I have need to convert a bunch of AVI files to FLV. FFmpeg does the job, but I wanted to do whole directories at a time – plus different directories have different video dimensions and different fps. So, last night I hacked flvconvert.pl, a quick and dirty perl script to convert specified avi files to flv.

Usage: perl flvconvert.pl [OPTIONS] [FILES] Options: --size Specify video size. Defaults to 320x240 if none specified. --fps Specify frames per second. Defaults to 15 if none specified. --thumb Create a jpeg from the first frame Example: perl flvconvert.pl file1.avi file2.avi video/* perl flvconvert.pl --size 640x480 --fps 30 file.avi

And seeing the snail, which everywhere doth roam, Carrying his own house still, still is at home, Follow (for he is easy pac'd) this snail, Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.

– John Donne

Robert Anton Wilson died on the 11th. Why am I only hearing of this now? It should have been much bigger news.

UPS delivered my so-called “Moroccan” glass candle lanterns today. Two for $9, straight from the Bay of E.

I just purchased my first album from Magnatune: Falling You’s Human. It’s a pretty cool idea. You can pay whatever you want. All they ask for is a credit card, name, and email – no addresses, phone numbers, or any of that. They give me a username and password, and I can download the album in whatever format I want. Now I can give the album away to 3 people.

But not the fire alarm.

They better not expect me to evacuate during my dinner.

The next time you’re immersed in cold water, remember:

1. You have 1 minute to control your breathing
2. You have 10 minutes of useful movement
3. You have 60 minutes till you're dead

(c/o Dr. Popsicle.)

Update: http://youtube.com/watch?v=5gOW8ZaYqHA