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How to watermark a video using FFmpeg

Chaz Scholton — Wed, 25 May 2011 13:29:53 +0000

This article explains how to add a watermark image to a video file using FFmpeg (www.ffmpeg.org). Typically a watermark is used to protect ownership/credit of the video and for Marketing/Branding the video with a Logo. One of the most common … Continue reading →

“What’s Up?” I haven’t had my coffee yet…

Chaz Scholton — Mon, 16 May 2011 14:09:28 +0000

I’m well known for being a notorious, java lovin’, coffee guzzling, caffeine addict. If people came with warning labels, you would see “I haven’t had my coffee yet…don’t make me kill you” flashing across my forehead like an Apple iP

Britney Spears “Scary” Bonus Track has people going WTF.

Chaz Scholton — Wed, 11 May 2011 10:54:36 +0000

So, who really is to blame for only releasing “Scary” as a featured bonus track on the Japanese Deluxe and Premium Fan Edition of Femme Fatale? The executive producers Dr. Luke and Max Martin or somebody else; such as her … Continue reading →

Till The World Ends – Britney Spear’s Big Comeback from the 2008 Circus

Chaz Scholton — Sat, 07 May 2011 08:23:38 +0000

At first I was a little skeptical of Britney Spears making a big comeback with her first single “Hold it Against Me”. However, it was more than enough to get my attention and raise a wondering eye

Data Integration with Jitterbit

Chaz Scholton — Sat, 16 May 2009 22:49:47 +0000

Jitterbit is an amazing Open Source data & application integration suite. A Free Community Edition is available for download and use.

Face it, manually importing and exporting Data between applications or databases in csv text

Migrate MS Access to SQL Server Express 2005/2008

Chaz Scholton — Sat, 16 May 2009 19:35:20 +0000

Considering that Microsoft has released Express Editions of MS SQL Server 2005 and 2008, I would hope that many people were encouraged to Migrate from using Access to MS SQL Express for their website or web application back end.

iHTML Merchant 2.x Tip: Using Banner ADs to promote Products.

Chaz Scholton — Wed, 13 May 2009 10:30:33 +0000

Many people devote a lot of time, energy and resources at attracting visitors to their website, the last thing they want is for customers to quickly leave and loose prospective sales. For this very reason they have opted to not … Continue reading →

iHTML Merchant 2.x – Home page modifications to boost sales

Chaz Scholton — Wed, 13 May 2009 09:15:27 +0000

This might sound rather too much like common sense, but an e-commerce website should be focused upon presenting products and services to customers in order to generating sales. If products & services are presented right from the start on the … Continue reading →

Customers who bought also brought – iHTML Merchant 2.x Modification

Chaz Scholton — Wed, 13 May 2009 06:52:58 +0000

Here's a feature that I've added product detail pages on iHTML Merchant Enterprise websites for a number of clients. It's the Classic "Customers who bought this item also bought" feature that appears on many eCommerce websites. It select

Adobe Spry Ajax Framework

Chaz Scholton — Wed, 13 May 2009 03:32:04 +0000

Web 2.0 technology can be an exercise in self torture, trying to pick the right AJAX/GUI JavaScript libraries or frameworks for the appropriate job can be time consuming. Trust me, I am sitting here thinking about the hours of my … Continue reading →