RobotThoughts

Mac OSX ACLs

Rich Thompson — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 23:40:44 +0000

I went down a rabbit hole working on OSX ACLs, luckily this page on OSX ACLs was around to help out.

Rip DVD to Kindle Fire – Handbrake DVD Ripping

Rich Thompson — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 03:45:12 +0000

I got tired of having to remind myself how to setup handbrake for DVD ripping. Yes I am ripping my own DVDs for Kindle, iPad, iPod and Android Tablets. Here are the fast instructions for Windows 64-bit computers DVD ripping and the software is all free.

Download the appropriate LIBDVDCSS decryption file for Windows 64-bit systems here. http://download.videolan.org/pub/libdvdcss/last/win64/

Make sure you rename your downloaded file to libdvdcss.dll and *do not* leave it named libdvdcss-2.dll as you have downloaded it.

Install HandBrake from http://handbrake.fr/downloads.php or if you already have it installed, go to the /Program Files/HandBrake/ folder.

Copy this libdvdcss.dll file to the /Program Files/HandBrake/ folder.

Run Handbrake. You may get a startup error when you run the program. Close it and run the program again.

Find you source video by clicking the source button in handbrake and choosing your DVD.

Select the iPad preset since it will be most compatible.

Set you destination folder by selecting the browse button by the Destination line. Choose the desktop of your computer so you can find the video and move it to your kindle or other device.

On the kindle the file will show up in the Gallery…not Videos. Genius.

Quad Holomonic Drive Robot

Rich Thompson — Tue, 01 May 2012 02:49:33 +0000

Over at RJ McNamara’s Blog, he has put together a new Quad Holomonic Drive Robot based on the LEGO® NXT. The robot uses dual Rotacaster® Omni-wheels on each of the four axis’s and four LEGO® NXT Ultrasonic Sensors.

Head on over to RJ McNamara’s Blog and check it out.

July 2011 Screenshot

Rich Thompson — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 04:32:09 +0000

My July 2011 Screenshot features lots of use of GeekTool on Mac OSX. I made a multi-layered wallpaper and embedded GeekTool information.

Dog Beats Girls at Soccer

Rich Thompson — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 03:49:13 +0000

Lucy beats my two youngest daughters at Soccer.

Holy Rosary Soccer 2010

Rich Thompson — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 03:46:50 +0000

Pictures and video from the Fall 2010 Soccer season.

July at the Memphis Zoo

Rich Thompson — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 03:43:59 +0000

Experimenting with slow motion at the Memphis Zoo in July of 2010.

September at The Memphis Zoo

Rich Thompson — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 02:39:12 +0000

I’ve been a big fan of my Casio EXILIM Pro EX-F1 mainly because it takes fantastic high speed (300-1200 frames per second) video. It makes for some interesting movies at a minimum. Coupled with my Mac Pro, recently upgraded with SSDs and 16GB of RAM, I can really take advantage of the slow motion video.

Throwing Rolls

Rich Thompson — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 01:36:35 +0000

Thanksgiving traditions are awesome…for example, we throw rolls at each other.

Grease – Summer Nights Lego Stop Motion Animation

Rich Thompson — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:49:07 +0000

This is for my wife, probably only she would understand:

Then again, maybe not