Today I needed to convert a WMA file to MP3 format for use in Flash. I thought about downloading a converter, but then realized that trusty ole FFmpeg could do the trick. I’ve mainly worked with video files so wasn’t 100% certain how to work with audio only. I came to find [...]

I’m amazed at how difficult it is to sell a car without going to a dealership or using a 3rd party service like CarMax. I’d rather not get taken to the cleaners using a “middle man”, but it definitely eliminates a good bit of hassle. The point of this post is that we’re [...]

If you’re really bored then feel free to check out my blip of a recent quail hunt in South Texas. It was an incredible time with family and friends! Oh yeah, and a reminder of what a rusty shot I am. I definitely need to spend more time at Elm Fork.

I also [...]

Every now and then a great video comes along that I just have to tell my friends and family about. This Kodak video demonstrates that if you don’t adapt to the changing technology you’ll get left behind. This made me think for a moment what the heck has Kodak been up to? [...]

Our neighbor’s dogs are of the most annoying type, they never stop barking and bark at everything. There are times where I feel like grabbing my Red Ryder and letting loose. Just a single pump and maybe I can tag them on the tail. So Merry Christmas to Frank and Frannie, I [...]

Most of my friends and family know that I don’t dance. It’s something I could probably work on, but I’ve never put much time and energy into it. OfficeMax has put together an incredibly viral marketing campaign that has me dancing all over the place. I love this type of creativity and [...]

A good friend of mine called this evening asking about FFmpeg for Windows. It’s been well over a year since I’ve downloaded a Windows version and was able to find a link here:
http://download.videohelp.com/download/ffmpeggui03c.zip
It’s a GUI version of FFmpeg and looks fairly straightforward to use. It definitely abstracts you from having to enter a [...]

USAT has a very creative press release around enabling Santa’s workforce with LBS. I will let you make the judgement call on whether or not this is real, but it’s highly entertaining and has some great quotes. My favorite piece of the press release is the network topology diagram:

I think it’s very effective [...]

A reader named Rich recently asked if I’d had any success exporting FLV to 3GPP format. I’ve exported QuickTime movies (.mov) to 3GPP in the past, but have never tried converting from FLV. I did a post last year showing how to convert MOV to 3GPP.
Luckily the syntax for converting FLV to 3GPP [...]

My father-in-law recently submitted Ella’s photo to the Austin American-Statesman paper for their “Scared of Santa” section. This photo was taken last Christmas (2005) and was her first encounter with Santa. She landed the front page and you can see a thumbnail and full photo below. Both Santa’s and Ella’s expressions are [...]