Tue, 06 Apr 2004

The de facto standard response...
posted by Chip Witt

Saw something today on Slashdot, and had to capture it for my own future amusement.

In response to a recently proposed anti-spam solution, a link to this "standard" response form was provided, giving a very dark, but humorous reminder of the hopelessness we all face in fighting spam.

Anything that can make you laugh-out-loud after 3PM is worth sharing.

CW

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Screen-capture movies article highlights cool utils...
posted by Chip Witt

It seems that almost everytime I turn around, I am amazed all over again by the flexibility of OpenSource tools. This time I happened across an article published on O'Reilly's ONLamp.com site called "Making Screen-Capture Movies". It detailed an innovative use of ImageMagick, the X utility, xwininfo, and bash to create movies and/or animated gifs for documenting processes. Although none of the steps shown in the article are earth-shattering, they are a wonderful example of how much power one has at the desktop for undertaking the difficult job of supporting end-users of computer systems. Power, I must admit, even I sometimes take for granted.

To add the topper on this, the discussions in the forum at the conclusion of the article brought to light current uses of vncrec and transcode to create continuous motion screen-capture movies with included audio. I've begun playing, so look for some "documentaries" to begin showing up on my sites soon.

Cheers,

CW

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