In the presentation he discusses the stifling of creative thought and the anti-user generated content movement by corporations.  He emphasizes the importance of letting ourselves interpret our surroundings and the events that we are living through via mixing media.

Check it out here.

iron wil

There is only 1 part that I didn’t understand and if I had not listened to Leo talk about his install, I am not sure that I would have made the correct selection. The second radio button in the Disqus options allows you to keep all previous comments and insert Disqus for all your new comments.

I have added it here at IronWil in hopes that as my site grows it will add value for commenter’s and other readers. The concept is that the reader carries their own comments across several blogs and websites. If the site goes away your comments are preserved with your Disqus profile. You can attach it to your Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Delicious, Flickr, or Tumblr account. Disqus also provides/allows users to put up video comments, which I think is very cool!

I am looking forward to using it and seeing how well it works. If you want to hear the NetCast, get it here.

iron wil

HandBrake 0.9.2 incorporates many major and exciting changes—including full support for the AppleTV Take 2 and the latest iPhone/iPod Touch firmware. Mac users take note: this release is only compatible with Mac OS X Leopard, 10.5.

Download it now.

Apple fans will be delighted over:

• Dolby Digital 5.1 (AC3) sound in MP4 files, for a true DVD experience on the AppleTV and in Perian.
• Multi-track audio support for Apple devices
• iPhone-compatible anamorphic video at its full size

Power users will find:

• Variable frame rate encoding with detelecine filtering
• More flexible, “loose” anamorphic video
• MP4 optimization for progressive web downloads
• Dynamic range compression for encoding from AC3 audio
• Robust program and transport stream support

Speed freaks will squee at:

• A fresher, faster version of x264
• Tuning of FIFO sizes by processor count

And everyone should enjoy the increased stability brought by:

• Better handling of audio discontinuities
• Better handling of DVD read errors
• Work-arounds for missing end-of-cell markers
• Recovery when streams have signal loss
• Better synced chapter markers
• Better handling of B-Frames
• No more cutting off the very ends of films
• No more lost subtitles or chapter markers
• No more crashes in 2-pass encoding

As always, the complete list of changes is available on the Trac, as well as a complete timeline of 0.9.2′s development.

iron wil

Every year a wonderful event happens, Black Hat Briefings & Trainings. If you can’t afford the cost, like I can’t, the audio and video files for Black Hat USA 2007 are available via iTunes. There you will also find the last two years [I think]. I have downloaded and listened to all of 2006 and have been anticipating the release of this years recordings. One day, this n00b will get to Vegas or DC for this event.

There are about 89 of these lectures/presentations. I will admit that I don’t always get everything and if it is boring to me – I will skip it. This is not light stuff – some of the material is very technical, out right funny, and much of it is very educational.

2008 DC, Europe, & USA

You can now register for each of these events. I will warn you that BH:DC is started today!!! Which means, I am a day late on getting this information out.

Now, you still have plenty of time to register for Europe & USA.

• Early registration is closed for Europe, however you can still register.
• Early registration for USA [Las Vegas] is open until the 1^st of May.

If you can afford the cost, GO! I would be there in a heartbeat [considering everything is good at home]. The main page for Black Hat can be found here.

iron wil