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Ooh. This feature of Firefox 2.0 looks like it could aid many Buffistas:
As a blogger and web mail user, it breaks my heart to recount how many times I've composed a long post or email message, then accidentally closed the tab or browser and lost all my work. No more! With Firefox 2, set the browser.startup.page key to 3 to restore your browsing session - with form entries intact! - every time you start your browser or undo close tab after a wayward click. Note: By default, Firefox 2 automatically restores your session if your browser crashes - but this does it every time you restart your browser normally. Thanks for the tip, Arun!
No more lost posts!
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I downloaded Handbrake thinking I could use it to covert torrented AVIs, etc to iPod format. But it's having none of it. What is the best tool for what I want to do?
Quicktime has an "export to iPod" option built-in, but it may be only the Pro version.
Yeah, it's not in my version of the player.
it may be only the Pro version.
This is correct. However, converting them directly in iTunes doesn't require Pro.
I can't open the files in iTunes, which is why I ask.
FFMPEGX will convert almost anything to almost anything else -- it's got a fugly interface, but it is free.
Gotcha -- that's what I get for not including the "if it can be played in iTunes..." disclaimer. It may just be a missing codec issue; otherwise, I've heard good things about ffmpegX [link]
Also, iSquint [link] is dead reliable, if you just want the iPod conversion without any of the jillion other things in ffmpegX
Thanks!
I have ffmpegX here somewhere--I'm assuming I blocked that memory for a good reason. I think I was trying to rip DVDs, and in the end it let me do what I wanted--but it was a while before the end came round. Let me try iSquint.
I just set up my Cingular Treo 650 to work as a bluetooth modem for my laptop. It is tres cool! However, I don't seem to be getting the 134 kbps speeds EDGE is advertised at - got no more than 7-8 KBps downloads from my test server. Oh wells, it still is much better than no internet at all!
Good thing I have an unlimited data plan on my phone, now.
