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Install Handbrake on Fedora 11

Posted: 31 Aug 2009 09:00 AM PDT

What is Handbrake?

It is…

… an open-source, GPL-licensed, multi-platform, multi-threaded, video transcoder, available for Max OS X, Linux, and Windows.

Simply put, Handbrake is useful for ripping your favorite DVDs into .AVIs.

Installation

You need to install the following package groups:

  • Development Tools
  • Development Libraries
  • X Software Development (gui)
  • GNOME Software Development (gui)

In your terminal, as root, just key in:

sudo yum groupinstall "Development Tools" "Development Libraries" "X Software Development" "GNOME Software Development"

And you also need the following packages:

  • yasm
  • zlib-devel
  • bzip2-devel
  • dbus-glib-devel (gui)
  • hal-devel (gui)
  • webkitgtk-devel (gui)
  • libnotify-devel (gui)
  • gstreamer-devel (gui)
  • gstreamer-plugins-base-devel (gui)

In your terminal, as root, just key in:

sudo yum install yasm zlib-devel bzip2-devel dbus-glib-devel hal-devel webkitgtk-devel libnotify-devel gstreamer-devel gstreamer-plugins-base-devel

Checkout Handbrake from the repository:

svn checkout svn://svn.handbrake.fr/HandBrake/trunk hb-trunk

Configure the build system:

cd hb-trunk ./configure --launch

Perform the installation:

cd build sudo make install

After this, you should now see Handbrake in Applications > Sound & Video. Click Handbrake and you should see a window similar to this:

Handbrake

Handbrake

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Tea Bags And Tea Bag Holders.

Posted: 31 Aug 2009 04:53 AM PDT

Teabag with Strings Attached: TBWA exclusively designed these special 'Tea for Health' teabags for The House Café. Each teabag has a different sporting activity attached on to the end of the string.

Tea Bags And Tea Bag Holders (27) 1Tea Bags And Tea Bag Holders (27) 2Rebranding The Traditional Teabag Usage: The design is inspired by Japanese CHASEN (Loose leaf tea stirring equipment), " tea bags are attached inside the teastick so there is no need of using sticks separately for stirring nor to throw away the tea bags."

Tea Bags And Tea Bag Holders (27) 3Tea Bags And Tea Bag Holders (27) 4Tea Forte- Packaging: Tea Forté a tea-bag/infusers from designer P Hewitt is a tall polyhedral shape with a cute tiny leaf on top.

Tea Bags And Tea Bag Holders (27) 5Tea Bags And Tea Bag Holders (27) 6German Tea Bags: With these German tea bags you can have a relaxing cup of tea with global leaders. RoyalTea set features various members of England's royal family, and the DemocraTea set features heads of state of various democratic countries.

Tea Bags And Tea Bag Holders (27) 7T-bag: Designed by Felix Reinki, it's truly a 't-bag', it anchors itself firmly on your cup.

Tea Bags And Tea Bag Holders (27) 8tPod: It's a tea bag concept by Elisabeth Soós. They are small paper boats attached to tea bags, while sort of an anchor is made out of tea.

Tea Bags And Tea Bag Holders (27) 9Bruce Mau - An Incomplete Manifesto For Growth: "A proposal of a possible design solution for Bruce Mau's design manifesto, in the form of tea bags."

Tea Bags And Tea Bag Holders (27) 10Tea Bags And Tea Bag Holders (27) 11Ineeka Tea Bag: What makes it different from most of the others is you need to tear off the top of the tea bag and this enables you to pour the hot water directly onto the leaves without them scattering. The leaves float around in the open bag and paper arms and the sides hold the bag.

Tea Bags And Tea Bag Holders (27) 12Tea Stick: It's designed by Allesandro, made with compostable materials and contains a single serving of tea.

Tea Bags And Tea Bag Holders (27) 13Cool Tea Bag: Using the tea bag designed by Lee Yun Qin you can be sure of no more tea bags falling in your tea.

Tea Bags And Tea Bag Holders (27) 14World's Most Expensive Tea Bag: The world's most expensive tea bag was studded with 280 diamonds worth £7,500 and was made by a British jeweler in 2005 to celebrate the 75th birthday of PG Tips.

Tea Bags And Tea Bag Holders (27) 15Hand sewn Fabric Tea Bags: If your are interested to create these hand sewn fabric tea bags for loose tea favors, here are all the details you need - link.

Tea Bags And Tea Bag Holders (27) 16'People' Tea Bag Holder: SangSang/Wdaru Studio during the Seoul design festival 2007 presented tea bags with 'people' tea bag holder in paper for Maum brand. These fit most common cup size and were packed in a bus-like package, in swimming pool package and even a variant with a broadcasting studio.

Tea Bags And Tea Bag Holders (27) 17Tea Bags And Tea Bag Holders (27) 18Tea Bags And Tea Bag Holders (27) 19Tea Bags And Tea Bag Holders (27) 20TeaCube: Designed by Jieun Yang & Hanah Suh, 'teacubes make it easy by placing the tea bag on a timed retractable spool'.

Tea Bags And Tea Bag Holders (27) 21Tea Bags And Tea Bag Holders (27) 22Penguin Teaboy: With this one you can create the perfect cup of tea every time you need; all you need to do is set the timer from 1 minute to 20 minute.

Tea Bags And Tea Bag Holders (27) 23Sharky Tea Bag Holder: Designer Pablo Matteoda used shark fin design for a tea bag holder; it holds tealeaves in a floating metal fin container while slowly dispersing tealeaves colors into the water.

Tea Bags And Tea Bag Holders (27) 24Squeasy Tea Bag Squeezer: We know this doesn't fit here, but we didn't find any other place either to fit this one. Ok, this is a stainless steel sleeve for your tea bag, you need to slide your tea bag it in there and squeeze to get all the liquid out.

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Microsoft Office 2010 Build 4417 Beta 1 screens

Posted: 30 Aug 2009 11:04 AM PDT

Leaks are common these days be it Windows 7 or office, one or the other build or version gets leaked out and same thing happened with Office 2010 Beta 1.Its leaked to various pirate sites.Tech Exclusive posted some images for the new version of Microsoft Office.The apps that come with Microsoft Office 2010 Build 4417 Beta 1 include the ones like Word 2010, Excel 2010,PowerPoint 2010,Access 2010, Outlook 2010,Visio 2010,SharePoint Workspace 2010,Publisher 2010,OneNote 2010,Office SharePoint Designer 2010 and InfoPath Designer 2010.I have no access to the copy of it but Wzor reports of  some new features listed below.

  • New set of icons for all applications
  • New style of activation system
  • Upload Center to share file on the web.
  • Enhanced Back-Stage view.
  • New analysis and visualization feature.
  • Improved Editing feature.

At present two versions of it have been leaked one being the English and the other one being Russian.Check out some screen shots below with details.

Microsoft Office 2010 Build 4417 Beta 1 Details

MICROSOFT.OFFICE.2010.v14.0.4417.1000.BETA.1.VOLUME.X86-64.ENGLISH-WZT

MICROSOFT.OFFICE.2010.v14.0.4417.1000.BETA.1.SLP.X86-64.RUSSIAN-WZT

MSAccess2010access 300x224 Microsoft Office 2010 Build 4417 Beta 1 screens

MSExcel2010excel 300x224 Microsoft Office 2010 Build 4417 Beta 1 screens

MSExcelSpreadsheet2010 300x224 Microsoft Office 2010 Build 4417 Beta 1 screens

MSOffice2010Activation 300x190 Microsoft Office 2010 Build 4417 Beta 1 screens

MSOffice2010inStartMenu 300x224 Microsoft Office 2010 Build 4417 Beta 1 screens

MSOffice2010License 300x224 Microsoft Office 2010 Build 4417 Beta 1 screens

MSOfficeUploadCenter 300x224 Microsoft Office 2010 Build 4417 Beta 1 screens

MSOutlook2010calendar 300x224 Microsoft Office 2010 Build 4417 Beta 1 screens

MSVisio2010visio 300x224 Microsoft Office 2010 Build 4417 Beta 1 screens

 Microsoft Office 2010 Build 4417 Beta 1 screens

Daily Bing walls Desktop slideshow in Windows7

Posted: 30 Aug 2009 10:14 AM PDT

I don’t know how much you users like Bing over Google with respect to searches, but one thing you will like in Bing is the daily homepage photos.They are awesome.Every day Bing changes walls.One of the least known feature in Windows 7 is the ability to download new wallpapers through RSS feed.One of WindowsClub forum buddy name Piyush posted the way how to create a live daily updating Bing theme.To create a theme copy and paste the code in notepad and save it as Bing.theme.Once you are done with saving it double click on the theme file to apply the theme.One thing should be noted that option “download attachments” must be selected when it pops up in the window.Thats it see the bing photos come as a slide show.Keep pouring comments if you do like it .


[[Theme]
DisplayName=Bing
[Slideshow]
Interval=1800000
Shuffle=1
RssFeed=http://feeds.feedburner.com/bingimages
[Control Panel\Desktop]
TileWallpaper=0
WallpaperStyle=0
Pattern=
[Control Panel\Cursors]
AppStarting=%SystemRoot%\cursors\aero_working.ani
Arrow=%SystemRoot%\cursors\aero_arrow.cur
Crosshair=
Hand=%SystemRoot%\cursors\aero_link.cur
Help=%SystemRoot%\cursors\aero_helpsel.cur
IBeam=
No=%SystemRoot%\cursors\aero_unavail.cur
NWPen=%SystemRoot%\cursors\aero_pen.cur
SizeAll=%SystemRoot%\cursors\aero_move.cur
SizeNESW=%SystemRoot%\cursors\aero_nesw.cur
SizeNS=%SystemRoot%\cursors\aero_ns.cur
SizeNWSE=%SystemRoot%\cursors\aero_nwse.cur
SizeWE=%SystemRoot%\cursors\aero_ew.cur
UpArrow=%SystemRoot%\cursors\aero_up.cur
Wait=%SystemRoot%\cursors\aero_busy.ani
DefaultValue=Windows Aero
Link=
[VisualStyles]
Path=%SystemRoot%\resources\themes\Aero\Aero.mssty les
ColorStyle=NormalColor
Size=NormalSize
ColorizationColor=0X6B74B8FC
Transparency=1
[MasterThemeSelector]
MTSM=DABJDKT

 Daily Bing walls Desktop slideshow in Windows7