Niall Kennedy

"ffmpeg and its compiled libraries handle decoding the videos. ffmpeg2theora encodes into an Ogg container with Theora video and Vorbis audio.Tweak your ffmpeg compiles to be liberal in what you accept as a source video." - Niall Kennedy

"Be sure to try ffmpeg2theora with theora 1.1 ("Thusnelda") to take advantage of the major codec work completed recently. Better quality in smaller file sizes and faster decoding.Check out ffmpeg-php as a replacement for regex-based extractions of file and track metadata. Much more reliable access directly against the underlying ffmpeg libraries." - Niall Kennedy

The latest nightly build of WebKit drops Referer header from page links explicitly stating the preference. Great for intranets. - Niall Kennedy

IE9 will rely on DirectX for graphics and text rendering. Supports rounded corners and CSS3 selectors. New script engine. - Niall Kennedy

elBulli in Spain is considered the top restaurant in the world yet counters traditional business sense. They don't listen to the customer. A two-hour drive on winding mountain roads from Barcelona to reach the restaurant is considered part of the experience. You don't know what you want, so they will cook it and you will like it. Inefficiencies make elBulli what it is. - Niall Kennedy

Compression, multiplexing and prioritization protocol for transporting content. Built-in to Chromium as a test. - Niall Kennedy

"The low power environment of mobile devices limits the complexity of decoders present. That means no b-frames, no CABAC, no 8x8dct, no trellis. I pass this to libx264 as level=30:cabac=0:bframes=0:8x8dct=0:trellis=0 .Example video encoded with these settings:http://video.niallkennedy.com/favorit... streaming support on iPhone 3G running iPhone OS 3.1.2 and HTC Magic running Android 1.6. What is driving you towards different files for each handset at 480px?Profile and parameter also apply to other devices. CABAC has been known to make the Apple TV cry." - Niall Kennedy

Google changed data designs of its maps, taking into consideration local expectations and the zoom level of the map view. Roads are thinner, railways called out by type and convention, and neighborhoods highlighted in zoomed out views. - Niall Kennedy

Study investigated voters' testosterone responses to the outcome of the 2008 United States Presidential election. The results show that male Barack Obama voters (winners) had stable post-outcome testosterone levels, whereas testosterone levels dropped in male John McCain and Robert Barr voters (losers). There were no significant effects in female voters. - Niall Kennedy