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Deleting Auto Complete URL or Item/Entry in FireFox Address/Search Bar/Text Field

If you use Firefox regularly, overtime you’ll accumulate auto-complete suggestions and url history which are misspelled words or incorrectly typed email addresses. It’s easy to clear ALL auto-complete information, but I’ve been looking for a way to delete a single...Read More

Briones Reservoir Close Ups

Briones Reservoir Close Ups

I went to Briones Reservoir to take photographs of the water and other various landscapes, however the weather was pretty bad. I ended up getting a few close up shots with my 70-300mm lense. I’m still trying to get used...Read More

San Francisco Bay Storm

San Francisco Bay Storm

Just before some heavy rain, around an hour before sunset the sun was making some nice rays on the bay. I got a few good shots before my hands were numb and I have to leave, (There was a lot...Read More

Port of Oakland Close Ups

Port of Oakland Close Ups

While trying to find a way to get near the Oakland side of the Bay Bridge, and I ended up in the Port of Oakland. I plan on going back in the summer, as it’s a great place to take...Read More

Kiker Pass Rolling Hills

Kiker Pass Rolling Hills

This is a set of photos taken from Kiker Pass, which goes over the hills connecting Concord and Bay Point. It’s been raining for the past week and today was the first clear day, so the hills were looking good....Read More

Fire Hydrant Flood

Fire Hydrant Flood

I was going to meet a friend to take some photographs in Emeryville and within a few seconds of parking my car, a tractor hit a fire hydrant. I grabbed my camera and snapped a few shots before the fire...Read More

WordPress Title Trimming Tutorial

This tutorial will show you how to trim title lengths for long post or page titles, which can be helpful for keeping the layout of your website consistent. My example uses the WordPress get_the_title template tag, but this could easily...Read More

Windows 7 Explorer RAM Usage

I upgraded from windows XP X64 to Windows 7 Ultimate (64-Bit) a few weeks ago. I’ve been using Windows XP X64 on my last 2 machines, which has been for the past 6 or so years. For those unfamiliar, Explorer.exe...Read More

Industrial Night Photographs

Industrial Night Photographs

This is a set of photos taken in and around Concord/Vallejo CA of some various factories, warehouses, and refineries. I wanted to take some closer shots, but these places are obviously not open for the public to walk through. It...Read More

Android HTC Hero/Eris x264 (h.264) video encoding with HandBrake

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Note: This article focuses on the HTC Hero, but should work just as well for the HTC Eris.

The HTC Hero can play a variety of video codecs and formats, but there’s one far better than the rest. That...Read More