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Multimedia...
Here are several files considered to be in the broad category known as "multimedia" - audio files, slide shows (with, and without, audio), and video clips.
Suggestion: since some of these files are large, right-click on the link ad choose "save target as". This way you will have the entire show ready to go, so it won't stutter during playback.
Audio Files...
This recording of a service call to Canon reminds us all that we need to make proper backups of our data files on a regular basis. We should also not rely on our computers being any more than replacable with a comparable equivalent when it comes to warranties.
Listener discretion advised...
Audio file comparison
These audio files can be used to demonstrate the comparative quality of MP3 files ripped at differing data rates. 320 is descriptively called "CD quality". Lower data rates may suffice, depending on the end use. The lower the data rate, the smaller the file.
To demonstrate, play each one for thirty seconds or so to see what the sound is like, then load one of the next lowest quality and compare.
Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman at 320.mp3 File size : 7.17 MB (sampling only provided)
Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman at 192.mp3 File size : 4.32 MB (sampling only provided)
Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman at 128.mp3 File size : 2.87 MB (sampling only provided)
Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman at 64.mp3 File size : 1.44 MB (sampling only provided)
Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman at 32.mp3 File size : 0.72 MB (sampling only provided)
Slide Shows...
This is a Powerpoint slide show comprised of Vincent Van Gogh paintings. Don McLean's song Vincent, about the artist, plays while the show advances.
After the World Trade Center was attacked and destroyed, many photos were available on the Internet. Some were combined in one of the numerous Powerpoint slide shows being emailed around. This slide show is an extension of one of the circulating shows.
Download the show and double-click to run. Mouse-clicks or hitting the space bar will advance the show.
New Orleans - post-hurricane photos...
In 2005, a Cat5 hurricane hit Louisiana and devastated the coastal area. After the storm, levees broke and flooded New Orleans itself. This Powerpoint show contains numerous photos taken during, and after.
Other slide shows...
Videos...
Here are a few video clips of differing interest...
Trains, planes and automobiles...
"Amid all the 787 roll-out hoopla, perhaps the coolest event went unnoticed. On Saturday night, Boeing had all of the 787 airline representatives at an event at the Museum of Flight here in Everett, WA . At 7:07 PM, an Omega Air Refueling Services 707 landed in front of the crowd (after taking off from Paine Field in Everrett). At 7:17, an AirTran 717 landed. This continued until 8:17 when an Air France 777-300ER landed. In the end, the 717, 727, 737, 747, 757, 767, and 777 were lined up nose-to-tail on the taxiway. It is the first time Boeing has had every 7-series airplane in the same place (not counting the 787, which couldn't make the flight, of course)."
Jell-o airplane coins...
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