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How-To: Stream almost anything using VLC - Engadget - www.engadget.com
How-To: Stream almost anything using VLC

Posted Nov 29, 2005, 2:30 PM ET
by Eliot Phillips

The VLC media player is an amazing piece of software. In its most basic form it is a lightweight media player that can play almost any audio or video format you throw at it. VLC is also multiplatform in the most extreme sense of the word; it can run on Windows, OSX, Linux and PocketPC / WinCE handhelds
along with other systems. VLC works great as a streaming server and video transcoder too.

We used VLC to move Tivo recordings to an iPod before, but today we are going to show you how to stream any type of media file from your computer to another device on your network. We will also demonstrate how to remotely control VLC using any web browser. Using these techniques you could stream video from your office computer to a laptop plugged into the living room TV and control the playlist with your PDA.

All about Linux: 10 Things that make Ubuntu a Neophyte’s Distribution

Ubuntu is fast on its way to becoming a peoples OS. I have always wondered what is it that makes people embrace Ubuntu over other Linux distributions. After some pondering, it struck me that the USP (Unique Selling Point) of Ubuntu is its user friendliness. Ubuntu is a distribution targeted at the non-techie crowd - those that want to get their job done and not spend time tinkering with the OS. And consequently, the developers at Ubuntu have bundled simple easy to use GUI front end tools to achieve common system administration tasks. Here I have put together 10 things in Ubuntu that make a new user’s life that much simple. I used Ubuntu 5.10 to aid my observation.

Khmerang.com - CSS-Technique: Worn Type

I was asked about how did I do the rough worn type for post headlines on Khmerang.com, so I thought I’d write a kind of a tutorial on worn type. It’s quite simple technique, derived from Gilder/Levin image replacement, but instead of replacing the whole text, I’m just placing a repeating pattern image on top of it.

I thought this was a good write up of an interesting affect for header text.