Screen formats (Aspect Ratios) for motion pictures
1.33:1 – Standard television screen. 1.37:1 – Movies made prior to the 1950’s when wide-screen formats were introduced. 1.66:1 – Popular wide-screen format in the 50’s and 60’s. 1.78:1 – Format of 16×9 that’s on HDTV sets. 1.85:1 – Popular format for many movies. 2.35:1 – Super widescreen format used by many movie ‘epics’.
Things to Read
Books There are all type of books on the market. Maybe you are fond of fiction. That’s one of the biggies. Check out the novels of John D. MacDonald and Stephen King, two of my favorites. For mysteries there’s Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe and many others. For Science Fiction a good place to start would [...]
Childhood Obesity
Obesity is a major factor in Type II Diabetes. Diabetes is a serious condition that may require injections of insulin and cause an inability of wounds to heal, cause blindness or jokes. Childhood diabetes many times is causes by obesity and the lack of exercise and poor diet. Children who are overweight many times have [...]
It’s Daylight Saving Time Again
For those who don’t know the rhyme we spring ahead an hour in the spring and fall backward one hour, in the fall. Some people mistakenly call it Daylight Savings Time, but it is Daylight Saving Time. In 2007 with the Energy Policy Act of 2005 that President George Bush signed into law in 2005, [...]
Tips for Using Less Gas
With each passing day, the price of gas seems to be rising. Here are 6 tips do to help use less gas. 1. Don’t drive if you don’t have to. If you are close enough to your destination to walk or ride a bike. Not only will it save on use of the gas, but [...]
National Telecommunicator’s Week – 2nd Week in April
Each year, the second week of April, in 2008 it’s April 14-20, is dedicated to the men and women who serve as Telecommunications Officers. In October 1991 Congress made a Formal Proclamation to recognize this week as National Telecommunicator’s Week. Those who perform telecommunications duties serve as an indispensable link between the officers and the [...]
Email Hi-Jacked and Spam Messages Sent
Apparently beginning sometime in the early morning hours of February 22, 2008, someone used the 6thingstoconsider.com domain name to send a Spam email. This email was not generated from this domain email address nor was it generated from anyone associated with 6ThingsToConsider.com. Even though it did not come from me, I apologize for the inconsiderate [...]
March
In ancient Rome the first month of the new year was the same one in which spring began. That month was called Martius after the God of War, Mars. Today we call the month March. Spring would seem a natural time for the new year to begin, since that’s when the climate changes and the [...]
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