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Jumping, working, jumping, house hunting

I just realized i haven’t posted in a while. The reason for that is threefold: i have been working a lot, jumping a lot more than i used to, and searching for a new house. That’s right, i finally decided to actually buy a house, mainly because i’m tired of moving my stuff around all [...]

Video speed controls on youtube’s HTML5 player

I don’t know if you noticed, but youtube introduced speed controls to their HTML5 video player. I have no idea if it was there from the beginning, actually, but it’s a really cool feature indeed

Things i wanted in Apple’s iPad (tablet)

Cool as it may be, i cannot but feel disappointed with Apple’s newest unveiling – the iPad: No camera – Really? In this day and age of videoconferencing?!? What are you guys thinking? No GPS – It does have assisted (wifi/3G) GPS but it’s not quite the same, is it? Especially when you don’t have wifi or [...]

VLC for OSX developers needed

According to a post on their forums, there are currently 0 (zero) developers working on the OSX version of the popular video player VLC. If you know someone with Cocoa skills that wants a good challenge, pass the message on. Please do, I don’t want to lose my favorite video player of all times

Qik-in-touch. See your friends in realtime.

Qik.com just released a desktop application to view qik videos. Here’s the mandatory screenshot: Although it’s a cool addition to the awesome qik service, I have to say I am a bit disappointed. Don’t get me wrong, I love the fact that I now have a “friends TV channel” kind of thing in my desktop, [...]

New episode of two guys and a beer (85)

New episode (85) of two guys and a beer is online. You should get it now. This time: – Barack Obama what??? – Sexual Egypt legends – Life is a bitch – Holly shit — water on the moon – 11 years ago, IE became dominant – Tiny nuclear batteries – Airport rectal scans – [...]

Two Guys and a Beer (actually a joint this time) episode 80

Two Guys and a Video episode 80 is live. Full video, here. Audio-only version, here. This week: – A joint… – Jerking off during trial – Sperm Travels Faster – Sperm grown in lab – Buy MIGs – Avoid this job – Balls on fire – Kitten blamed for child pornography – Murder turtle – [...]

Vimeo uploads

I’ve been recently writing a python script to upload videos to vimeo, as I usually do when I have to upload a new episode of Two Guys and a Beer. Today I believe they rolled out a new advanced upload API, though the old one should still work until November 13th. But the problem is [...]

Going to hell. Two Guys and a Beer, episode 79.

Two Guys and a Video episode 79 is live. Full video, here. Audio-only version, here. This week: A trip to hell, and: Chinese kid beaten to death MIT tackles charging an electric car under 11 minutes Twitter DDOS Baby doll vest 12 years ago: MS – Apple deal a funny microsoft ad open source video [...]

The missing bungee jumping video

A while back I decided to try Bungee jumping. Even though I had already finished my Accelerated Free Fall (AFF) skydiving course I figured it would be another interesting experience. The feeling of falling from a static object is a little different than falling from a perfectly fine airplane, as you feel a bit more [...]

New episode of Two Guys and a Beer (77)

A new episode of your favorite show is now available. Audio version can be found here. Video version, as usual, here. Here’s the embedded video version for your viewing pleasure: Posted via web from nocivus’ ramblings

How to export HD video for the web

As some of the people who know me are aware, I recently started a video podcast with my friend Luis Soares (by the way, you should follow him on twitter here) called Two Guys and a Beer. This meant that we would have to do some video editing in order for the thing to look [...]