The Consumerist blog lead us to an old post on the Wise Bread blog which discusses several interesting methods for removing scratches from CDs or DVDs. Suggested methods include using tooth paste, a banana, chewing gum, and most effectively – Brasso, or any liquid metal polish. This video shows you how it’s done, but as […]
Continue readingDC is now down to one Blockbuster
[This Blockbuster is located at 410 8th Street, SE Washington, DC ] Now that spotting an open Blockbuster location is a novelty that merits a double take, and scores of other video rental chains have vanished, movie fans who want to rent some DVDs for the road have had to change the way they operate. […]
Continue readingNew York Times review of Final Cut Pro X
Apple’s Final Cut is Dead. Long Live Final Cut.
Continue readingCopyright Settlement of the Day
Back in 2009, Waxy.org’s Andy Baio produced Kind of Bloop, a chiptune tribute to Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue. It was one of the biggest early success stories for crowdfunding platform Kickstarter. Today, Baio announced he had paid $32,000 in a copyright settlement — not over the music, which he licensed from the publisher, but […]
Continue readingSummer fun: Kill Bill remix with original sources
Everything is a Remix: Kill Bill Extended Look from doobybrain.com
Continue readingFrom Inside Higher Ed: Discouraging EDU lessons from Netflix streaming
How Netflix viewing habits reflect on students’ use of course materials. Discouraging EDU lessons from Netflix streaming
Continue readingEva Gabrielsson on the Diane Rehm Show
Eva Gabrielsson: “’There Are Things I Want You to Know’ About Stieg Larsson and Me” Seven years ago, Swedish journalist and author Stieg Larsson suffered a heart attack. He died without ever knowing the success of his Millennium trilogy. The books – “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, “The Girl Who Played With Fire” and […]
Continue readingAFI SilverDocs Film Festival 2011 Kicks Off Today in Silver Spring, MD
The AFI Discovery Channel SilverDocs Film Festival kicked off today. It runs from June 20 – June 26. There are many ways to keep up with the film festival. They have the SilverDocs web site, which also contains the “festival genius”, a guide to all the films that includes brief summaries, Youtube trailers, and show […]
Continue readingMedia Services Has a New Facebook Fan Page!!
Media Services now has a new Facebook Fan Page. We’ve had a Facebook page for a few years, but we’re now migrating to a fan page for easier access. We welcome all friends and alumni of Media Services to like and frequent our new fan page, and that includes YOU! Visit the new American University […]
Continue readingFilmography – Health and Fitness
The Media Services contribution to the Library Subject Guides is a selective list of video holdings in the American University Library. Filmographies are created by doing multiple keyword searches in the ALADIN catalog to capture as many titles on a topic as possible. For complete up-to-date holdings (including VHS tapes) please refer to the library […]
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