Category: Technology
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Using the Elgato Stream Deck with Camtasia
I’ve been a Camtasia user for roughly a decade now. It’s my favorite video editor because it combines the two things I do, screen recordings and talking head video, into an easy-to-use package. As the software has gotten more powerful, there are ever-more keyboard shortcuts to learn. I know a lot of them, but the…
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Changing numbers in an ordered list
I don’t have to use a lot of HTML these days, but it’s always helpful to know how to manipulate it if you need it. In my last post, I had a list of 10 podcasts that I listen to. That list was divided into three different sections. The problem with doing it that way…
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5 Things Think About Before Going Solar
My wife and I decided to have solar panels installed on our house last summer. It took a few months for our panels to actually get installed and be approved and we have been living on solar power for the past two months or so. I’m thrilled with our decision and I wanted to talk…
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How to change the background color in Autodesk Inventor
I’ve been using Autodesk Inventor for half of my life at this point and it’s a software that I love and know well. I’ve been teaching Inventor to my students for the past several years and I wanted to make some videos outlining how to do various tasks in the program. I plan on adding…
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How to download Netflix moves to your iOS device
Netflix just announced that they are allowing user to download videos to their devices for offline viewing. My wife and I are planning on taking an overseas trip next year and this is welcomed news for the flight. In the video below I show you how to download videos directly to your iOS device. NOTE:…
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How to Fix Unwanted iOS Calendar Invites
I’ve been getting a ton of unwanted iOS Calendar invites recently and I wanted to take care of the problem. In the video above I show you how to easily categorize and deleted invites quickly.
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SolarEdge Online Monitoring Review: Basic
As part of our solar panel system, we have free online monitoring. The panels run into a SolarEdge inverter, which is web enabled. This gives us the ability to see how each panel is performing as well as monitoring out daily, weekly, month, quarterly, and/or yearly production. It’s a pretty solid system that I find…
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JuiceBox Pro 40 EV Charger Review
With our recent upgrade to solar, we also wanted to get a Level 2 charger for the house. The same people who installed our solar panels, put in our charger as there is a fair bit of electrical work to do for each. Before getting the charger I did a ton of research on which…
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5 New Things in Camtasia (and 1 disappointment)
My favorite screen capture and editing software Camtasia recently came out with a new version. Needless to say, I got a copy of it instantly and started working with it. After a few hours of use, here are my first impressions: If you are interested in understanding how to use the software, I created a…
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Fixing Vertical Video with Camtasia
Fixing vertical video is quick and easy with Camtasia. In the video above I show how to go about correcting it while still getting a full screened video.