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My blog's existential crisis ... sort of. :)

I have the lamest (yet valid) reason for not blogging in over a week  now: I didn't know what to say. For the first time in awhile, I felt thoroughly jaded about writing yet another how-to or kvetching about the latest software/hardware fault. There are a ton of sites that I'll defer to when it comes down to the technical nitty gritty of things, but I hope that my scribblings may have made sense of someone out there. It's been over 2 weeks since I moved back to Vista and I must confess that I have forgotten what Ubuntu feels ...

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Editing video and the things they don't tell you

In my blogging life, I've had the good fortune of having access to tools such as TechSmith's Snagit and Camtasia Studio. The video output from these two utilities can be manageable i.e. low file sizes depending on video length and the output is compressed & ready for uploading to file sharing site like Youtube, Blip.TV, Vimeo, etc. However, you will have scenarios where you have no control over the initial video generated i.e. files straight from the video camera, etc. These files are usually several hundred megabytes and unfit for Youtube/Blip.TV as they are....

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