Category Archives: Miscellaneous

Simplified Envelope Budgeting for GnuCash

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Dennis

OK, out of popular demand, I’ve decided to revisit this topic. My original Better Budgeting with GnuCash article is still highly relevant and worth a read for the background if you haven’t read that yet. The method I proposed in … Continue reading →

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How to export 1080p HD video with iMovie 08

Posted on January 22, 2011 by Dennis

So I’ve been playing around with video a bit more lately. I have two different cameras that record natively at 1920×1080 (1080p). I can get my videos into iMovie just fine, but one thing that always annoyed me is that … Continue reading →

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Google map with Utah Repeaters

Posted on July 10, 2010 by Dennis

I thought it would be helpful to visualize where all the radio repeaters are in my area. I found a lack of map information available for this sort of thing but I found readily available CSV data with the information. … Continue reading →

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A review of sponsoredreviews

Posted on January 22, 2010 by Dennis

I’ve terminated my sponsoredreviews.com account. It was a fun experiment, and I did indeed receive some cash on the side, but it’s just not worth the time I guess. I don’t think any readers of this site are actually are … Continue reading →

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Pardon my dust…

Posted on January 15, 2010 by Dennis

Switching hosting providers this weekend. I’m hoping to have a little bit more uptime than my old server was providing. Let me know if you see any 404 errors or stuff that I haven’t transferred over from the old server. … Continue reading →

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Handbrake can convert MTS files for Mac

Posted on January 5, 2010 by Dennis

So a while back we purchased a JVC Everio HD camcorder. I’ll skip the commentary on whether or not that is a good idea. For me, the relevant issue is: how am I supposed to copy the MTS (AVCHD H.264) … Continue reading →

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