Monthly Archives: June 2010

Dave’s High School Graduation 1984

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Dad recorded my HS graduation with his video camera, and I just recently found the VHS and digitized it. I broke it into segments:

Part I: Student speeches (5:50) –

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Part II: Commencement speaker (11:56) –

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Part III: The Graduates (12:37) –

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Part IV: Snippet of Julie, Nate and Aunt Jessie after the ceremony – (0:19)

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I think Dad put the video away and went for his still camera before he captured much video, but nice to see…

Ryan Driving his Big Truck

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Three weeks ago, Ryan’s Aunts Karen, Julie, Kim and Val and Grandma Lola bought him a nice truck for his 2nd birthday.  Until today, he’s been a bit hesitant to ride it.

We were outside playing, and I talked to him about the truck for a while, then encouraged him to give it another try.  He decided he’d hop in and give it a go.

He doesn’t quite have the steering thing figured out yet, nor the accelerator…but he had fun and it’ll be no time before he’s the King of the Road.

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New Galleries, New Slideshow

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I finally got the gallery software updated, and now we have a really neat new slideshow that is much better than the old one. I still have some customization to do, but it’s functional!

I added pictures to Ryan’s 19th month gallery, and then put new ones up for the 20th thru 24th months.

When you get into an album, you’ll find the “view slideshow” link in the left navigation. Try it out! In the first view, you get a 3D “wall” that allows you to peruse the gallery quickly by grabbing and dragging. Then you click on any picture and it will zoom in. From there, you can click the right and left nav arrows to move through the gallery, or click the slideshow icon in the middle to bring it into automatic mode. It’s set for 8 seconds, but you can move thru faster using the arrow button. In the lower left, you’ll find a “full screen” option which is very nice for looking at pictures.

Here’s a quick link to the top-level Ryan gallery. All the new ones are at the bottom.

Let me know how the new slideshow works for you.  One tip:  Right-click on the slideshow and select “settings.”  Increase the local storage limit for the flash application, you’ll probably get better performance.