Monthly Archives March 2008

Canopus TwinPact 100 versus Epiphan VGA2USB

As I described in a previous blog post, “Video Recording with Synchronized Slides“, we use a Canopus TwinPact 100 framegrabber to capture the presenter’s screen. This is recorded right along side video of the presenter speaking. The TwinPact 100 converts a VGA video signal to Firewire.

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Recently I came across the Epiphan VGA2USB frame grabber. While simpler, it looked like it might shed features we don’t really need, while providing better video quality.  We decided to order [snip...]

Find people fast with Firefox

There are numerous ways to look up Dartmouth community member’s phone number or email address. The one I use the most for phone numbers uses Firefox and its built-in “Smart Keywords” feature.

Setting it up is really easy, no special plug-ins are required.

First load the Dartmouth People Finder web page. (click the link to open in a new window)

Now ctrl-click or right-click the search field.

In the contextual menu, select “Add a keyword for this search…”

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