• This video website business is quite confusing for a non-tech head! I just noticed that my videos are having to completely download before they start playing. Well, I’ve solved the problem.

    How To Make Your Video Downloads Start Playing Immediately:

    I’d rejigged my output to use h.264 mp4 video. Unfortunately Quicktime puts the indexing info at the end of the video so you have to wait ’til it’s all in the player before it knows what to do. The solution is really simple and free.

    Get the Adobe AIR application called QTIndexSwapper that I found on Renaun Erickson’s blog. It is free to download and it is very easy to use. You just browse for the MP4 file you want and within seconds,produces a wonderful a new file that does the job! Good luck with your videos and if you have no idea what I’m talking about, then relax in the knowledge that you live a much simpler and far less hassled life than me!

  • I know, they are really creepy, what with those dead, soulless eyes and, “couldn’t care who I eat,” attitude. Anyway, various people have asked for me to show how to draw sharks, so here’s the video. Enjoy-y-y-y-argh!

  • I’ve always used Apple Macs. I look after four windows machines for the family and don’t understand why anyone would want to use one!

    I hadn’t realised how old my computer is. I’ve been working away with it for about four years now. I have upgraded and upgraded it over the years. When I recently upgraded to Snow Leopard, everything started to go a bit funny. Then yesterday, I saw an article that said, “Snow Leopard requires more memory than Leopard.” So, I got onto crucial.co.uk and ordered up more memory which, amazingly, arrived this morning.

    I popped it in my machine and – low and behold – it’s running really sweetly! Maybe I’ll get a bit more service out of the old girl yet. I drool over the new big iMacs, but I can’t really justify the expense. So, if your mac, or your PC for that matter, is slow and sluggish, treat it to a new chunk of memory. You may be pleasantly surprised!