Import the iTunes Library into Access

I tend to get fastidious about my iTunes songs. And with roughly 3000 tracks, that can get time-consuming.  So sometimes I like to load my entire library into Microsoft Access. That way I can figure out which bands to delete because they have no songs rated higher than 3 stars. Or which songs to listen to more because that same band has some other really good song. If you’d like to do the same, check out this instructional video I just made.

Animating Diagrams with Windows Movie Maker

I just posted another instructional video on YouTube. This one shows you how to take several snapshots and put them together as an animation using the free movie maker that comes with Windows. There are advanced effects you can use to control the blending and speed of the animation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo85X9H_xS8

Integration for Programmers

Calculus can be very useful for improving the performance of a function. Resently, I saw patrickJMT’s YouTube video on Calculating a Definite Integral Using Riemann Sums. Now, I’m no math teacher. But I thought it’d be fun to demonstrate how integration works using Visual Basic code instead of the Greek used in math class. I chose VB since many people can open Excel, Word or others and try it out for themselves. I have instructions for that as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-lXoWf6VCs