Monthly Archives: April 2013

Burning MPEG4 to DVD From Linux

(TODO: Find out how to get aspect ratio correct.) Sometimes you want to turn an MPEG4 (or anything else you might have) from, say, your digital camcorder into a DVD that is playable on a standard DVD player. It’s not quite as simple as it should be, but it is a mechanical sequence. First we… Read More »

The Truel

Three men insult each other’s honour. They decide to settle the matter like gentleman: pistols. The pistols are single shot; and each man gets one shot. The problem is that there are three of them, not two, so this is a truel not a duel. Their respective skills with a pistol are not equal; Mr… Read More »