Sony 70-200mm FE f4 vs 55-210mm
The Sony 70-200mm F4 FE lens released in 2014 is currently the most affordable zoom lens that is professional quality. Whilst the Sony 70-200mm f4 is a full frame lens…
Using a CDN for a video on a popular Reddit post
I put together some code to get r/NBA submitted Streamables, Streamables are videos with focus on them being used for highlights and short clips. With these clips I would then…
Silvereye; Small nectar eating native bird
The Silvereye is a small Australian native bird captured here enjoy the nectar in the sun. Read more about Silvereyes (Zosterops lateralis) here.
Scraping Steam screenshots with PHP
Here is how to scrape a Steam games screenshots with PHP. It’s actually very simple. All games on Steam have a community hub which has news, videos, forums, guides, screenshots…
How to do a text watermark in FFmpeg
I wanted a way to avoid using an image to watermark videos with FFmpeg. Sometimes just simple text is great in watermarking media. Here is how to do it with…
Using Flickr in pre purchase research
No matter how many forums/Reddit/review sites you read when deciding if a piece of tech in this case a lens is worth it, you can still come to a confused…
NBA fixture API with PHP; Making simple team fixture
NBA offers many useful and detailed API endpoints, from stats to scores and shot charts they are very generous and providing given that it is for free. In this post…
Adobe deletes mans data; Sued for 5 million dollars
It has been claimed that Adobe Premiere Pro deleted files from a Maryland Photographers computer that had nothing to do with Premiere Pro and he did not have backups. It…
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…
Installing Windows 8.1 Pro ISO with Virtio on Vultr
Here is a quick and easy guide on uploading and installing a Windows 8.1 Pro ISO with Vultr cheaply. Vultr is a trusted and reliable cloud computing business with a…