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Taken yesterday from across Akureyri.

What's in the greenhouse / Weather / Early strawberries

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Sat in the greenhouse having a look-see and it started hail??stoning.

The mini strawberry patch has some flower heads. Very early.

Avidemux

When I first started using linux based operating systems there was no GUI video editing tools. However, today the situation is improving with projects like Cinelerra and Kino. For simple editing though Avidemux on Ubuntu is great.



Avidemux can be used for simple editing and converting videos. With a user-friendly interface it supports AVI, DVD compatible MPEG, MP4, FLV and ASF.

I tested it with a ripped mp4 encoded youtube movie and converted it into an avi format. The setup was simple, the process didn't take long and the final result was perfect. I can see this being useful if you convert videos daily and like to make basic cuts.

You can install it by sudo apt-get install avidemux. Other packages include a qt version for KDE users avidemux-qt. A Command line version is available too avidemux-cli.

For other builds and tutorials see fixounet.free.fr/avidemux.

Happy birthday to GNU

I don't want to engage in adding youtube videos any more because over time they always become obsolete which effectively kills the point of the post. However this is a great introduction to free software by Stephen Fry.

Also happy birthday to GNU, which is 25 years old on the 27th of September.

Burping Frog Plasticine

Plasticine stop motion.

Godzilla vs the blue tack

Found a few Godzilla toys in the attic. The one from the American Godzilla film. So heres a 5 second stop motion.

I suck at manic miner

Josh himself - The all mighty wisdom [video]