• Russian Gear

    by  • 4-Mar-2010 • 1 Comment

    While attending the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, I found out what all the fashionable fans will be wearing to Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia for the 2014 games.

    Read more →

    Pink and Green Dots

    by  • 26-Jun-2009 • 1 Comment

    Look at the following picture. Stare at the black ‘+’ in the center and you will see a moving green dot but try to follow the green dot with your eyes and it will disappear.

    Read more →

    No, that’s not me

    by  • 9-Jun-2009 • 0 Comments

    A different fellow named “William Frantz” was sentenced for negligent homicide following a DUI accident. We both happen to be from Michigan but the defendant is a 19 year old Michigan Tech student who just happens to share my name. I sympathize for the kid but the moral is clear. Drunk driving can be deadly.

    Read more →

    Difference between DivX and Xvid?

    by  • 9-Dec-2008 • 3 Comments

    First, an example, what do these things have in common? Microsoft in Redmond, WA Apple in Cupertino, CA LAME, the open source project on SourceForge Answer: all of them offer a MP3 audio encoder. Likewise… DivX Inc. in San Diego, CA Xvid Solutions in Hof, Germany XviD, the open source project on SourceForge All of [...]

    Read more →

    Convert Phone Video using FFMPEG

    by  • 19-May-2008 • 0 Comments

    I recently shot some video using the camera on my HTC Touch Cruise. I was easily able to send it as an e-mail attachment using Pocket Outlook and my GMail account. However, when the video arrived it was in an unusable format so I had to do some FFMPEG processing on it.

    Read more →

    DivX Noobs

    by  • 24-Jan-2008 • 0 Comments

    I saw this question today so I’m posting my response here for everyone. I am seeking a way to covert my dvd’s to a video file format. I am looking to use mp4 or divx… In the USA it is illegal to circumvent the copy protection found on most commercial DVDs. However, if you have [...]

    Read more →

    William Frantz Elementary School Address

    by  • 26-Dec-2007 • 4 Comments

    William Frantz Elementary School is located at 3811 North Galvez Street, New Orleans, LA 70117. While we share the same name, I’m not related to the school. Lee Harvey Oswald was born October 18, 1939. He lived on Alvar Street, across from William Frantz Elementary which he attended with his brother. Decades later, 6 year [...]

    Read more →

    Apple Teaches People

    by  • 21-Dec-2007 • 0 Comments

    By now there are a few million iPhone users compared to hundreds of million Windows Mobile phone users. Yet, in The Seven Biggest Mobile Content Stories of 2007, Fierce Mobile reported that iPhone Safari browser usage has dramatically exceeded Windows Mobile Pocket Internet Explorer. I find this astonishing. Apple overcame a 100:1 disadvantage and a [...]

    Read more →