Travel tripods: Update
Posted by in Personal, Photography on September 11, 2011
So… I checked on the 190CXPro4. $669. Yeah… definitely not getting that, at least right now. I’ll admit I’m worried about wasting money… but that’s why I’m starting my search now, so I can look for a good one that will keep most of its value. Have a few pictures from Japan though.
Travel tripods
Posted by in Photography on September 9, 2011
So… Been looking around. The 190CXPROB costs upwards of $300 on Amazon… which means I shudder to think how much it costs here. Ideally, I’d like a tripod that’s under $250 ($300 max), and folds up small enough to hang off the side of my bag. Or get strapped underneath it. Essentially, limited to the […]
State of Photography (Equipment)
Posted by in Photography on September 6, 2011
So. Faced with a trip to Japan next Feb, and Uni after that, it’s time to take stock of stuff.
GUI programming in Python
Posted by in Programming on August 31, 2011
It’s the next thing I want to try. It looks like either wxPython or PyQT is my best bet. GUI Programming with Python: QT Edition is a book about using PyQT, while Building a basic GUI application step-by-step in Python with Tkinter and wxPython is about wxPython Meanwhile, ShowMeDo is Python’s list of tutorials, which […]
Stuff I’ve learnt today
Posted by in Personal on August 29, 2011
Time Magazine is for people with no time. I should have kept going with that Economist subscription. I finished the most recent issue, then moved onto Scientific American immediately. I realised that it made me think. (And I happen to like thinking.) Despite having not read many books for a while, I can still get […]
The power of prior research
Posted by in Programming on August 29, 2011
One hour after I started, the bare bones are already up and running: github.com/kyl191/mp4dedup Mainly because I read up a lot during the day, so I understood exactly what I had to do. And with that, sleep time.
Metadata in FLV files
Posted by in Programming on August 28, 2011
After I get MP4 dedup working, FLV files are the next step. Some resources that showed up:
On MP4 file headers and metadata
Posted by in Programming on August 28, 2011
TL;DR: I have a bunch of MP4 video files that have identical content, but the internal metadata differs. I’m writing a Python function/module/program that’ll strip out the metadata, so hashing functions can find the duplicates.
Upgrade Firefox
Posted by in random thought on August 27, 2011
I’ve been resisting upgrading to FF6 on my main system, mainly because the update notification pops up when I’m actually doing something. And now even WordPress wants me to upgrade. Wow.
Sharing Resources
Posted by in Linux on August 20, 2011
Or how I’m designing a system such that my stuff doesn’t get mixed up with the family’s docs, but both reside in the same disk.