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HOWTO convert and shrink your DVD into a web-playable format

Marko Tomic — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 07:48:02 +0100

HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder, available for MacOS X, Linux and Windows.

It is my tool of choice when it comes to backing up my DVDs. It allows me to shrink DVDs to a relatively small size and convert them to a web-playable format, such as mp4.

I use the Command Line version of HandBrake simply because it is more efficient and I love typing geeky commands in my terminal window. So here it is, the simplest command tRead More...

yellowtrace blog

Marko Tomic — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:57:06 +0100

I would like to welcome my dear sister to the blogosphere - the yellowtrace blog. She has been blogging for about a month and I'm amazed with the number of ideas and thoughts she has shared in such a short period of time. I find her blog posts very inspiring even though we have completely different careers and characters.

She's a very talented Interior Designer and I'm just a code buster.
She's cool and I'm not.
She's extremely creative and I'm not.
Her bRead More...

Hello Computer

Marko Tomic — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:03:09 +0100

I've been thinking about blogging for a few years now and one of the main reasons for my hesitation was the commitment. These days, I feel a lot more settled :) and I feel that I should start contributing to the community, which has been very helpful to me and my professional career.

For those of you who don't know me, I come from an engineering background. I graduated from the University of Technology, Sydney in 2003 with a Computer Systems Engineering degree under my belt. I currRead More...