Hi

sorry to bother you again - I know I wrote just recently, but I am not too busy with work right now and I have something for you to laugh :-)

Normally you will receive mail from me only every 2-4 weeks.

the Poll http://www.webtruck.org/poll/ revealed, that for 75% of the members bandwidth is not a concern. That encouraged me to add more videos to the site, and here is a

FUN VIDEO

earlier this week I received a letter saying I have to go for military service again this summer. I will serve my last 20 days. In all I have been in uniform for more than a year, and I have some good and some bad memories... Some of you might remember that in 1999 I was in charge of a internet cafe in a camp for challenged people.

I have always been taking pictures and videos. I went through some of the videos, and I would like to share the following with you:

http://www.webtruck.org/histoy/1999/wheelchair_html

this was towards the end of the service in 1999, when we had to pack our stuff. While some were working hard to get the work done, others just played around and had fun... Audio is included this time, the language spoken is swiss german. Some say "don't break, let it go" where as others add "this can be dangerous" - I guess you dont need translation for the laughter :-)

VIDEO HARDWARE

as you might remember, last november the Sony Video8 camera I used for RemoteCam broke down after 4 years of uninterrupted service. Luckily I could replace it useing SideCam. Since then I was trying to get another video cam to have a replacement at hand or setup another one. Sony and other manufacturers refuse to hand out defective cameras as they fear they will sell less of the new ones...

So if you have a old video camera where the tape drive does not work anymore or you dont need anymore for some other reason, please contact me. Video cameras combined with a capture card deliver much better pictures than the ordinary webcams, and professional grade tilt/pan/zoom cams are just too expensive for my no budget website.

MEMBERPIC

some members have submitted pictures to http://www.webtruck.org/memberpic/

I would like to take the opportunity to thank them, and invite you to do the same. I have changed the interface a bit, so you can update picture and title anytime. (there are 360 members, less than 10 have uploaded a pic)

Getting pictures in the computer has become a easy task in the days of digital cameras, but they are too big for a web page. To resize, rotate, convert and clip pictures I use IrfanView http://www.irfanview.com It is free and available in many languages.

WebTruck

PS: I know that english can be a challenge for some of you, as it is for me sometimes. As I don't have translators at hand I write this in english and hope most of you understand what I write. Even if you dont understand every word, you can still click on the links :-)