What is a Browser? (part 2)

Posted on October 14, 2009 by msauers

The Internet 1993

Posted on June 9, 2009 by msauers

The internet was a novelty whose concept few had grasped and most were confused by. This CBC-TV clip from “Prime Time News” reminds us of online’s astonishing conquest. Find this and 12,000 other clips from the CBC Digital Archives.

Downloading YouTube content made better

Posted on June 5, 2009 by msauers

There are plenty of sites which will allow you to download YouTube videos. However, Farkie takes most of them one step better. As typical, enter the URL of the page containing the video you want to gram and click Download. After a few moments you’ll be presented with links for the various formats in which you can grab the file. Maybe most importantly, one of the links will typically be an MP3 download. In other words, you can download just the audio from nearly any YouTube video. That’s cool!

Embedding YouTube Videos into PowerPoint 2007

Posted on March 6, 2009 by msauers

These instructions were originally posted on Clay’s Blog. I’ve modified them a little and added screenshots.

First turn on the Developer Tab on the Ribbon by clicking on the Microsoft logo at the top left of the window and selecting PowerPoint Options all the way at the bottom of the menu. Next put a check next to the unchecked item to show the Developer Tab
Go to YouTube and select a video to embed
Copy the URL
Open Notepad and paste the URL
In the URL delete “watch?” and change the = sign to a /
Copy the new URL
Back in PowerPoint, on the Developer menu choose “More Controls”
Select Shockwave Flash Object
Click and drag on the PowerPoint slide to draw a box in which the video will appear
Right Click the box and select properties
Paste the URL into the Movie Property field
Adjust the options for Looping or AutoPlay if desired
Close the Properties window
You can now adjust the size of the video by dragging the corners as needed