All uploads to UploadScreenShot.com now include statistics, simply click the stats link above your image. Stats show the number of loads, referring domains, and bandwidth usage over a 30 day period.
Here is what the stats page looks like:
Here is a link to a stats page for one of my screenshots: http://www.uploadscreenshot.com/stats/45689/5906957
This woman woke most of my neighbors up this morning, so it seems only fair that I post the video on the internet.
She was outside banging on the glass door for about 15 minutes shouting to the woman who showed up on the other side of the glass to let her in. She was saying something about having spent the night in jail, and that the woman was her best friend. It sounded like some cheating with someone’s boyfriend was going on, but that is only my best guess based on parts of the shouting.
The action happens 25 seconds in to the video. I captured this video, please do not copy it to other sites, just link back here ( http://www.infohole.com/blog/videos/ouch ). Thanks.
I’ve been looking for a way to balance multiple WAN links easily for a while now and believe I’ve found the solution; ClearOS.
The recently released OS based on the works by ClarkConnect, appears to make WAN balancing a snap: http://www.clearfoundation.com/docs/user_guide/clearos_enterprise_5.1/multi-wan.
Obviously WAN balancing two connections will not double the download speed for a single file transfer through a single connection, but by using a download manager which makes multiple connections, or by using P2P, you can effectively download a single file at 2*XYZmbit/sec by balancing two XYZmbit WAN connections.
I’ll test it out and report back.
PlayFLV.org, another one of my websites, is a simple tool allowing you to play flv and mp4 encoded video files from the web.
I find this useful when testing the output of remote video conversions, etc. This allows me to playback the video as it downloads from the server, rather than having to download the whole file and test the playback locally.
Here is an example of it in action: http://playflv.org/?file=http%3A%2F%2Finfohole.com%2Fblog%2Fvideocdn%2Fcleaning-the-tank-sept-2008.flv
It also helps when I want to show a video file to a client or friend, but don’t want to make it public on YouTube. I can simply drop an flv into my DropBox and then paste the link into PlayFLV.
Since installing Ubuntu 9.10 64bit I’ve been having some problems with the flash player disappearing in Firefox.
I’ve just replaced the .so that was loaded, with the latest 64bit release from Adobe. Just follow the instructions here, but for me the folder was /usr/lib/firefox/plugins, not /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins.
The flash player is showing again, hopefully this plugin resolves the problem I was having.
I upgraded my machine at work from Vista to Windows 7 a few weeks ago and whilst it is a nice OS, it simply isn’t worth the $180 or so when I spend most of my time in a web browser.
With that in mind; I just switched my home machine from Vista to Ubuntu 9.10, now I can easily use tools like rsync, ffmpeg, etc. I’ll give this a few months and if things go well then I’ll switch the work machine over too. Right now I use Dreamweaver a lot for work, so I can’t really jump right into Ubuntu yet.
I’ve experienced a couple of problems with the GUI freezing when I had the visual effects set to full (even with the Nvidia driver installed), but turning the visual effects off seems to have resolved the problem.
Below is a screenshot of me experimenting with ffmpeg/x.264 on my Core2 Quad:
Our Dell PowerConnect 5424 switch arrived at the office today, we’re going to be testing the throughput capabilities for possible data center use. Below are some photos of the switch.
You can download the PowerConnect 5424 user manual here: 54xx_ug-dell-switch.pdf
I just received my Nikkor AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 G IF-ED lens which I purchased from Amazon ( http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000HJPK2C/ref=ox_ya_oh_product ). “Nikkor” is the brand name for lenses made by Nikon.
The lens has the motorized auto focus and the vibration reduction features which make it far superior to some of the other lenses available. It fits on my Nikon D60 without the use of any adaptor rings or other equipment needed.
Below are the pictures of the new lens compared to the 18-55mm lens that came with the D60 camera. As you can see the 70-300mm lens is extremely large, but I don’t find it to be too heavy.
Back in November I flew from the UK to Austin, met up with Brian for a week, and signed a lease on an office then and there.
Since then, there has been a million hoops to jump through to satisfy the requirements of my E2 visa application. The E2 application calls for placing significant funds at risk, which basically means spending $xxx,xxx on goods and services to set up the business (lease, computers, insurance, promotion, etc). Finally all of this has been completed and my lawyers have submitted my 160 page E2 application this week!
The lease on our, freshly repainted, office started today and Brian, who recently moved to Austin, has taken the keys and started putting together the furniture that was delivered a month or so ago. An internet connection is being setup sometime next week.
As soon as I get out there we just need to grab our brand new computers and office equipment from storage, and we will then have a wonderful office set up in the heart of Austin!
I just finished putting together UploadScreenshot.com. It does exactly what it says on the tin; allows you to upload screenshots from your computer.
The great feature of this site is that you do not need to save the screenshot as an image file. Simply click the PASTE button on the site and the image will be uploaded right from your clipboard. To get an image in your clipboard you can press the PrintScreen button on your keyboard, or use ALT+PrintScreen to only screenshot the currently active window.
The site provides a large and a small image embed code so that you can paste a clickable screenshot into a forum, website, blogpost, etc. Just like below:
