Linux

convertFLV 2.0

Saturday, July 4th, 2009

I’ve updated my script to convert AVI to flv. It’s free to use. All I ask is that you give credit to the author, which is me. Click HERE to download convertFLV

Converting AVI to flv in Ubuntu 8.10/9.04

Saturday, November 22nd, 2008

I routinely upload flv videos into Gallery2 to post videos of my family. Flash Video is smaller and easier to stream than the AVI files my camera makes. So I thought I’d share my process with others who may be looking to do the same. For this, I use ffmpeg to do the conversion. Here [...]

Making an Intel 3945 Wireless card work in Ubuntu 8.04

Friday, July 4th, 2008

I found this on the Dell linux wiki and it did the charm. These are the steps I took, your results may be different. First, I disabled the wireless via the switch on the side before loading Ubuntu. Next, I did the follow step: Create a file called /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-ipw3945 and add: blacklist ipw3945 Add to [...]

Replace wget with Prozilla

Saturday, June 23rd, 2007

A quick and simple wget replacement to speed your downloads. wget has long been a great tool for downloading from the commandline. Its quick, easy to script and very simple. But if you’ve noticed that it can be really slow, you aren’t alone. Here’s how to get all the greatness of wget, with a little [...]