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mailReader.php — Parse E-mail and Save Attachments PHP, Version 2

One of most popular pages of all time is Recieve E-mail and Save Attachments with a PHP script. What was meant to be a quick hack that was only ever tested with Gmail ended up generating lots of support requests. … Continue reading →

Posted in Computers, Programming, Something Interesting | Tagged attachments, email, mailReader.php, PHP | 23 Comments

Bulk DVD Creation With Tovid

Today I’m going to show you how I automated the DVD creation part of the VHS home video conversion process. I’m assuming you have already captured the video to your computer somehow, and just want to make DVDs with your … Continue reading →

Posted in Computers, Something Interesting | Tagged bulk DVD converting, dvd, ffmpeg, forking, pcntl_fork example, pcntl_wexitstatus, pcntl_wexitstatus example, PHP, split a file with ffmpeg, tovid, VHS to DVD | Leave a comment

Don’t buy HP laptops

I bought an HP Pavilion dv7 (dv7t-4100) a little less than a year ago (March, 2011) It has been a big disapointment and I do not plan on buying an HP laptop again and can’t recommend that anyone else buy … Continue reading →

Posted in Computers, Something Interesting | Tagged dv7 broken, dv7 overheating, dv7 review, HP, HP Pavilion dv7, hp review, pavilion | 2 Comments

Category Archives: Something Interesting

mailReader.php — Parse E-mail and Save Attachments PHP, Version 2

Bulk DVD Creation With Tovid

Don’t buy HP laptops

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