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Convert mov to avi: Mov2Avi

I spent a long, long time trying to do this for free. I looked and tried lots and lots of freeware and open source. This is what finally worked. Audio (sound) converted too. April 7, 2007: Since the site’s down, I’ll save a copy of the text here. How to Convert QuickTime MOV Files This…Continue Reading…

Firefox Breaks 10% Market Share

Firefox now has a 10.05% market share, compared with 84.7% for Internet Explorer, according to hitslink.com. Designers must stop designing for Internet Explorer only. Firefox is the way to go. Every webmaster must make his or her sites fully compatible with both browsers. This shouldn’t be too difficult. In third place is Apple’s Safari, which…Continue Reading…

Digg this post with WordPress

It finally works! I just spent nearly an hour just trying to get the “Digg this” link to work properly. I was modeling it after other “Digg this” links on other weblogs, but they all did it different ways. Sometimes it was phase=2, sometimes phase=3. Sometimes the URL was urlencode()’ed, sometimes not. Sometimes they had…Continue Reading…

Yahoo Publisher Network in the United States

Yahoo only wants US traffic for YPN, and the best way to do that is to do geotargeting on your site. I’m now doing this for Invision Plus, serving both AdSense and YPN for US visitors, and just AdSense for everyone else. Here are the instructions for geotargeting Yahoo Publisher Network ads for US visitors…Continue Reading…

Blogs can be duplicated in other formats

This comment at Micro Persuation got me thinking. What “Ne0h” suggests is that bloggers can do more to reach the “AOL crowd.” That is, the world of people who aren’t advanced Internet users, but need content handed to them. What restrictions do blogs impose, and how can we overcome them? They’re hard to read, hard…Continue Reading…

April 1 is April Fool’s Day

The one day of the year on which I really feel good about pulling a good prank. You see, I’m not a prankster, but I love good (and harmless) fun. As does Google. Of course, it’s also a good time to release an amazing product, and get lots of free press for it (can you…Continue Reading…