I watch quite a few movies on my Samsung YP-P2, so am always having to covert the AVI’s I currently have to SVI’s. An SVI is still an AVI, just a different extension name and a few key points, which include not having any b-frames, the video being 480×272 in resolution, and a few other [...]
I upgraded my desktop pc recently. I bought a new cpu, motherboard, memory and graphics card. With Ubuntu in mind, I went for:
Intel Core 2 Q6600
MSI P35 Neo2
4Gb Corsair TwinX RAM
Gigabyte Silent nVidia 8600GT
Akasa Evo 120 CPU Cooler
Artic Silver 5 Thermal Paste
I overclocked my 2.4Ghz Q6600 to 3.2Ghz quite easily. This was done by setting [...]
I’ve recently been looking at getting a new lens for my Nikon D40X. The problem with the D40X is that it doesn’t contain a motor for auto-focus in the body (like the D80 does). To get around this you have to buy the new range of Nikkor AF-S lenses, but these can often cost quite [...]
I’ve been at Huddle for a couple of weeks now and am very impressed with how things are going. There’s loads of ideas and things to do that will keep me occupied and interested for a long, long time.
If you’ve not seen Huddle it’s well worth a look. You can set up a free account [...]
Recently I’ve been working on improving the caching within the website to improve performance for the user. After reading around, I found the following rules to be valuable.
Cache your CSS and JavaScript forever (set a long, long expiry)
Handle updates by changing the URL of your CSS and JavaScript
When caching “forever” the main problem is if [...]