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Google Operating System: Download Google Videos As AVI Files

choongyong.koh September 28th, 2006

Google Operating System: Download Google Videos As AVI Files

Someone asked me today if it is possible to rip Google Video into a file on the harddisk.  A quick Google session (google to find out how to beat google? :) ) led me to the page above.  There were other options like downloading the flash movie version, and of course the official gvp format from Google (which requires one to also download the Google Video Player).  I chose to download it as AVI files (actually encoded using DIVx), since I already have a DIVx player installed.

Singapore Government sites that are not standards compliant

choongyong.koh September 27th, 2006

It is really frustrating when you think that you can throw away your Microsoft IE browser, only to have a government website proclaiming to you that it will not support your favourite FireFox browser. Starting a list here for those I come across:

  • One Motoring site's error messageLTA - www.onemotoring.com.sg - click on LTA e-Services and you will see a big red “Please login using Internet Explorer (Version 5.5 and above) or Netscape (Version 7.0 and above).”

Resizing YUI Grids

choongyong.koh September 15th, 2006

Yahoo released a set of developer tools for easy UI development. This includes javascript libraries and UI components that enables cool new ways to interact with a web site. The tools also include a set of CSS grids that takes away a lot of painful work (especially a Java developer who is not so into CSS).

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