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SHN: Lossless Compression
a little ludwig goes a long way: SHN. John points out that instead of using lossy Mpeg compression. Going to a lossless compression scheme like SHN might be better. Great point. With disk space so available, I’m already encoding at 320Kbps variable rate which is still 5x less than the raw CD format. But, I…
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PowerDVD Update
CyberLink Patch Files. Yet another update for the DVD player on my machine. For some reason PowerDVD works, but nothing else can play a DVD. Not Real, Windows Media Player or Interactual. Feels like a codec got blown away.
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Windows XP ASPI Drivers
Adaptec?Windows ASPI Package. Here it is the current Adaptec ASPI drivers, so I can flash my DVD drive.
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Nearly There…DVD+RW
DVDplusRW.org – Compatibility List DVD-Video Players. Well, I finally blew the DVD+RW as a test with MovieFactory. It looks decent, not great. Main problem now are the many incompatibilities with players. “Compatibility hacking for DVD Recorders”:http://www.dvdplusrw.org/resources/bitsettings_pc.html. My Toshiba 6200 needs a compatibliity hack, but the Sony DRU-120A drive I have can’t have the bitsettings changed.…
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DV to DVD or DiVX
Well, I’ve finally mastered the Video Explosion/VideoFactory tool and have a nice video, now there is the issue of how to get it out to the real world. It isn’t easy: * Sonic MyDVD. This has got to rate as one of the most ugly programs I’ve ever used. Main issue is that you have…
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Naveen
a little ludwig goes a long way: Naveen. Proving once again, I don’t understand the law. Naveen Jain owes Infospace $200M or more dollars!
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Jabber
Jabber Software Foundation: open instant messaging powered by XMPP. An open IM standard. Supposed to be pretty good according to Gary.
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Wifi Hotspot Directories
Here are some of the top Google hits for wifi hotspot directories. Interesting to see the third tier actually building networks: * “Node DB”:http://www.nodedb.org/. Wireless node database. * PDAStreet: Software: Other Internet & Communications: WiFi HotSpot Directory. An Excel spreadsheet of access points. * “Riverwalk Directory”:http://www.makewirelesswork.com/directory.htm. Another directory. I think this is the actual content…
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VideoFoundry can split MP3 and WAV
Sonic Foundry. After all that, it turns out that VideoFoundry/Video Explosion can strip out the audio tracks and produce MP3 or WAV files. It is buried in the custom render menu when you choose Make Movie. Not documented anywhere either. Sigh.
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AVI Joiner
Divx Avi Asf Wmv Wma Rm Rmvb Fix Joiner – Download.com. Another utility program. This does fixup of various video files. Good for fragmented downloads. For me, this is most useful for various segments of AVI files that Video Explosion creates. I create one large file and then extract all the audio and then off…
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AVI Audio Extractor
Advanced AVI Splitter, AVI Joiner, MP3 Splitter, audio extractor, video frames grabber. Ah there is a tool for everything. In this case, it is a tool that takes an AVI file that VideoFoundry/Video Explosion creates and extracts the audio portion so that I can edit it with a conventional tool like Audigy.
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Audio Editing
What is Audacity?. VideoFactory doesn’t come with an audio editor and I need one to take the DV Camcorder audio and stick it onto a CD. Here’s an open source one. One of the highest hits from Google. The other was GoldWave. It uses Lame Encoder to create MPEG files. So, it should well with…
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Overview of Video Editting
Video Production. A great web site that explains what products you need to author. I tend to agree with him that VideoFactory is probably the easiest product to edit. I have tried the Ken Burns effects (it’s not that discoverable ;-), but will try them. Has nice “tips and tricks”;http://users.rcn.com/rofrano/Video/Vegas_Tips/vegas_tips.html for Vegas that apply pretty…
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Buying a Polar S720
Polar S720 on ebay. Hoops has been on me to get him a new bike computer. The S720 is about $330 from excelsports.com, so I’ve also been looking on ebay. The query above is one way to find it. You have to subtract out items because folks list the S720 as S-720, S 720 and…
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Video Explosion
Video Explosion. Been using this product to create a movie. Wow, is it complicated, but the results are great. This editor got a 9/10 from C|Net and it is definitely easier to understand that Ulead. It is licensed actually from “Sonic Foundry”:http://sonicfoundry.com and seems to be a copy of their VideoFactory. This is in turn…
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Minolta 5400
NEWS! – Minolta announces DiMAGE Scan Elite 5400 film scanner. No availability or pricing, but here are specifications. “Imaging Resources”:http://www.imaging-resource.com/SCAN1.HTM also has reviews of scanners too.
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Scanners
What a dilemma on scanners (with printers, it is easy, if splurging and if you want archival quality, then it’s on to the Epson 2200, if it is everyday stuff, the cheaper Canon i950). For scanners, it’s a different story. First there is the question of flatbed vs. dedicated film scanner. For flatbeds, the two…
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Printer Reviews
Well, the printer market keeps changing, now it’s time to look for a great photo-printer. Here is what I’ve learned: Hardware Reviews – CNET.com. C|Net unfortunately, doesn’t throw old reviews away. For the reviews that are less than a year old, the winners are: * “Epson 2200”:http://computers.cnet.com/hardware/0-2375165-404-9782487.html?tag=pdtl-list. Lots of folks like this one. 84% positive…
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Campy Only
Campy Only!. If you are a Campagnolo Bike part junkie, there is actually an entire web site just for you. Now that is narrow casting.
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Geocoding
Some cool work happening on location-awareness and blogs. Amazing what a little XML can do. Here are some things to look at: * blogosphere. This let’s you see a globe, spin it and then click on various blogs. * “Blogosphere Usage”:http://blogosphere.headmap.com/docs/bg-mt.htm. This thing requires two plug-ins. One called “GeoURL”:http://www.geourl.org/mt.html let’s you add latitude and longitude…
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Interesting Wifi Companies
Some interesting companies according to Rob: * w o w – c o m : Wireless NewsLine. Mehru Networks is doing some interesting work * “VOIP Telephone”:http://www.tmcnet.com/it/0303/0303po.htm. * “Intel Wireless investments”:http://www.intel.com/capital/portfolio/broadband.htm. Pretty much the who’s who of wireless right now. * “Ecutel”:http://appzone.intel.com/pcadn/company.asp?vendorID=872. Ecutel was doing enterprise wifi access.
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Gameboy's a cool
Satoshi’s Wireless Weblog: User Interface is an Art: Bluetooth for GameBoy. An interesting and cool product. Gameboys are really a cool product.
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Search, Search, Search
Search Engine Ratings And Reviews. We’ve been spending time learning about search engines and opportunities there. Here are some places to look. Notes we’ve found: * “Neilson Netratings”:http://www.searchenginewatch.com/reports/article.php/2156451. 29.5% Google, 28% Yahoo, 28% MSN, 18% AOL * “Comscore”:http://www.searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/2197801. Interesting analysis of the various search engine positions. It’s interesting to note what works well and does…
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blog portals
Ludwig told me about places where there are blog portals. A quick web search revealed these sites: * International Blog Meetup Day. There is actually someone coordinating meetings of blog folks. * a little ludwig goes a long way: Seattle Weblog Portal This points to “Seattle”:http://seablogs.hellbent.org/.
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Polar all in one
Polar S720 Heart Rate Monitor. Wow, it is amazing what a heart rate monitor can do. This one combines a cycling computer with an incredibly sophisticated heart rate monitor. I have a Campagnolo Ergobrain and a Suunto Advizor, but this is both of them. Only issue is that the Ergobrain is integrated into the bike…
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Kevin in Trouble with Home Theater Hookup…
Kevin’s Comment on Home Theater Recommendations. A little wierd, but I’m creating a new entry that refers to a comment on my own website, so that it gets indexed properly. Basically, poor Kevin is like just about everyone else. Trying to hook things up properly and it is complicated. Main advice is to subscribe to…
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Bike Log Entry
OK, I’m going to start recording my biking mileage and training here. Boring stuff, but I have to have somewhere to keep it… May 5. EM36 x 2. This is round trip to from work. May 6. EM36 x 2. May 7. Traveling. Missed it May 8. EM60. On a stationary bike. Yuck. Up at…
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Northwest Cycling News
Two sources for Northwest cycling news: * “Cascade Bicycle Club”:http://cascade.org. The group that puts on the STP and other great events. * Bicycle Paper. A pretty good read.
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Let's Go Out to the Ballgame
Going to take the kids out to see the Mariners a few times this summer. Amazing the resources on the Internet to buy tickets and things. Here are some: * SeatData – Seattle Mariners – Safeco Field. The all important seating chart. I love the idea that when you click on a section, you get…
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Suunto Advizor
Suuonto Advizor. Thanks to Brad Silverberg and John Zagula for getting me this a few years ago. It is the most complicated watch in the world. It is two years and I’m still learning how to use it. BTW, I’ve mirrored the Advizor Manual in case they decide to get rid of it later.