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[tree_and_leaf]

Powerpoint is annoying me; I can't work out why it won't let me add a JPEG slide (it may be that the file's too large, I suppose; even if I dump the jpeg in Firefoz and try to cut and paste from that, all that it pastes is the directory path to the file).

Also: do any of you more presentation minded people out there know if there are any projectors/ beamers on the market that can't be hooked up to Macs to run PP presentations- or what cable do you need to do so? (My contact at Freiburg claims that I won't be able to use my own mac to run the presentation; I find this hard to believe, and would rather not have to deal with the inevitable problems with special characters if I ported it to a PC, but I am not entirely sure of my ground on PCs)

Arguably my real problem, though, is that I have just been bitten by the plot bunny for a (depressing) Narnia AU, in which the Pevensies are German, in more or less the same time frame, or possibly either slightly earlier, or more towards the end of the war†. Edmund would be angry with his older siblings because they had begun to question the stuff they have had shoved down their throats in the HJ, and with Lucy because she is too young to really understand what is going on, but inclined to take the side of the others; the parents, who are of course off-stage, would be uncomfortable with the regime, though not in any particularly active way. (This bit is inspired by the Scholl family, where the parents - good Catholics - were passively anti-Nazi, but the older children were initially enthusiastic members of the HJ, before slowly spotting the massive moral problems).... and I certainly shouldn't be thinking about this when I should either be getting on with the paper or making dinner.


† No, I don't know what my obsession with Really Depressing AUs is, either. Morbid streak a mile wide, apparently.

Comments

[gramarye1971]

That would be a morbidly fascinating AU indeed, with some really great potential. I'm somewhat glad that I don't know enough about the specifics to write it myself. *ponders*

[azdak.livejournal.com]

a (depressing) Narnia AU

I would sign up to read this in a heartbeat.

Does Edmund jpin the White Witch because he wants to be a werewolf, then, rather than because of the Turkish delight?

[tree_and_leaf]

That's an idea, but I think it would just be that he is even more instantly convinced that the anyone who is rebelling against authority is wrong. Though you're right; he might very well be keen on werewolves as Germanic and manly (unlike those dodgy Greek fauns!)

[azdak.livejournal.com]

There's the SS connection as well. If he was a very comnmitted HJ kid, he'd be primed to admire them.

dodgy Greek fauns

Untermenschen, the lot of 'em!

[tree_and_leaf]

There's the SS connection as well. If he was a very comnmitted HJ kid, he'd be primed to admire them.

Oooh, excellent point.

[parrot-knight.livejournal.com]

I like the Pevensies-as-Scholls idea. (Die Weisse Rose was a text in my German classes a few years ago at the LTC, and I have the 1980s film.)

It's a while since I put a Powerpoint presentation together (though I have to do one for Whoniversal Appeal in November) and just pasted my images in, sometimes having to drastically reduce them within Powerpoint. *scratches head*

[tree_and_leaf]

All German for adults courses seem to read 'Die Weisse Rose' at some point, though it is an interesting and moving book, and not too bad linguistically, so it's probably not surprising.

I have never seen the eighties film; the recent one was awfully good, in a heart-breaking (but not depressing) way.

[wuglet.livejournal.com]

Regarding the PP, you could try to save the images as .png, sometimes it does the trick.

You should be able to hook up your Mac to a standard beamer. I'm not too sure about the cables involved though, but in my experience the visual out is standardised and should fit with any beamer cable.

[schreibergasse.livejournal.com]

That's also been my experience (for whatever it's worth), but it would be worth checking beforehand, if possible.

[tree_and_leaf]

Unfortunately the person it would make most sense to ask has, if possible, even less of a clue than I. (Humanities students, eh?)

[tree_and_leaf]

Ooh, thanks for the advice, on both points.

[tree_and_leaf]

Thanks for the png tip, it worked!

Have done some research into cables - I think I'm going to have to take a trip to the Apple Store at the weekend, woe is me...

[wuglet.livejournal.com]

Glad to be of help. :)

Oh dear... I've avoided entering an Apple Store so far, but I don't own a Mac. I hope my ipod will never break down! ;D

[overconvergent.livejournal.com]

Part of me wants to suggest that you learn LaTeX and use the "beamer" class, but this is rather a long-term solution.