If you haven’t seen the Tech-Recipies site yet,
you should check it out. Nice compact, useful and interesting posts about how to do
useful and cool things. I found it via
my Twitter account feed. I’m finding lots of good stuff via Twitter these days.
I just finished reading a post at Tech-Recipies that describes how to use QuickTime
Pro to remove the dead space often seen in videos that are letterboxed or have the
side curtain bars (pillars). Essentially you use a simple image mask to define and
remove the extra space, nice and simple.
Check out the
tutorial at this link , or watch the
hi-res screencast here .
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How to exclude a domain from your Google search resultsFrom: greghughes.net
Post Date: 2008-05-30 14:25:10
If you’re like me, you rely on Google a lot to help you though your day. There are a few sites out there that - much to my frustrated chagrin - include their content in Google’s index but won’t let you see the content when you click the search results link - unless you sign up for an account (sometimes you even have to pay). I know there are some ways around the blocked access (Google can see the content, so there are open
doors), but what I really want is a ...
more New-to-me yet classic car: Should I ship or drive?From: greghughes.net
Post Date: 2008-05-24 12:07:27
I recently acquired a restored 1969 Ford Mustang convertible in an eBay auction, and now I’m trying to decide which method I should use to get it across the country, from Pennsylvania (where the person I am buying it from lives) to Oregon (where I live).
I have some flexible time right now before and after the Tech-Ed conference, so one
option is to fly there and drive it back. It turns out I have family
very close to where the car is (within about 30 miles)...
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