In this post, I’m going to give you advice that I am nearly sure you will ignore. The reason I know this is because most people I’ve given this advice to, I’m nearly sure, ignored it. I doubly know this because it took me years—nay, maybe over a decade—for me to start listening to this advice. So, believe me, I won’t be offended if you ignore this advice. Continue reading
Fixing a Really Weird Rsync Problem
I’ve been trying to do an rsync copy from a remote machine (Mac 10.6.x) to my local machine (Ubuntu 12.04.x). I’ve been doing dry runs (-n option) using something similar to this:
rsync -ani username1@hostname.local:/Users/username1/Dropbox/ /home/username2/Dropbox/
(I’ve changed the hostname and usernames to be generic.) Continue reading
Making a Flip Movie Available in Gallery Using iMovie HD
Every now and then I record a video using my Flip and want to make it available to family and friends on my Gallery site. The conventional Flip export formats, and Quicktime Player export formats, however, don’t seem to work for me. I’ve found a workaround using iMovie HD that retains decent resolution:
- Start a new iMovie HD project.
- Import the video into iMovie HD (File -> Import).
- Drag the imported clip into the video timeline.
- Select File -> Export.
- Select Quicktime, then Expert Settings.
- After clicking Share, when the dialog box comes up, select Use: Broadband – High. This will give the following settings: H.264 compression, High quality, 150 key frame rate, 672 kbits/sec bitrate, 480×360 dimensions.
- Click OK. That’s it!
Making a Screencast Video Using Ubuntu
I recently made my first YouTube video using my Dell Vostro V13 laptop running Ubuntu GNU/Linux. It wasn’t that hard to do, but I thought I’d just write a quick post describing what I did; I had to do a little sleuthing on the Internet to find out what settings to use in order to get it to work on YouTube. Continue reading
Installing Ubuntu Linux on a Dell Vostro V13
I recently bought a Dell Vostro V13 laptop and installed Ubuntu Linux 10.10 (64-bit) on it. Along the way, I ran into a few problems, and thought others might benefit from hearing about my experience. Continue reading