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
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.
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 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:
Adobe announced last year that the beta flash player supported H.264 video, and since then the latest Flash Player 9 release version with H.264 has rolled out and most people seem to have it installed (thanks to MySpace and other large social networks often forcing flash player updates).
H.264 is a more processor intensive codec than previous codecs allowing for much higher quality video to be stored in smaller files. Apple has been making use of this technology for a while now within their .mov offering, but the ability to play H.264 video with the flash player means that web video can easily take advantage of this technology.
I just grabbed the Transformers movie trailer from Apple (in 720p .mov format, encoded with H.264) totalling 105MB, and have plugged it into the flash player below. Check out the full screen quality!
Previously even with ON2 VP6 such quality would of required around a 170MB file.
Update 29th May 2008: I have uploaded three copies of the IronMan movie trailer to demo the quality of H.264 at various bitrates and filesizes. Honestly I have a hard time telling the difference in quality even on a 24″ monitor. The 480p seems like a perfect solution for full screen web video.
480p 56mB
720p 121mB
1080p 197mB