Recently I was pleased to discover that the built-in recording feature of the Evernote note-taking application works very well for recording long meetings without using up tons of space on your smartphone or PC:
Author Archives: BettyW
Friday Faves – How To Help Boston
Last Friday got even weirder after I posted! Fortunately the Boston area can now focus on recovering from being shoved into a real-life “Die Hard” movie. Here are a number of links to resources and ways to help yourself and Boston:
Aereo – Local Broadcast TV Over The Internet Coming To Eastern MA
After free over-the-air broadcast television stations changed to digital several years ago you could buy an inexpensive converter for your old TV or just get a newer set with it built in. If your viewing location has decent reception your results are much better than old analog broadcasts – but if you are in a zone with mediocre reception (as is our house, since we are on the wrong side of a hill from the broadcast towers) it’s much worse. So you must go with some paid cable or satellite service to see stations that would otherwise be free.
Aereo wants to be your personal TV antenna with great reception.
Weird Week Placeholder
Here in Boston it’s been a weird, sad week that is still ongoing – I’m writing this from my home bedroom while I monitor services at work,since that work is in part of the area currently locked down while authorities attempt to find the remaining Boston Marathon bomber after late-night gunfights and more casualties.
I’m not really in the state of mind to post random links or write today, so here are a couple of items I’ve posted elsewhere this week:
The city and state have set up The One Fund to accept donations to help all of the victims of Monday’s bombing. But if you would like some music with your donation you can download 130 music tracks donated by Boston bands (including my band Ginger Ibex) for whatever you wish to donate – all proceeds going to The One Fund:
And here’s a post I wrote this week for Ginger Ibex’s blog, about the special stringed instrument I play in the band:
What Is That Weird Violin Betty Plays?
Finally – have a sleeping cat, and stay safe!
