I cringed when my wife told me her digital enlarger timer broke. Thankfully it didn’t cost us a lot at the time, but it should have. I was lucky enough to restore a broken one I bought off eBay, no such luck this time. But then...
Continue reading...Top 10ish Python standard library modules
When interviewing Python programming candidates, my wife always likes to ask the simple question, “can you name ten Python standard library modules?” This is harder than most think, as many people will completely blank out and others will be dead wrong. “Requests?” one poor soul answered....
Continue reading...Introducing FastFlix – AV1 encoder GUI and more!
First, straight to the fun, download FastFlix here to try it out! FastFlix started out to be a small clip and GIF maker for myself, but quickly realized I could expand it for larger usage. And it just so happens that AV1 is an emerging codec...
Continue reading...Encoding settings for HDR 4K videos using 10-bit x265
There is currently a serious lack of data on compressing 4K HDR videos out there, so I took it upon myself to get learned in the ways of the x265 encoding world. First things first, this is NOT a guide for Dolby Vision or HDR10. This...
Continue reading...Paint, Paper, Panoramas, and Python
I’m an artist and a python developer, two things that rarely occupy the same worlds, let alone the same sentence. However, I have recently found a way to combine these two passions: Panoramas. My current smartphone takes excellent pictures. It does a great job at figuring...
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