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Privacy on your Smartphone a solution for all

Posted on June 17, 2012 by Percy Kwong

I’ve recently written an article on smartphones only to think about a few things.  One of the things I thought about was the fact that nobody has created a VPN service that is truly anonymous (as in not keeping logs) for smartphones. (They claim they are, but there is very little truth to that). So,…

My second YouTube Video. This one about my book.

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Percy Kwong

    I put a video on YouTube discussing my book.    

Encoding Video Files for Free While Leveraging the Newest Tech including GPUs.

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Percy Kwong

I encode plenty of files.   The files include family photos to files for work presentations and of course, web work.  Leveraging a GPU  (Graphics Card) can significantly decrease decode time. The only problem is that all of the GPU assisted applications cost money!  or do they? Well.. I use two applications exclusively. One is free,…

Editing Video Files in Windows very Easily

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Percy Kwong

There will be the occasional time when you need to edit a video file, because you’ll need to, whether it’s a Family video or a simple file you need for marketing, fundraising, etc. You just might want to put a few captions on a file. For humor, informational reasons, etc. Rather than buy one of…

Streaming MP4 Video From Your Webserver [Solved]

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Percy Kwong

If you’re lucky enough to be running Apache (a good portion of the internet does), you can stream your own videos direct from your website.  This involves the addition of a small module called Mod-H264. Here’s how to do it.  You will need root access to do this and I am assuming you’re running Centos,…

Encoding Your Videos My Way.

Posted on October 19, 2010 by Percy Kwong

So you have a shiny little device like an android, iphone, or ipad. You want to watch movies on it. The problem is, it just takes forever to encode the videos. That was always my problem, I hate encoding. It slows down your computer and pretty much renders it useless for other tasks and it…

Video Conferencing.. Ready for Prime Time.

Posted on December 22, 2008 by Percy Kwong

The reality of video conferencing 10 years or even 5 years ago was a pipe dream for the casual home user.  It wasn’t a robust solution with tons of problems involving firewalls, port settings, compatibility between clients, etc.  It was a possibility in the domain of the elite few corporations with big internet pipes and…

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