Another cool google thing

Google is coming out with Google Voice- a way to merge and manage all your phones in one simple place. Check out the video here.

A Few Websites of Interest

Ken Stone's Final Cut Pro
Don't let the name fool you.  Although this website deals primarily with hints and guides for Final Cut Pro, it also deals with the programs Motion and Color.  Also, the website contains reviews for different plugins and hardware for those of you looking to keep up-to-date on the new.  Worth a look for those of you who are interested in learning more about Final Cut, Motion, or Color.


Tech Crunch
This website has the latest news concerning internet-related topics, useful for those of you who like using Google products and such.


70 Excellent Photoshop Resources
Exactly what the website title is.  Contains links to quite a few photoshop tutorials.

Important info when checking out kits

Just to remind everyone of what Rich posted on the Wiki Blog-

Please remember when checking back in kits esp. cameras to actually check for the memory card, battery etc. when checking out and in -- don't just scan the barcode on the camera assuming they're there! Also remember that optional parts do NOT stay in the kit bag when returned. Battery chargers are now optional parts for all the cameras (except the advanced where it's still in the kit) so they should be pulled out and placed in the optional parts drawers when returned. Thanks!

For those who love film

The University of Delaware's fall International Film Series will be held at 7:30 p.m., Sundays, from Oct. 11 through Nov. 29, in the Trabant University Center Theatre. There are some very interesting films being played, and the films are free and open to the public, and all foreign language films are shown with subtitles. The International Film Series is made possible through the support of the Committee on Cultural Activities and Public Events (CAPE).

Upcoming films to be played:

Oct. 25: Mary and Max. Animated Drama from Australia. Mary (voice of Toni Collette) is a shy and withdrawn Austrian girl. Max (voice of Philip Seymour Hoffman) is a middle-aged single Jewish New Yorker suffering from Asperger's syndrome. Two lonely people who strike up an unlikely pen-pal friendship in this darkly humorous animated tale.

a scene from "Mary and Max"

Nov. 1: The Wave. In 1967, a California teacher conducted a bold classroom experiment to demonstrate to his students how easily Hitler was able to use rhetoric and fear to inspire a whole country to follow him and how easily it could happen again. This true event became the basis for a book and a highly rated television special. Denis Gansel's acclaimed new film transfers the story to present-day Germany where the students have grown-up inundated with the stories and lessons of the Third Reich. In spite of this knowledge, the German teens are just as susceptible to the allure of fascism.

Nov. 8: Rumba. Fiona and Dorn are teachers in a country school. They share a passion for Latin dance and spend their weekend nights sweeping up all the local trophies, until one evening, returning from a competition, they chance upon a maladroit would-be suicide, and their lives begin to change. This hilarious and touching story of a strange threesome is beautifully filmed in bright and elegant color giving it a naive and lovely poetry. A heart-warmer without schmaltz.

Nov. 15: A Film with Me In It. Directed by Ian Fitzgibbon. Mark Doherty and Irish comic star Dylan Moran try to cope with the mounting body count resulting from freak accidents they didn't cause but, if discovered, will make them look like murderers in this “gleefully cruel Irish black comedy.”

Nov. 22: Sin Nombre. An epic dramatic thriller written and directed by Student Academy Award winner Cary Joji Fukunaga in his feature debut. The filmmaker's first hand experiences with Central American immigrants seeking the promise of the US form the basis of the Spanish language mopvie. Sin Nombre tells the story of Sayra, a teenager living in Honduras, and hungering for a brighter future. A reunion with her long-estranged father gives Sayra her only real option -- emigrating with her father and her uncle into Mexico and then the United States where her father now has a new family.

Nov. 29: Katyn. A competitor for the Oscar for best foreign film, this courageous film depicts the Katyn massacre perpetrated on Stalin's orders to eliminate the fine flower of Polish intelligentsia. Thousands of Polish officers were massacred in a forest, including the father of director Andres Wadja. “Searing and devastating,” offered a review in The New York Times

Don't forget about last two Workshops!

The library is hosting four workshops during the 2009 Fall Semester focused on multimedia programs and resources available at the Student Multimedia Design Center. Although the first two have already taken place, the last two, LiveType2 and Motion 3, are coming up.

LiveType will be held 3 to 4:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 12, in the Student Multimedia Design Center Classroom B.

Motion 3 will be held 3 to 4:30 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 10, in the Student Multimedia Design Center Classroom B.

The workshops are available at no charge and are open to University of Delaware students, faculty, and staff. Seating is limited and registration is required. To register online, go to the workshops Web page.

New Printer arrangement

The color printer and its release station have been moved over to the
green column area with the black & white printers. Users can release
single-sided, double-sided, and color jobs using either VendPrint
release station.

Laptop Registration Program

Public Safety will be in the Library Commons on the following days to offer laptop registration for students at the UD:

October 7, 2009 (Wed): 7-10 p.m.

October 13, 2009 (Tues): 9 p.m. – Midnight

October 14, 2009 (Wed): 4-7 p.m.



When a laptop is registered, information such as the serial number for the laptop will be added to a national database. In the case of a stolen laptop being recovered, the police can look up the information on the database and return the laptop to the owner.