This item was written using drivel on Linux Mint. drivel is Gnome-based and is one of several desktop blogging clients available to Linux users.
If you wish to dabble, there’s a long list of WIndows, Mac and Linux clients here.
If you’ve drivel installed on your machine, here’s how to get it working with WordPress.
Choose Movable Type as your journal type and specify yourblog.wordpress.com/xmlrpc.php as your Server Address.
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I’m in a little dilemma choosing a wide-angle lens for my Nikon D40x. Specs, price and build quality are pointing me to the Tokina ATX124 which is slightly cheaper than the Sigma 10-20mm. What’s causing the indecision is the fact that the Tokina does not auto-focus on the D40x while the Sigma does.
Not having used a lens this wide previously, I don’t know if auto-focus is a necessity for architecture and landscapes that I would be shooting mostly.
Do you have a thought on this?
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YouTube now offers some videos in multiple resolutions. If you’re watching a multiformat video on the YouTube site itself, you can call up different resolutions by adding a format code to the end of the URL. Adding “&fmt=6″ bumps the resolution from 320×240 to 448×336 and doubles the audio sample rate from 22.05 to 44.1kHz. And adding “&fmt=18″ (iPod mode) raises it to 480×360 with stereo sound. This mode also uses h.264 encoding for better video quality.
If you’re signed in to YouTube, you can specify that it always serve you the highest-quality videos. But Tech Recipes offers another approach: drag this bookmarklet — YouTube Hi-Res — to your browser toolbar. Whenever you click it, the bookmarklet will add “&fmt=18″ to the page’s URL for you.
Wired explains how to add the format codes to the standard YouTube embedding code. Note that the hi-res videos take longer to load and are more prone to stalling during playback. —David Battino
Source: O’Reilly Digital Media
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Alex Voicu from the Rage3D crew has a very interesting article posted this morning that uncovers one of the first seen DX 10.1 benefits that have been tracked down in a real game. Kudos to Alex for the sharp eye! A great read for you GPU information hungry guys.
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The iPhone does a great job of displaying any website with its Safari web browser and high-resolution display. With the easy touch controls on the iPhone, navigating just about any website is a breeze.
Still, websites developed specifically for the iPhone are optimal because they utilize the screen to the fullest extent, and use less bandwidth (which if you’re on EDGE much, is a necessity).
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