Sleeping You Yangs Koala
A Koala catching some sleep on a sunny morning in the You Yangs Regional Park Victoria. Click images to view larger
A method to check host name network status with PHP
This is a method to check if a host name is accessible i.e it is online, by using PHP. With fsocketopen() a connection will be created, if it fails false…
FFmpeg upscale or downscale with auto ratio
Scaling video with FFmpeg can be done with defined width and height like: ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf scale=1920×1080 output_1080p.mp4 Assuming that my video is 16:9 ratio like 1280×720. However if…
Kow Swamp drone images and video
Kow Swamp when full in its massive scale has scores of dead timber rising out of the murky water providing an offbeat landscape. Here are Kow Swamp drone images, with…
PHP PDO check if row exists or found
Counting or checking if your PDO MySQL query found a row relies on one key object called rowCount. rowCount returns the number of rows affected by the last executed query….
Cockatoo Hill Reservoir drone images
Cockatoo Hill Reservoir drone images showing a new perspective.
Creating PHP cron jobs on Ubuntu
Running cron jobs on your Ubuntu server to call PHP scripts in a timely manner. The first step would be creating a PHP file that when called will leave proof…
Sony 50mm f1.8 OSS Lens example images
Sony 50mm f1.8 OSS (SEL50F18) Lens example images taken with the A6500 At 50mm the lens sits in between a wide landscape and telephoto option. It is sharp but not…
FFmpeg list all codecs, encoders, decoders and formats
A codec is the logic to encoding or decoding a media stream, there are many different types with popular ones being H.264, HEVC (H.265) and MPEG-4. Codecs are different to…
The ideal DayZ server start bat
Using a batch file to start a DayZ server is common practice, there are many ways, methods and features to put in the batch file most confusing to beginners. Read…