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Monster Bash Halloween 2009

~SP — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:11:18 +0000

This is a fun little video I created at JibJab.com. I took some liberties with the character roles since Becky is Dr. Frankenstein and her sister Lisa is bride of Frankenstein’s monster. You can guess who’s face is on the monster, eh? It just seemed funnier with Beck doing the lead as the Doc. Andrew …

FormatFactory Centralizes DVD Ripping, Media Conversion

~SP — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:00:00 +0000

Windows only: Free media file converter FormatFactory is a handy all-in-one utility for taking one kind of audio, video, or picture file and converting it to another. The interface is a dead-simple drag-and-drop affair, and it's meant for running batches of files through converters—FLVs to Windows Media, MPEGs to iPod-friendly video, DVDs to DivX files, etc. You won't get a lot of options for quality control, compression rate, or other tweaks, but for some folks, that's really a benefit. FormatFactory is a free download for Windows systems only.

How to build a camcorder

~SP — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 18:55:42 +0000

I have always wanted a camcorder for myself and not just any camcorder. I wanted one a bit like a professional broadcast camcorder, where I would be able to mount ad-ons like pre-amps, lights and all the other ever so cool stuff you’ll see professionals packing. However I’m not about to pay the horiffic price [...]

Nokia 6280 with SLR optics

~SP — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 14:42:28 +0000

Resently the cameras on cellphones are getting better and better. How ever the optics on them are mostly crap made of cheap plastic. Then i spawned the idea “Why not oparate an SLR lens on to the cell?” This hack will give you 36x optical zoom on your cell just because of the crop factor + the [...]

Super zoom on a surveillance camera

~SP — Sat, 12 May 2007 19:02:10 +0000

For some reason I’ve always wanted a video camera with a huge amount of zoom. Why..? Well. For no good reason at all. I just did. That drew me to build the zoom converter.. This strange setup gave me a good idea about the aprox distance between the cam & the lens. A little theory: One of the major [...]