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My name is Laura Otermat. I’m a software engineer. My day job is to work for Adap.tv. In my free time, I like to make things, like this blog.
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Sunday, September 14, 2014
Respelt: Auto-Correct for Plain Text and Blog Posts
A great tool for finding spelling errors is Respelt: http://respelt.com
Sunday, August 13, 2014
Handbrake: A Video Conversion Tool
I wanted to upload this video to YouTube: My Sesame Street Pledge Drive Video, but it was originally recorded to a VHS tape with a VCR. The steps I needed to take are below. I didn't know how to do Step 3. I was discussing it at lunch at work, and someone suggested I use Handbrake. handbrake.fr. At the time, it was commandline-only, but they've since created a nice GUI.
Step 1: Copy VHS to a DVD.
Step 2: Copy DVD to my computer
Step 3: Convert DVD to an edit-able format
Step 4: Use the video editor that came standard on my mac to splice out my favorite parts.
