My parents live in Parksville.
On my most recent visit I captured some pics of the famous tidal flats, what I remember best about the town from when we vacationed here in the 1970s.
There were tens of thousands of birds here at this time of year, end of March.
more of my photos tagged Parksville
I use “screen grab” software every day.
This image was created by Snagit:
There are many screen grab options on the Mac. But I’m happiest with Imagewell. It’s been free … until recently. I just dropped $14.95 to get the paid version. Money well spent, I feel.
Snagit and Jing are similar products, both free (for now). And both being developed by TechSmith.
Both have features not available with Imagewell. I’ll use them for special jobs, each perhaps 5 times / year.
Only Jing captures video.
Kate and I were impressed by author Bob Darden interviewed on the CBC radio program Tapestry. (I immediately went and subscribed to the show as an audiocast.)
People Get Ready!: A New History of Gospel Music (2004) is a passionate, celebratory, and carefully researched chronology of one of America’s greatest treasures. From Africa through the spirituals, from minstrel music through jubilee, and from traditional to contemporary gospel, People Get Ready! shows the links between styles, social patterns, and artists.
The emphasis is on the stories behind the songs and musicians. …
In 2010 … if Pop music is not entirely dead to me, Pop music videos are.
There’s nothing new in music videos so far as I’m concerned.
Despite that, Lady GaGa has become the first artist in history to have her music videos watched a total of one billion times online. (Perhaps the rising tide of all social media sites is raising all boats, including Gaga.)
Yet there’s nothing new about Gaga aside from her unashamed goal to be more famous than talented.
Seems to me her videos rehash Madonna (who was original) using Eminem’s style guide. Every scene is stolen from somewhere else, and not like a Quentin Tarantino homage. This is simply stale.
Click PLAY or watch Telephone ft. Beyoncé on YouTube. (10min)
Leave a comment if you can ‘splain me why I should be Gaga.
Rick McCharles 