| The Incredible Hulk Trailer Coming Early March
Marvel Entertainment announced its fourth quarter and full year operating results this morning, and with it came the news that you'll be seeing the first trailer for The Incredible Hulk in early March. Our guess is that it will hit theaters with Warner Bros.' PG-13 rated 10,000 B.C. on March 7 (if that's true, make sure you call your theater to see if the trailer is playing with the showtime you're thinking of attending, as it will likely not be on every screen) and then with the R-rated Universal (the studio releasing "Hulk" in theaters) pic Doomsday on March 14. Also, it was revealed that, because of the writers strike and possible actors strike, Marvel Studios will have one in-house release in the later part of 2009, instead of two like this year (Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk), but it's anyone's guess right not if that is Ant-Man, Captain America, Thor or The Avengers.
In Age of High-Tech, Are Americans Losing Touch with DIY Skills?
Science fiction author Robert A. Heinlein once wrote: “A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." That's a tall order. Although I can only do some of those things, I approve of the principle. Nowadays, though, we're specializing more. A popular Internet essay is titled: “I Can't Do One-Quarter of the Things My Father Can." Are hands-on skills—building things, fixing things, operating machines and so on—really in decline? I think so. SAT scores provide a record of academic performance, but there's no equivalent archive for tracking handiness.
iMovie '08 Library Compressor 1.2
Like it or not, iMovie '08 is the future of iMovie. And, truth be told, I actually like it. Not in comparison to iMovie HD, but as an easy-to-use movie-making program, iMovie '08 is actually pretty good. One useful feature of iMovie '08 is that, like iPhoto, it keeps a library of all your DV clips handy and available, regardless of which project you're currently editing, so you have to import each clip only once to make it available to any project. The downside of this approach is that your iMovie Events folder, which contains all your imported DV footage, can quickly grow to ginormous proportions—DV files are big . One solution to this dilemma is Nik Friedman's iMovie '08 Library Compressor 1.2 ( ; free). This AppleScript-based utility uses the H.264 codec to compress the DV files in your iMovie Events folder; since iMovie '08 supports H.264 video, you can still use these smaller files in your projects.
Xacti HD1a HD camcorder adds wide display, more
Sanyo on Thursday introduced the Xacti HD1a, a compact digital media camera that records both still pictures and digital video. It does it all onto an SD flash memory card. The Xacti HD1a is coming in September for $699.99. The Xacti HD1a records video in 720p and grabs 5.1 megapixel still images. Because it uses SD cards instead of bulky tapes or optical media, it's much more compact than other camcorders. It uses a 10x optical zoom lens and 2.2-inch LCD display. New features in the HD1a include a 16:9 widescreen still picture mode, in-camera video editing, a 30 frames-per-second 320 x 240 MPEG-4 pixel video recording mode called “Web-SHQ," optimized for the video iPod. The 16:9 still image mode grabs 3.8 megapixel images in the same wide-screen format as the Xacti HD1's digital videos.
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Earthquake Awareness Week
Talk with your insurance agent about the risks in your area according to the location of fault zones under your property. You need to have a emergency kit with food, water, blankets and a battery-powered radio. Pick safe places in your home where take cover under a sturdy desk or table away from windows and furniture that could fall on you. These rules have been developed in the more active seismic areas found in the western United States, and are just as relevant for earthquakes in other parts of the country: Learn to DROP, COVER, and HOLD ON! Practice the drill at least twice a year with your family of finding something study to crawl under and grab one leg of a table or desk to hang on. Pick a safe place in every room of your home. Wait in your safe place until the shaking has stopped, then check to see if you are hurt.
You know you're form Williamsburg when...
From George Watson.
• You remember that before integration, Matthew Whaley housed grades 1-12 for white students and Bruton Heights grades 1-12 for black students.
• Eastern State Hospital once occupied all of the property at the corner of Francis Street and Henry Street.
• Peninsula Hardware occupied the first floor and the telephone company the second floor in the building on Merchants Square that has been the College Shop.
• Merchants Square was the main shopping area for residents.
• There were only three motels and some tourist homes to complement Colonial Williamsburg's accomodations.
• The Methodist church was on College Corner.
• The fire station was on the current site of Season's Restaurant.
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