How to Record Audio from YouTube on Windows Vista (2/2)
<< See Also: Part 1 Recording YouTube Audio with Audacity YouTube videos start streaming and playing as soon as the URL is loaded. This presents three potential issues when recording with the stereo mixing device: The video (and in turn audio) can stall or break up if the internet connection is not fast enough. Thus, the recording will also be broken up. The video may start playing before...
August 8th, 2010 by Blink 7
How to Record Audio from YouTube on Windows Vista (1/2)
The following tutorial demonstrates how to record audio from YouTube (or any other video streaming site) using the Windows mixer and free audio recording software. There are software tools on the market that promise to capture YouTube video and audio streams automatically; however, most of this software is either commerical or riddled with adware. This tutorial relies entirely on Windows system...
August 8th, 2010 by Blink 7
Top 4 Spammers of all Time
Unsolicited bulk messages, or spam, has evolved from its USENET origins into a multi-billion dollar enterprise. One-man operations in the family basement have evolved into complicated networks of hackers, distributors, web designers and network operators – many working for hire on a single job basis. Like any high yield black-market endeavour, spamming has attracted organized crime worldwide...
June 29th, 2010 by Blink 7
Importing and Exporting Large WordPress Blogs
WordPress created the import and export admin functions to make the task of moving posts, comments and categories between blogs relatively simple. No longer did one have to be a database expert to cleanly transfer content from one blog to another, while creating backups of written content became a trivial exercise with WordPress’ custom XML files. While the import and export functions work fine...
May 14th, 2009 by Blink 7
SQL for SAS Programmers – Part 1 – Extracting Data
The first part of this tutorial deals with using the PROC SQL statement to perform basic data extraction. Screenshots of the code and output are included. Readers who wish to follow along on their own systems or copy the code can download the files provided below (right click and select “save as” or “save link as”): (download) SAS Code for Tutorial Part 1 (download) SAS Data:...
April 14th, 2009 by Blink 7
SQL for SAS Programmers – Introduction
What is SQL? SQL stands for Structured Query Language and was designed for development and maintenance within a Database Management System (DBMS). A DBMS consists of one or more tables of data, typically joined in a hierarchical fashion, and a series of programs for organizing the data. Typical tasks performed with SQL code include the following: Retrieve (or query) data from one or more data tables ...
April 12th, 2009 by Blink 7
Setting up Email for Bell Sympatico’s new SMTP Server
Identifying the Problem Mozilla Thunderbird, Microsoft Outlook or another email client gives frequent errors when trying to send mail through Bell Sympatico’s SMTP server. For Thunderbird users, the error message reads as follows: Sending of message failed. An error occurred sending mail: unable to connect to SMTP server smtphm.sympatico.ca via STARTTLS since it doesn’t offer STARTTLS in EHLO...
January 31st, 2009 by Blink 7
Cuil Runnings Part 2
Part 1 of Cuil Runnings described the self-proclaimed Google-beating search engine and summarized industry’s initial response after launch. Their reception was … frosty, to say the least. Was the response justified? Several tests were performed using common search types to determine whether Cuil is fit to replace Google on discerning desktops. Test 1: Music Group For engineers, these ex-Googlers...
July 28th, 2008 by Blink 7
Cuil Runnings Part 1
Cuil (pronounced “cool”) is the creation of Google alumni Anna Patterson, who is working in conjunction with her husband (former IBM employee Tom Costello) and two other ex Google engineers. Patterson’s last major search engine effort was purchased by the mighty Google in 2004. Costello’s previous efforts include a 1990’s search engine called Xift and IBM’s WebFountain technology. Monier...
July 28th, 2008 by Blink 7
Amiga Demos 102: Desert Dream
Who are the Demo Writers? The typical demogroup consists of coders, musicians and graphics artists (sometimes referred to as graphicians). Some prominent scene figures (e.g. Laxity/Kefrens) perform multiple roles. Many legendary demogroups, like Razor 1911 and Fairlight, have roots in software piracy. In fact, the demo scene itself evolved out of the game piracy scene, where cracking groups tagged...
June 2nd, 2008 by Blink 7
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