Wow! Finally, a way to combat comment spammers that seems it will work! I found this excellent comment verification code on Jeff Barr’s blog. Instead of the type-in-a-name method, I went with the simpler checkbox next to the phrase “I am not a spammer.” Simple to implement and easy to use for readers. Yay!
Category: geek
16fps Countdown
I found this awesome little 16-frame-per-second film countdown leader on an old tape, and reconstructed it, bringing it back to 16fps from a wrong-speed transfer, and removing the timecode burn-in. If anyone wants the full-rez version of this let me know, and we can work something out. Enjoy! [The original is in the SheerVideo codec,…
Removing 4:2 Pulldown in Seven Easy Steps
Referencing my original post on the subject, I finally found a solution to removing a 4:2 pulldown from a 30i clip, to get back to a 25p clip. It’s not pretty, but if you’re interested in the tech stuff, read on…
Removing 4:2 Pulldown?
Calling all video gurus: Help! I have a few clips that I’ve got from a stock tape that exhibit a weird pulldown pattern. The footage looks looks to be originally shot in 25p (such as european film might be), and then converted to NTSC 30i in a 4:2 pattern, so the frame progression goes like…
Allowing .htaccess Use in Mac OS X
I found this solution to the problem I was having trying to use .htaccess files in my web server (Apache under Mac OS X Server) to block access to certain spam-dumping IP addresses. I was formatting the .htaccess files properly, and putting them in the right places in my server folder hierarchy. I had even…
Macintosh. 20 years later
A series of posters detailing different aspects of the original Macintosh, and just what made it so revolutionary.
FireWalkWithMe
So, my PowerBook (just recently saved from disfigurement by the fine folks at MBS) being named FireBook, and my recently acquired portable hard drive being named FireWalkWithMe, I decided to create a custom icon for it. With a little help from GIS and IconBuilder, I came up with this quick and dirty Laura Palmer icon….