Thinking Outside the Box with Python
Posted by Motoma
I recently came across this job posting in the The Scripts Developer Network forums. It has an interesting brain teaser as a requirement for applying. The brain teaser was stated as: "What is the exponent of the largest power of two whose base seven representation doesn't contain three zeros in a row?" The only stipulation was that the applicant use Python to solve the problem.
Creating a MySQL Data Abstraction Layer in PHP
Posted by Motoma
{EDIT: THIS ARTICLE IS OLD. I HAVE KEPT IT HERE FOR HISTORICAL REASONS, AND IT IS NO LONGER RELEVANT.}
Converting Videos for the iPod Video
Posted by Motoma
Soon after buying my Video iPod, I wanted to put my massive library of videos onto it, so I could watch them on long trips without carrying along my entire laptop. I wrote a small shell script to perform the mundane task of converting for me, using the free, open-source tool ffmpeg (http://ffmpeg.org).
Converting Audio Files to Audio Books for the iPod
Posted by Motoma
Back when I first bought my iPod, I needed a way to convert my Audiobook MP3s to M4Bs, the format iPods recognize as Audiobooks. I used ffmpeg (http://ffmpeg.org) to accomplish this task.
Fixing the iRiver H10 20GB MP3 Player
Posted by Motoma
WARNING: This information was written in 2006 and is OBVIOUSLY dated. Follow these instructions at your own risk!!!