Val's Rants - Writer, Director, Filmmaker (Austin, Texas)

Archive for February, 2010

Filmmaking

02/23/2010

Run P2 Viewer in Windows 7 64-bit

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When I first upgraded to Windows 7, I was horrified to find that P2 Viewer wouldn’t work. I got the wonderful “the required audio hardware cannot be found on your computer.” No matter what I tried, it kept on giving me a error about the audio driver. Well, after much searching the internet to no [...]

Activism,Personal

02/20/2010

Forget the Right-Left Paradigm!

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A good friend once told me something akin to: “You can’t look right and left anymore, you gotta look up!” What does that mean? Please bear with me… I’ll explain. If you live in the 21st century, and you’re paying attention to the what’s happening in America, you’ve undoubtedly felt betrayed by your elected officials… [...]

Activism

02/18/2010

On Glenn Beck Attacking Debra Medina

Where We Stand by Adrian Murray, Fort Worth 912 President on Feb 12, 2010 I was born in Dublin, Ireland 38 years after the 1916 Easter Rising in which a band of Irish patriots rose up against oppressive British rule of their country. After an initial success in taking over the Dublin General Post Office, [...]

Activism

02/01/2010

7 Shades of Lenity Episode I Part 1 is out

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At long last, it is here: This is the first web series I ever wrote, and it was the first thing I ever shot and directed. It was a wonderful learning experience, and I thank Terry Melton for his support, training and patience! A lot of people contributed to make this dream an actuality and [...]