Security Theater
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
100+ Free Portable Apps | Hacking Truths
This stuff can be installed on any portable drive, i.e. USB thumbdrive, PDA or an iPod. You can use them at work, school, or any other place where you can plugin your device. Check them out, you can either scroll-down for relevant category, i.e office software, email tools, messengers, games, etc. or get a ‘all-in-one’ package (all essential tools) . While there are more apps for windows users, I tried to include a mac version for each essential tool. All free. Enjoy!
A very comprehensive list.
You should be able to find something of interest.
Inkscape 0.47 Totally Solid with Lots of New Tools
I have not used Inkscape in quite a while, but these updates are making me think about updating and starting to use it again.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
What Matters Now Free eBook
Check out this free eBook What Matters Now, organized by Seth Godin <http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/12/what-matters-now-get-the-free-ebook.html#>.
I have only had time to skim through, but I like the set up, and the idea of brief statements of thought. Also, I have found numerous interesting links to explore.If you like it, feel free to share. Steve CostelloComputer user groups keep users informed, join one and become an active participant.
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Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Monday, December 14, 2009
Thursday, December 10, 2009
The Babbage Engine
While driving to work this morning, I was listening to my local NPR (National Public Radio) station. I caught the tail end of Morning Edition's story:
A 19th-Century Mathematician Finally Proves Himself
<http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121206408>.
I then went to the The Babbage Engine page, at the Computer History Museum site: <http://www.computerhistory.org/babbage/>, which is where the video comes from. I found all this very interesting and hope that you do too.
Broward Personal Computer Association December 2009 Newsletter
Download now or preview on posterous
Broward Personal Computer Association December 2009.pdf (374 KB) This is the latest newsletter of the Broward Personal Computer Association, Inc.
Steve CostelloComputer user groups keep users informed, join one and become an active participant.
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Wednesday, December 09, 2009
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Rip DVDs with VLC - wikiHow
How to Rip DVDs with VLC
from wikiHow - The How to Manual That You Can Edit
A step-by-step guide on how to extract and convert the files from a DVD to mpeg or other formats using the Videolan VLC media player for the use of uploading them to YouTube, for example.
Steps
Old VLC
- Open the DVD. Open up VLC and go to File. Select Open Disc... A dialog box should appear. Go to the Disc tab. Under the field Disc Type, select DVD (not DVD (Menus)). Enter the letter of your DVD-ROM drive in the device name box, and 0 in the title box. Click OK to see if that’s what you want to rip.
- Ripping the Disc. If it is the one you want, select the Open Disc... option from the File menu again. At the bottom of the dialog, there should be an Advanced Options field. Select Stream/Save.
- Changing settings. Next to the Stream/Save button there should be a Settings button. Click it. Uncheck the Play Locally button if it is already checked (this will stop it playing as it rips). Below this there should be a check box with File next to it. Check this, and in the browse field next to that choose where you want to save the file to. When naming your file, remember to add .mpg to the end, so that it saves as an MPEG video file. Below the File box there should be another box called Transcoding Options. In this select MP1V for Video Codec and MP3 for Audio Codec. Click OK, and then OK again on the next box. VLC will begin ripping the disc to your Hard Drive.
VLC 0.9.6 and newer
- Open DVD. Go to the Media menu and choose Convert/Save. Then pick the Disc tab and adjust the Starting Position to the proper Title/Chapter. (You can find the proper Title/Chapter by viewing the disc with Media/Open Disc first.) Click Convert/Save.
- Enter file name and start ripping. Check File and enter a file name ending in .mpg. Click Save. It will take a while.
Video
Tips
- When you want to watch the file with VLC, be absolutely sure that the Stream/Save box is unchecked in the Open dialog box, or your two hours of decoding will be erased.
- BE prepared for a wait. VLC saves the movie as it plays, so it will take the length of the movie to copy. You can see how far through it is at the bottom of the Viewing screen, where it tells you the time.
Warnings
- Replicating copyrighted materials for purposes other than personal backup or fair use is illegal.
- If you stop or pause the movie at any time the file will stop transcoding, and you will lose the data. Leave it running to prevent this happening.
Related wikiHows
- How to Rip a DVD with DVD Decrypter
- How to Rip DVDs on a Mac with MacTheRipper and Handbrake Software
- How to Rip Music from a CD to a Computer
- How to Backup a DVD Onto a VCD
- How to Rip a DVD with DVD Decrypter
Sources and Citations
Article provided by wikiHow, a wiki how-to manual. Please edit this article and find author credits at the original wikiHow article on How to Rip DVDs with VLC. All content on wikiHow can be shared under a Creative Commons license.
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