I was trying to drum out a thumbnail image spec. for Podcastinople this afternoon and of course turned to the Web 2.0 standard for creating them, Flickr. The idea behind a thumbnail is that I want to create a 75×75 version of an image while maintaining the aspect ratio. Since most photos and images uploaded… Continue reading Cropping and Resizing to Maintain Aspect Ratio in Thumbnails on Flickr
Month: February 2007
Blu-Ray and HD-DVD Copy Protection Defeated
This is some pretty big news in the realm of consumer media. A hacker going by the name of Arnezami has retrieved keys critical to unlocking HD content. Using a USB sniffer, HD-DVD playback software WinDVD, an XBox 360 HD-DVD drive and a Mac he was able to find the Processing Key for the Advanced… Continue reading Blu-Ray and HD-DVD Copy Protection Defeated