Waiting for H.265 to main stream
H.265, x265 and HVEC are names for a modern video encoding method, predecessor to the common H.264 (x264). x265 will give better quality for less file size, the downside being…
Category: Technology
Breaking news; Mosquito emoji is missing a leg in IOS 12.1
It’s a disaster right?! Reddit user KsbjA made the Apple subreddit aware that the highly sought after mosquito emoji was missing a leg. Reddit users where quick to roll some…
All about aperture
Aperture refers to the hole in the lens that light travels through, from the outside through to the camera sensor. You can adjust aperture through closing and opening this hole….
The Apple Shortcuts app
The Shortcuts app brings extreme customization to Apple users like never before. Shortcuts lets idevice users make their own shortcuts, that can be ‘ran’ with just one click or through…
Apple’s most boring iPhone release ever!
It’s that time of year, mid September marks the time for a new iPhone presentation. Usually its full of excitement and “hype” for the latest and greatest in technology advancements…
The rise of podcasts
Podcasts have been around for more than a decade now however it has been of recent years were every man and his dog has a podcast. Podcasts sure can be…
The worst kept secret about G Suite
G Suite is Google’s term for everything under one roof, Gmail, Docs, Drive, Calendars and more in easy collaboration and administration. It also comes under the name of Google Business….
AMD Threadripper 2 benchmarks
The 13th of August 2018 marks the day when the embargo on AMD Threadripper 2 reviews, benchmarking and videos gets lifted. In this post is a more organised and precise…
FFmpeg encoding speed testing and analysis
I decided to do some testing with FFmpeg in seeing the time, filesize and bitrate differences when choosing different presets and crf plus some upscaling. Test computer: Ryzen 7 1700…
AMD Threadripper gen 2 compared to gen 1
August 2018 a year on from the introduction of the Threadripper CPU from AMD we finally know the Threadripper 2 specs (Cores, speed and TPD) and prices. Here is a…