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Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Speedtest.net

If you ever want to know how fast your internet is, I recommend speedtest.net. They are very accurate and the user interface is well laid out. It tests your download and upload speed as well as your ping rate, which is good if you are an online gamer. In basic terms your computer sends packets of information the server and it responds by sending you information back, thus giving you a ping rate. Basically you want high download speeds and low ping rates. Here is my speed test:

Yes thats 13MB download!

Sunday, December 21, 2008

Green screen test 1

After a long time including blood, sweat and tears I have finally got my video clips imported into FCP, (albeit with a longwinded process). I have always believed that whatever you do in life try and document it. This serves two purposes. 1: It allows you to see how much you have improved over time and 2: It also keeps your memories safe because if you are like me, I can only remember so much and when I need to remember that we need milk, it means that I lose the time I scored a fantastic goal at school. So continuing with my theory, here is my first video edit.