/BREAD-CRUMBS/

•November 28, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Why yes, I did leave some here. Maybe they are by the /CANNED-GOODS/.

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How To Download Youtube Videos

•November 2, 2009 • Leave a Comment

This is Part 1 of my ‘how to’ series.

There are many ways to do this. There are several hundred programs that automate this process for you, but most download in a .flv format (which can’t be opened by most video editors). You can in turn download a program that can convert this to a .mp4 or .mp2 file. But then you have two installed applications wasting space on your hard drive, occupying space on your desktop and start menu, and require that you open them in order for them to be used. Obviously, this isn’t an ideal situation. So, here’s mine:

The Javascript Bookmark

This is a simple (well, not really) Javscript function that will be able to steal information from the current page you are viewing, check if it’s a Youtube page, and return a URL to the getvideo.php page. This URL will immediately give you a prompt to download your Youtube video from the site itself.
Oh, and as an added bonus, it is in the high-quality MP4 format.
*NOTE: a few days ago, Youtube changed the structure of their website. This prevented the old version of this code from working properly. This is the newer, much lengthier version.*

javascript:var%20video_id=null;var%20video_hash=null;var%20video_player=document.getElementById(‘movie_player’);if(video_player){var%20flash_variables=video_player.attributes.getNamedItem(‘flashvars’);if(flash_variables){var%20flash_values=flash_variables.value;if(flash_values){var%20video_id_match=flash_values.match(/[^a-z]video_id=([^(\&|$)]*)/);if(video_id_match!=null)video_id=video_id_match[1];var%20video_hash_match=flash_values.match(/[^a-z]t=([^(\&|$)]*)/);if(video_hash_match!=null)video_hash=video_hash_match[1]}}}if(video_id==null||video_hash==null){var%20args=null;try{args=yt.getConfig(‘SWF_ARGS’)}catch(e){}if(args){video_id=args['video_id'];video_hash=args['t']}}if(video_id!=null&&video_hash!=null){var%20fmt=’18′;try{if(yt.getConfig(‘IS_HD_AVAILABLE’))fmt=’22′}catch(e){}if(!document.getElementById(‘download-youtube-video’)){var%20yt_mp4_path=’http://www.youtube.com/get_video?fmt=’+fmt+’&video_id=’+video_id+’&t=’+video_hash;var%20div_embed=document.getElementById(‘watch-embed-div’);if(div_embed){var%20div_download=document.createElement(‘div’);div_download.innerHTML=’%3Cbr%20/%3E%20%3Cspan%20id=\’download-youtube-video\’%3E%20%3Ca%20href=\”+yt_mp4_path+’\'%20onclick=\’blur(this);\’%3EDownload%20as%20MP4%3C/a%3E%3C/span%3E’;div_embed.appendChild(div_download);}if(navigator.appName!=’Microsoft%20Internet%20Explorer’){document.location.href=’http://www.youtube.com/get_video?fmt=’+fmt+’&video_id=’+video_id+’&t=’+video_hash}}}void(0);

How to Save This as a Bookmark

So, now you’ve got the code. Let’s put it to good use.
To save this code as a bookmark, copy the WHOLE thing. Then, create a bookmark to any site. Right click on the bookmark, and change the location to the Javascript previously mentioned.

How to Use This as a Bookmark

Click on it when you want to download a Youtube video that you are currently watching. You need to be watching it, because it requires certain variables that were created in Javascript on that page.

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On Boat Cleaner, The Many Uses Of

•October 11, 2009 • Leave a Comment


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    • A Highly Optimistic Shopping List
    Coding is Fun!
    Background-Tastic
    Favorites


    A Highly Optimistic Shopping List

    I’m going to honest, I’m not sure why I maintain a list on this I will most likely never be able to buy (see how I don’t have a paying job at the moment). However, I do feel some strange desire to keep notes of things I want but will never get. I guess this would be the same logic behind the thousands of notebooks of ideas in general that will never come to fruition. So, here’s the list:

    • Blackmagic Design: Intensity Pro – $200
      It may not be the best capture card on the market, it works. It can connect to Component or HDMI, and is REALLY, REALLY awesome.
    • Hauppauge! HD PVR – $200
      An external version of the thing above this, except it cannot record HDMI. However, I have an Asus P6T motherboard, and the Intensity will not work with a P6T for some stupid reason.
    • Dell UltraSharp U2410 Monitor – $550
      It has an S-IPS panel, which has an 8-bit color depth (16.7 million possible colors, as opposed to the much more common 6-bit color depth which is only 262,144 colors), and has an incredibly wide viewing angle. Plus, it has HDMI and Component inputs, so I can play my Wii and XBox 360 on this monitor as well as use my computer.
    • Canon VIXIZ HF S100 – $1100
      Can capture 1080p video at 30fps, and has excellent low-light performance. Look for some quality test footage on YouTube. It’s amazing, even after YouTube compresses the heck out of it.
    • Adobe Creative Suite 4 Master Collection – $2500
      Well… If you don’t know what this is… Have you been living under a rock?
    • Apple Mac Pro – Minimum of $4800
      A Mac Pro is an excellent computer. Sure, you pay a lot more for a Mac than you could for an equivalent desktop PC, but Macs you server components. For instance, the CPU is an Intel Xeon, not an Intel Core 2 or Core i7. The RAM (DDR3 ECC SDRAM) is memory for servers. Plus, you get to use Mac OS X, which is a justification in and of itself.
    • GeForce GTX 285 for Mac – $450
      For use with the Mac mentioned above. The nVidia GeForce GT 120 or the ATI HD 4870 don’t really pack a very powerful punch. If you get a Mac, this card is a requirement.

    Of course, there is a lot more. However, I have a life (almost), and decided to not make a 20 page long list of links of overpriced items and reasons about why I can want them.


    Coding Is Fun!

    Well, I’m wrapping up on a personal project that I’ve been working on for a few days. It’s written in C++, but it only runs in a command prompt window because I’m teaching myself Win32 programming.
    NOTE: all sensitive data has been replaced with “?”
    NOTICE: THIS IS NOT A VIRUS

    //load file function/////////////////

    string loadFile(char oString[50])
    {
    string nString;

    ifstream inFile;

    inFile.open(oString);
    char ch;
    while(!inFile.eof())
    {
    inFile.get(ch);
    nString+=ch;
    }
    return nString;
    }

    //error check function/////////////////

    string errorCheck(string oString)
    {
    int size=oString.size();
    if (size%?==0)
    {
    oString+=” “;
    }
    return oString;
    }

    //decrypt function/////////////////

    string decrypt(string oString)
    {
    int alt=?;
    int size=oString.size();
    string nString;
    for(int i=0;i
    {
    if (alt==?)
    {
    alt=?;
    }
    if (alt==?)
    {
    int oldChar=oString[i];
    int newChar=-oldChar+?*(oldChar/?)+?;
    nString+=newChar;
    }
    if (alt==?)
    {
    int oldChar=oString[i];
    int newChar=oldChar-?*(oldChar/?)+??*(oldChar/?)+?;
    nString+=newChar;
    }
    alt++;
    }
    return nString;
    }

    The above lines of code open, check and perform the first part of decryption on a certain game’s expansion pack files. I was the first to discover how these particular files were encrypted but the original program was made in Game Maker, which is incredibly slow and took several minutes to finish. This program finishes decrypting 100,000+ character almost instantaneously on any computer with a relatively high end Pentium 4 processor. Pentium 4 CPUs are very slow. This program is dang fast.

    I had to blur out a bit of sensitive data, due to the fact that it is sensitive. The first function completely loads all information from a file. I needed to the get() function (which returns only one character at a time) so that I could get all characters in the file, not just letters and numbers. Every character is important to properly decrypting these files.

    The next function checks to make sure that the file being decrypted is not a multiple of ?. The game that decrypts these files has problems handling files that are multiples of ?, so I fix that by adding a space to the end of the file.

    Finally, I execute the first part of the encryption/decryption. There are two formulas, which alternate in altering the ASCII value of the original file. Now, I can’t show you these two formulas for obvious reasons. I wish you could, however. They are really cool formulas.


    Background-Tastic

    I made this in Illustrator the other day. I personally think it came out quite well. I made this to properly prepare my computer for Halloween.


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    Hoarders of Giant Cardboard Boxes

    •October 5, 2009 • Leave a Comment

    New Blog Style
    Halo 3:ODST Review
    I’m So Intelligent-Feeling Right Now
    Why You Should Switch to Google
    Favorites


    New Blog Style

    Yes yes yes. Now, instead of presenting you with a great wall of text, I will be breaking the blog into very easy to read paragraphs. Each will also be accompanied by a snazzy header that should describe the topic rather poorly. Also, I’m going to try and incorporate rather large images into each blog. Plus, there will be a link at the top of each page, like a table of contents.


    Halo 3:ODST Review

    I received the game the day it had come out. At first, I was all like ^_^, but then I was all like 0.o, and finally I was all like v_v. The game has a neat storyline, which almost forces you not to run out into the open and taking shots like a sponge, unlike previous games. However, the night missions were rather tedious when trying to find a certain item in a very dark city full of trash. I often spent half of my time walking in a small area trying to find something very small, like a helmet. Day time missions are actually pretty fun, however.
    Firefight is new, and exciting, but gets old rather quick. The gametype gets very boring very quickly, mainly because the scripted AI does the same thing over and over again. It’s as if you are playing the same campaign mission several thousand times.
    Overall, I wouldn’t recommend buying this game. Just rent it. I would give it a 3/5.


    I’m So Intelligent-Feeling Right Now

    I figured that using a combination of Google Reader and Firefox, I can merge all of my RSS feeds into one, giant feed. Wow. Somebody should alert the awesome police or something.
    RSS Picture
    Note: The only two things you see up there are the Maximum PC RSS feed and the Bungie.net RSS feed because


    Why You Should Move to Google

    In the past few weeks, I have had a revelation. Accessibility is more important than usability. Why are netbooks preferable? Why do we use cellphones with horrible coverage? Because you can use it in more places than it’s more powerful counterpart. Netbooks will never be on par with desktop gaming rigs, but netbooks are cheaper and can be brought anywhere. Cellphones with inferior carriers such as T-Mobile are cheap, and can be used almost anywhere as well.
    I’d like to inform you of an excellent service that is exactly the same as the above. Google Documents is an application created by Google that has similar functionality to the Microsoft Office Suite, but is accessed from your browser, and your files are stored online. You can also allow others to edit or view your documents. The program still has many glitches, and will never be on par with MS Word, Excel and Power Point, but can be accessed from almost anywhere. You should really switch. It’s really useful.


    Favorites

    Most of these are Youtube videos

    Posted in Favorites, Updates

    The Man Leaves Me Heartbroken

    •September 21, 2009 • 2 Comments

    Go Straight To Favorites

    The Man is Keeping Me Down

    Wait… What? Well, it turns out the school wasn’t on board with this assignment, and waited until Friday of last week to say anything about it. Apparently, they aren’t all to happy that part of our “Web 2.0″ curriculum is having a published site online. There is a positive to this however, we just need to make an acceptable use policy for our class so we can continue on with our merry little lives. So… Here’s my list.

    • Limit us to what we can’t put up, not what we can
      This should make sense. Instead of giving us a list of vague topics that we can post about, give us a list of things we can’t do.
    • No obviously unacceptable material
      For instance: anything illegal online, pornography, excessive cursing (avada kedavra!), hosting pirated music/ movies/software, cyber bullying, promoting anything illegal, etc…
      In other words, if you can’t put it on your favorite forum, it shouldn’t belong on your school blog.
    • Loose word censoring
      There should be some word censoring. That should be obvious. But it shouldn’t be inflexible. We should have exceptions to the rule. For instance, if you are quoting something. Or if you really, really want to.
    • Limit the rules to what is directly on this blog
      GAHHH!!! More obvious-sauce! I link to my Youtube page on this blog, and shouldn’t be punished for anything I say on that either. Because, on that page, I say exactly this (with mild censorship):

      “What the f*** is wrong with you? Limewire may be free and trusted, but the s*** that you pull off that program will have you infested with Trojans and other wonderful viruses.

      There are much easier ways to get the song. Just find a website that allows you to pull audio form Youtube videos, or just download the MPEG4 file using the javascript code that’s been pasted all over Youtube.”

    • Use punishments you can actually enforce
      Punishments should not include anything pertaining to this blog itself. They should be entirely in school. Detentions, extra homework, a decrease in the grade on your next quiz/test, etc…


    Favorites


    Well, it’s a bit short today.

    • Davedays-Fred Drives Me Crazy!
      It’s actually a song. Not a rant video. Click the link and see it’s glory.
    • Nerd-Rockstar(Remix)
      D stands for happiness. I can’t think of what else describes this song, aside from the fact that ‘d’ actually isn’t the title of the song, and appears only once in the video’s title.
    • Legends of Blood Gulch 2
      It’s a good Halo 3 montage.
    • Knoxkast Radio
      Snazztastic is the only word fit to describe this podcast. Mainly because it was made by the creators of it.
    • Ventrilo Harassment #1
      Ok… Well, don’t click this link if you are offended easily at strong language. This technically isn’t a song. It’s a dude with a soundboard that plays some of the most awesome things that have ever graced my ears who has joined a voice chatroom with several World of Warcraft fans. I didn’t include the actual title of the video because it’s too awesome for this blog. And, I want to surprise a few of you.
      *content warning*
    • Ventrilo Harassment – Duke Nukem Style
      Like the other one above, but I could put the title in.
      *content warning*
    • Bill Nye the Science Guy Remix
      If it exists, there is a remix of it.
    • Bre Pettis – Personal Manufacturing: Robots Sharing Built
      This 45 minute long video has something I want in it: a device that can print spoons.
      Honestly, it’s a cool invention.

    I’m Out

    Posted in Favorites, School

    Various House Cleanings

    •September 17, 2009 • 2 Comments

    Go Straight To Favorites

    Housekeeping Item #1

    I’ve added a new thing to each blog. It’s called “favorites”. I’ll link to it at the top of the page, just in case an entry gets too long. Expect to see an excess of 20 links to various Youtube videos, websites, RSS feeds, etc..

    I have a few things I’ve been wanting to preserve in blog form for quite a while now. First… Pratville, Oklahoma and its gay little self-standing brooms.


    Breaking News: We have nothing AT ALL to report, so we give you this.

    This video supposedly went viral not too long ago. By supposedly, I mean that it appeared in one of RayWilliamJohnson’s videos. That must mean it’s viral, right?

    Anyway, The whole story starts off with some lady talking about how someone pulled a cabinet away from the broom, and the broom was left standing. At first, I thought this was a cute little display of stupidity and innocence combined. However, at around 1:25, I lost whatever respect I had for this stupid news broadcast.

    “There’s a little holy spirit in here, I think.”

    Yes, that obviously is what is causing your broom to be self standing. It’s either that, or *gasp* the nearby electrical plug which is causing the news anchors to feel a magnetic pull on a non-metallic item. And to think, just 300 years ago, people associated God with things that they didn’t understand such as thunderstorms, the tides, and other impressive things. Now, because of the miracles of science, we have resorted to tying self standing brooms and Wal-Mart’s 2 for 1 deals with religion. It’s pretty sad.

    Also, braces. They suck. Way too much. I had braces installed relatively late in my life, and I kept them on for way too long. I didn’t even need them. The arrangement of my teeth has not changed in the two years I have worn them. Just yesterday they were removed. And after my tongue was accidentally pierced by the tool the use to grind all of the glue off of your teeth and my lips were chewed up by the device that removes the brackets, I had X-Rays taken. This was relatively simple, aside from the fact that the dental assistant keep on insisting that the clear plastic apparatus that holds my mouth open be forced through my gums and out the other side of my head. Then, I was sent out the door with a pair of retainers that obviously were not made with a mold of my teeth. The top piece is way too small, aside from the plastic portion in the center that holds all the wires down. That part extends about halfway down my throat. The bottom piece overall is way too big. It has fallen off about 5 times in a day. Hey, at least it’s comfortable. Almost. My teeth immediately after my braces were removed up until about five hours after had no signs of pain. Then, because of the fact that my retainers are deformed, they caused my teeth to shift around a bit more and caused pain worse than that of having your braces adjusted.

    Favorites

    I decided that every time I post any form of update, I’ll try and include a couple thousand links to cool Youtube videos, songs, websites, etc…

    • The S.E.T.I Song
      Any song by Rhett and Link is good, but this great.
    • Pendulum-Other Side
    • Pendulum-Slam
      It’s funny because it’s a fat dude dancing.
    • Pendulum-Showdown
      One day, I’m going to dress up as Jesus and dance around in front of a Wal-Mart to this song.
    • Pendulum-Blood Sugar
      How about a nice cup of shut the fuck up?
    • Pendulum-Masochist
      It’s a very sexy song. Not much else to say.
    • Pendulum-Propane Nightmares
      Yes. Because I can so tell from the name of the song that it’s about the religious group Heaven’s Gate.
    • Hello Seattle(Remix)
      The lyrics of this song contain, but are not limited to, “Hello” and “Seattle”.
    • Ben Bernanke-Lemon Demon
      I haven’t been more disturbed by a song about Chairman of the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve.
    • No More Kings-Sweep the Leg
      I’ve posted songs about a cult, an institution, one of the most powerful people, and a city. Why not top it off with a song about “The Karate Kid”?
    • This is Sparta! Remix
      If you haven’t heard this, get an e-life.
    • Gods of Olympus
      Anything Jason Steele makes is hilarious. I’m going to be honest.
    • FilmCow.com RSS Feed
      Don’t be scared. It’s just an RSS feed. Subscribe, and move along.
    • Maximumpc.com
      I’m a nerd. If you are too, go here. It’s like heaven, but real and not as biased.
    • Blitwise.com
      They have free games here.
    • Dan Brown’s Youtube Channel
      Subscribe.
    • How To Get Adobe CS4 For Free from Adobe.com
      It’s in the title, and it rox.
    • W3Schools.com
      This site is useful beyond words.
    • Youtube Downloader Script
      Right click, and save as bookmark. It’s Javascript that will pull the MPEG4 file from Youtube’s servers. That’s high quality, folks.
      EDIT: Ok… wordpress make the link suck. Copy this code below, and paste into your bookmarks toolbar. LOLOL:
      javascript:if(document.location.href.match(/http:\/\/[a-zA-Z\.]*youtube\.com\/watch/)){document.location.href=’http://www.youtube.com/get_video?fmt=’+(isHDAvailable?’22′:’18′)+’&video_id=’+swfArgs['video_id']+’&t=’+swfArgs['t']}

    I’m Out

    Tune back next time for more awesomesauce, and subscribe to my RSS feed PLOX

    Posted in Favorites, Updates
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    1, 2, 3… Testing.

    •September 12, 2009 • 1 Comment

    Well…  Due to a class assignment, I have been required to set up a blog, maintain it, and provide shelter among other things.  Hopefully, it won’t die in a few days.  I’ve never had much luck with animals.

    To go to the blog of the person who had me and 20 other people create their blogs, click here.  It’s a blog as well.  Except, unless you happen to go to the same school as me, it will be of very, very little use to you. It is composed of various class assignments and the like.

    I am going to be experimenting with the more in-depth features of WordPress, so I can see how tricked out I can make my blog. Being fluent in CSS, HTML, JavaScript and PhotoShop/Illustrator, this page should look somewhat decent. And by fluent, I’m saying that I speak all of those very sexy languages regularly. And by that, I mean I’m completely lying.

    This entry today seems disappointingly short. I’ll make it a priority to put more substance in all future blogs. In fact, I’m striving to achieve a point where there is so much delicious substance contained in one blog, that most readers will not require any form of food and could completely forgo the whole overused “3 square meals a day” bull.

    EDIT:
    Wow, this is teh sux. My original name for this blog on this particular theme overlapped the summary of the blog. I attempted to edit this issue out of the CSS file, but that’s only available to paying users. Wow. Well, I’ll try and get a crazy awesome theme that DOESN’T have spacial issues.

    EDIT 2:
    Problem Fixed. Thank you, Bryan Veloso, for making the only functional theme available to non-paying members.

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