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Demux .mkv video to extract audio into .ac3 / .mp4 (.m4a)

Using MKVExtractGUI (+ mkvtoolnix)

Demux .mp4 video to extract audio into .mp4 (.m4a)

Using YAMB, a front end to MP4Box

Bonobo - The Keeper (featuring Andreya Triana)

Out on the 18th October 2009.

Dan Bull - Dear Lily

Augmented reality apps

sshfs for Mac OS X

1. Download package, install and restart

http://www.pqrs.org/tekezo/macosx/sshfs/index.html

2. Mount

mkdir -p ~/sshfs/servername
/Applications/sshfs/bin/mount_sshfs username@server.com:/home/username ~/sshfs/servername

Shrink Googles ridiculously large searchbox back to normal

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/57449

UK Postcode to coordinates function with Google APIs

http://code.google.com/apis/maps/signup.html

<?php $key = ''; ?>
<script src="http://maps.google.com/maps?file=api&v=2&key=<?=$key?>" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="http://www.google.com/uds/api?file=uds.js&v=1.0&key=<?=$key?>"type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">

var localSearch = new GlocalSearch();

function findCoordinates(postcode, callbackFunction) {

	if (postcode == '')
		return;
  
	localSearch.setSearchCompleteCallback(null,
	function() {
		if (localSearch.results[0]) {
			var resultLat = localSearch.results[0].lat;
			var resultLng = localSearch.results[0].lng;
			callbackFunction(resultLat,resultLng);
		}
		else
		{
			alert("Postcode not found!");
		}
	});  
    
	localSearch.execute(postcode + ", UK");
}
		
function updateInputs(lat, lon)
{
	document.getElementById('lat').value = lat;
	document.getElementById('lon').value = lon;
}

</script>	
	
<p><label>UK Postcode: <br /><input class="text" type="text" id="postcode" name="postcode" size="7" value="" /></label> 
<input type="button" onclick="findCoordinates(document.getElementById('postcode').value, updateInputs); return false;" value="Find Latitude and Longitude coordinates" /></p>
<p><label>Lat: <input type="text" id="lat" name="lat" size="10" value="" /></label> 
<label>Lon: <input type="text" id="lon" name="lon" size="10" value="" /></label></p>

[solution] Moodle: Course info - An error occurred while backing up course start && The backup did not complete successfully

Disable PHP Safe Mode.
If you manage your server with Plesk, go to Domains > [domain] > Web Hosting Settings and uncheck at the end.

HTC Hero

Want one of these..

Bootcamp enable read/write between Mac HFS+ and Windows NTFS partitions

Allow Mac to read/write to Windows NTFS partition using NTFS-3G.

1. Download the latest from http://macntfs-3g.blogspot.com/
2. Install, restart. Done.



Allow Windows to read/write to Mac HFS+ partition using MacDrive.

1. Acquire http://www.mediafour.com/products/macdrive/
2. Install, restart. Done.

or for a free read-only alternative using Java..

Allow Windows to read Mac HFS+ partition using HFSExplorer.

1. Download from http://hem.bredband.net/catacombae/hfsx.html
2. Install, restart. Done.

3D YouTube example

You may need to refresh the page after clicking this link. You should see this dropdown to switch views.

Much Ado About IE6 - Should Digg block IE6?

Bakon Vodka?

Not enough Nickelback in your life? Become an Internet Explorer 8 user..

Think of one of the worst ways to browse the internet, then think of the biggest joke band on the net and combine them.

http://ie8-nickelback.com/