Archive for the 'Computing' Category

Ma! The printer’s out of meatballs!

Thursday, December 27th, 2007
Computing

A while ago I was browsing Digg, and I came across a great blog post about sending special commands to HP LaserJet printers to change their LCD displays to say what you wanted them to say. A fun hack with huge potential: how fun is it to watch people go to the printer, then become [...]

Finally, Dell fixes their sound drivers

Saturday, December 22nd, 2007
Computing

Dell, like many hardware manufacturers, have a tendency to remove the Stereo Mix recording option from their sound drivers for their notebooks and desktops. Stereo Mix allows you to use apps like Audacity, Adobe Audition, or even Sound Recorder to record whatever sounds are coming out of your speaker. So, if you open up a [...]

Ripping the soundtrack from a video with VLC

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
Computing

Ripping the sound from a video is quite easy, with the right tools. Here’s how to do it using the open-source video player VLC.

Open up the video in VLC. VLC is able to play pretty much any video file. Do this by opening VLC, then going File -> Quick Open File, then finding your video. [...]

Video: The Final Exam

Friday, November 23rd, 2007
Computing

A while back I was commissioned to produce an animated short for the start of our school’s Year 12 end-of-year video. After about five months of on-and-off work, I now present The Final Exam, a story of one boy’s struggle with his final hours of school life.
Watch it here!
A big thanks to my friends Sam [...]