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Nelson Minar
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I learned how to turn a DVD into a DivX today. The secret is
the program Gordian Knot along with the
guide
from Doom9. It's very confusing hackerware, but the basic idea is
End result - 3:1 compression ratio for something that still looks very good (704x368@1600kbps, 160kbps MP3 audio). Three things would make this process better:
Essential software for an Athlon XP system with Windows - VCool. For some dumb reason
typical Athlon systems don't go into power save mode when the system
is idle. VCool fixes that, and dropped my system temperature from
50°C to 33°C when idle.
I'm learning .NET. I'm trying to put code samples online.
The first one is - Circles.
![]() Raffi released his email social network visualizer, econstellation. I hacked it to handle Berkeley mbox format (which for some ungodly reason is not supported by Javamail by default!) The picture above is about five weeks of all the email my home account got.
As I'm sure is obvious to anyone still looking here, I don't have
time to keep this weblog. I'm working full-time at Google now, and
between work and the commute my extra time is just too small.
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