporte and the Future of TV:

Great Digg article on Leo Laporte and the future of TV

Flash and other Adobe Video Tutorials

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:54:50 -0600

Flash and other Adobe Video Tutorials

GSpace - Firefox Music Plugin

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:57:37 -0600

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.

Very interesting interview with Don Tapscott, author of Grown Up...

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:49:00 -0600

Very interesting interview with Don Tapscott, author of Grown Up Digital, talking about how kids in their teens and twenties learn differently than other generations. Very fascinating and it sounds like he’s done some good research to backup his conclusions.

Instant Eyedropper

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:01:00 -0600

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

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:23:05 -0600

IE Vulnerability:

Found this on Digg. Pretty serious IE vulnerabilty. I think Microsoft will be issuing the fix this Wednesday

Found this on Digg

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:29:37 -0600

Found this on Digg:

Gimp is GREAT!