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This seems like it would be so easy, you can do it if you load it into iMovie, but if you want to do it really quickly, you have to use 5 year old software. mpegstreamclip does this, you just load the file and choose Extract/Video and it works. Useful…

Well windows has sure gotten more complicated. Getting telnet running take three steps  You need to run the Super Administrator mode for the command line. This is pretty hidden right now particularly if you are Running a windows tablet and it is not clear how to right click. The trick…

Well if you want to capture multiple videos from a Mac and potentially mix them here are some applications to try: Capturesync. Best Software has this, in experimenting, it is nice because it puts all of the video into a single file. Since it is recasting files it is CPU…

Well it seems pretty clear the Mavic Pro is the most awesome drone right now, but as usual, you need a host of accessories. The drone was really hard to get a launch, but now there are bunch of places which will set you back about $1500 mainly for the…

Well since I’ve been buying so much now’s a great time to ask how to optimize for purchases. Two pointers: Amazon. You can get 3 JetBlue Points per Amazon purchase just by clicking through. That’s about a 5% discount. You can also get a straight 5% off by using an…

OK, for the third time this year, I’m outfitting someone’s home with enough of a backend that they should be relatively stable, here’s a guide to how to do this: The right NAS Synology DS216J. There are a host of models that Synology has, but even the most basic $170…

Well it’s time once again to make USB boot disks, I’ve been using Diskmaker X forever, but with Sierra, there are some idiosyncratic things: Download from the Mac App Store the Sierra download. This will take a while as it it is over 4GB, but this is the image that…

For a while I could not get file transfer to work from an Android phone. Tried: Take a movie and use Google Photos to upload, this was incredibly slow trying to get 4GB up there. Same with a OneDrive upload Airdroid uses Bluetooth to do the same and it was…

Ok, when you get a new car, here are some tips and tricks: If you have a fancy high resolution GPS like the Vsport, then you will see lots of dropouts, so you need a GPS antenna and ideally it should be on the roof. The so called ground plane…

Nothing like waiting 30 years between buying bikes. Finally brad got me back so I’ve been trying bikes for theee days solid. Great interval training! Thoughts are to read the reviews. There are many good ones so I’ll stack rank the important things Budgets. Well this is the hard one…