Most of us filmmakers/editors who spend a great deal of time encoding and transcoding videos will tell you that the resolution, ie. 480p, 720p, or 1080p, has very little to do with the overall picture quality. What matters most is bitrate and codec efficiency, not the number of pixels. This seems to be a major stumbling block for most when trying... - http://braddougherty.me/post...
House seats are apportioned by population, so California’s 37m people get 53 seats and North Dakota’s 640,000 get only one. In the Senate, however, every state gets exactly two votes. Sparsely-populated states are thus hugely over-represented: senators representing a mere 11% of America’s population can block any bill, since 60 votes out of 100... - http://braddougherty.me/post...
vimeobuzz: Vimeo’s videos get iPhone, Android-friendly - CNET News “Video host Vimeo on Wednesday is launching support for users oniPhone/iPod Touch and Google Android devices. The company has re-encoded the entirety of its staff picks and HD video showcase, both of which are the most heavily trafficked areas of the site from Vimeo’s members, and... - http://braddougherty.me/post...
soxiam: fuck that. where is the 19th button i asked for? John McCreesh, Marketing Project Lead at OpenOffice.org, welcomed the announcement: “The OpenOffice Mouse is a really cool addition to the desk of any keen OpenOffice.org user. The Mouse team have worked closely with experts from the OpenOffice.org User Experience project to deliver the full... - http://braddougherty.me/post...