Category: Google Apps

SoMAS Mosaic Image Process

There’s a complicated process for capturing and processing the content that is used to build the mosaic images of the Breach at Old Inlet.  With Dr. Charlie Flagg capturing the images from his airplane, I process the video into a collection of PNG files and build a panoramic image and Dr. Flagg takes that image…Continue Reading SoMAS Mosaic Image Process

Migrating from Picasaweb to Google Photos and Slideshows on WordPress

UPDATE 202x: Picasaweb is dead UPDATE 2017-02-09 I found a slight solution that works but who knows for how long.  If you upload your photo albums using an old version of Picasa and set the permissions to public on the album when you upload, you can use existing Flash photo album code to display an…Continue Reading Migrating from Picasaweb to Google Photos and Slideshows on WordPress

Capturing Photospheres With a Mount

As detailed in my previous post, I am using the Google Camera App on my Samsung Galaxy S5 to create Photosphere images of the places at the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences and other parts of the Stony Brook University campus. A photosphere can be created by simply moving your phone around to the dots…Continue Reading Capturing Photospheres With a Mount

Photospheres at Stony Brook University

Photospheres are awesome 360+ degree images that capture the entire area around the camera.  The most recognizable form of photosphere is Google Maps’s Streetview, which allows you to visit locations and see what it would look like from your car window.  Thankfully, newer smartphones are now capable of capturing photospheres. Stony Brook University has a…Continue Reading Photospheres at Stony Brook University

Strip HTML and images from your email in Google Mail with PLAIN TEXT MODE

If you wish to remove images and HTML-formatted content from your email in Google Apps Mail, you can easily turn on PLAIN TEXT MODE in the compose window. In the lower right corner of your compose window, click the triangle button that says “MORE OPTIONS” Choose “PLAIN TEXT MODE” The HTML links in your signature…Continue Reading Strip HTML and images from your email in Google Mail with PLAIN TEXT MODE

Hosting a Web Page on Google Drive

NOTE!!!! Google has deprecated this feature as of 8/31/2015.  Hosting services via Google Drive will be disabled on August 31, 2016 I had a web server crash and needed a place to store some web pages before I migrated them to another platform.  I did a little research to see what my options were and…Continue Reading Hosting a Web Page on Google Drive

Changes to YouTube RSS Feed API

If anyone uses YouTube’s RSS feed feature, I discovered that YouTube’s API changed recently (4/20/2015). I was previously loading an RSS feed of my seminar video recordings using this feed: http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/playlists/PL73209708FA681CD7 That link no longer works. Instead, you have to change it to the following format: https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?playlist_id=PL73209708FA681CD7 This is an RSS feed of videos contained…Continue Reading Changes to YouTube RSS Feed API

SBU Event Calendar in Google Calendar

Updated with new URL for Stonybrook.edu calendar of events. If you want to add the Stony Brook University Event Calendar to your Google Calendar, click on the carrot icon next to “Other Calendars” and choose “Add by URL”   In the URL field, paste the following URL (NOTE, STONYBROOK.EDU changed the calendar source, the URL has…Continue Reading SBU Event Calendar in Google Calendar

Google Apps SBU Syllabus Generator

What do you get when you combine the SBU Syllabus Template with a Google Form with some Google Apps Script? A syllabus generator that fills a template with your form responses, creates a Google Doc and emails you a PDF of your responses! The syllabus generated through this form creates the first page of the…Continue Reading Google Apps SBU Syllabus Generator