Archive for the ‘Web & Technology’ Category

Me Converting a MPEG Video to DivX

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

VidomiI had a movie in MPEG format (extension .mpg) of 1H 20min length & 1.6gb size, usually DivX files with similar length take less than 700mb, so I went googling & looking for a way to convert the film, I first tried VirtualDub & VirtualDubMod but for some reason I got a big file & worse a black screen .. I went searching again to find a link to “Dr. DivX”, one problem is that the doctor was away! Damn him!

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Can’t Upload ZIP Files? Check Your MIME Types Settings!

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

Firefox LogoI’ve uploaded zip files before using Firefox & even to iStockphoto, but don’t know what happened to the browser & how settings changed … Two days ago I couldn’t upload & was getting an error message saying the zip file was invalid, I first thought the problem was coming from the file & the way I packed my vectors in it, but then I browsed the forums & found out this answer: (more…)

Where to Get Nice Smilies For a Forum?

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Bye SmilieI spent a big part of today searching, browsing, downloading, modifying & uploading smileys to a forum.

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Phone Inventor Was Graham Bell? Antonio Meucci?

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

Graham Bell Google LogoSo today is March the 3rd, the day Alexander Graham Bell was born in year 1847, Bell is recognized universally as the inventor of the Telephone, a revolutionary communication mean of the modern era.

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A Clever & Unusual Phishing Private Message

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

Today I knew that Hackers, will not try only to steal your online accounts that are worth some money, but even some really less important ones – in a hacker’s eyes I mean – like your ID in a forum for example!

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