Create Gif From iPhone Burst Images with FFmpeg
I recently wanted to create a Gif from some burst images and already had FFmpeg installed on my Mac. Surely the audacious tool can create a »
Install pygit2 on Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus)
On a fresh install of Ubuntu 16.04, this will get you pygit2. sudo apt-get install python-dev libffi-dev libssl-dev libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev libssh2-1 libgit2-dev python-pip libgit2-24 -y »
Outputting a Postgres Table as JSON
I have a Postgres table and I want to output its contents as JSON so I can have a .json file for some tests. Turns out, »
China
I recently finished reading Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China by Evan Osnos. This book, was amazing. I wanted to »
What are you Maximizing? Why?
When I was growing up, it was always clear what the next step was. Finish 8th grade, go to high school. Work hard in high school, »
Decrypt all PDF's in a Directory
I recently had to decrypt a bunch of PDF's. I knew the password, but didn't want to do them one at a time. Luckily, some quick »
Why I like Hapi more than Express
When I first started with Node.js, my first HTTP servers were built using Express. Almost all the tutorials use Express as their server, which I »
A Revolution Down on the Farm
I just finished reading A Revolution Down on the Farm, by Paul K. Conkin. I wanted to read a book about farming to answer two of »
Javatrekker: Dispatches from the World of Fair Trade Coffee
I just finished reading Javatrekker by Dean Cycon. The book follows Dean around the world as he visits the communities that his company buys its beans »
Book of the Week: Why the Allies Won
If you read one book about World War II, make it this one: http://t.co/BBCSXZC9VP— Paul Graham (@paulg) July 3, 2015 I just »
New word: "belligerent"
bel·lig·er·ent /bəˈlijərənt/ adjective hostile and aggressive. "a bull-necked, belligerent old man" noun A nation or person engaged in war or conflict, as recognized »
New Word: "cavalcade"
cav·al·cade /kavəlˈkād/ noun a formal procession of people walking, on horseback, or riding in vehicles. "bystanders cheered as the cavalcade passed by" »
New Word: "consignment"
con·sign·ment /kənˈsīnmənt/ noun a batch of goods destined for or delivered to someone. "a consignment of beef" »
Returning a 404 JSON Response in Play 2.4.x
(Building a JSON API using Scala and Play) I was having a lot of trouble setting up a "catch all" 404 Not Found Handler in Play »
Book of the Week: Elon Musk
I just finished reading Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future by Ashlee Vance. I enjoyed the book and recommend you read »
Hapi Starter
At CloudMine, I use a lot of Hapi. To make my life easier when starting a new project I've made a template: https://github.com/ethanmick/ »
Alamos - Malbec
Name: Alamos Region: Mendoza, Argentina Alcohol: 13.0% Year: 2014 Thoughts Quick thoughts on this one. I was hoping for much more flavor in my first »
Talent is Overrated
I just finished reading Talent is Overrated by Geoff Colvin. He debunks the idea that people have an "innate" talent toward something, and most people will »
Form Submit Buttons with Loading Indicators
This is a great for showing a user that an asynchronous task is happening, and they should not submit the form again. http://lab.hakim.se/ »
You're Probably Using the Wrong Dictionary
I had some trouble hunting this down, but it has been discussed on Hacker News before, and I really loved it. A book where you can »
Debugging Node's spawn ENOENT
Just figured out a bug that was really annoying. I was running a shell command from Node, and it was working fine in some cases, but »
Disable iPhoto from opening when plugging in your iPhone
With iPhoto open: Preferences General Connecting Camera Opens No Application Open Image Capture Launch Image Capture Select the device Display the device options a. Click on »
College Isn't Setup for Open Source
My friend, who is graduating from undergrad in the spring, lamented to me about how scarce her GitHub profile was. Some job postings were asking for »
Convert Plist to JSON
As long as you have Xcode installed, you can simply do: plutil -convert json Data.plist -o Data.json »
Converting M4V to MP4 and WEBM with FFmpeg
Newer versions of FFmpeg are awesome. To make sure you have all the goodies for HTML 5 video (for OS X): brew install ffmpeg --with-libvpx --with-libvorbis »