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Convert Video to GIF or AVI to GIF

August 17th, 2008

Have you ever wondered how to convert a video to gif in a matter of seconds? No, you dont have to download any software at all. I have been able to find two free online video to gif converters which do the job just fine. You can convert avi to gif, wmv to gif, asf to gif, 3gp to gif, flv to gif, mpg to gif, and more! You can use this service to make avatars for forums in a matter of seconds.

The first site is called gifninja. You can use it to convert your video to gif or your avi to gif. It has a limitation though that it will only convert the first 4 seconds of your video to gif only. If your video is greater then 4 seconds, you should look at this tutorial to help you crop your video down to 4 seconds. » Read more: Convert Video to GIF or AVI to GIF

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Tags: animated gif avi to gif converter gif video to gif

Acess Veoh and Watch Veoh Videos even if your Country is Blocked

July 20th, 2008

Veoh Blocked in Pakistan

Although it is kind of an old story, but you must have heard the censorship that Veoh has placed on some countries. They have banned a number of people in some specific countries from accessing Veoh and watching videos. So if you are one of those unlucky people in a blocked country, you cannot access veoh. I too, am one of those unlucky ones as Pakistan is one of the countries to be blocked by veoh. I feel this is harsh behaviour from veoh to censor internet for users in the blocked countries. Internet should not be like this.

Anyways, I am about to help all of you people who have veoh blocked as I will help you to access veoh videos again. » Read more: Acess Veoh and Watch Veoh Videos even if your Country is Blocked

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Orkut Themes – Download now

July 4th, 2008

A lot of you people must use orkut and must be wondering how to change the default boring orkut theme. Well, your search is over. I have personally made 20 brand new orkut themes that you wont find anywhere else on the net. Everything from NBA to Cricket to Firefox !
» Read more: Orkut Themes – Download now

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Tags: download orkut theme orkut orkut theme orkut themes themes

Convert your images into ASCII Code

July 3rd, 2008

While reading other technology blogs today, I stumbled across a nice post on TechPavan. It tells us how to convert any image into ASCII Code easily using asciiconvert.com, an online tool. This tool can come in very handy for users that use facebook, orkut, etc. You can use these ASCII codes to send in a message to your friends. You can also think of many other places where you might be able to use it. Lets look at a sample image.

Converting Picture into ASCII Code

I will be converting the above image into ASCII code. The following are my results: » Read more: Convert your images into ASCII Code

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How to Embed High Quality Youtube Videos

June 27th, 2008

All of you folks must know about the new feature in youtube that allows you to watch some certain videos in high quality. But do you know how to embed those high quality youtube videos into your site? If not then continue reading to find out.

Its not at all complicated. You just need to add a couple of things to the code given to you by youtube. Now lets look at a sample code for embedding a youtube video:

<object width=”425″ height=”344″><param name=”movie” value=”http://www.youtube.com/v/AYxu_MQSTTY”></param><embed src=”http://www.youtube.com/v/AYxu_MQSTTY” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” width=”425″ height=”344″></embed></object>

Now all you need to do is add the following to the end of the video URL wherever it appears

&ap=%2526fmt%3D18

So if you did add the code correctly, your code will look like this:

<object width=”425″ height=”344″><param name=”movie” value=”http://www.youtube.com/v/AYxu_MQSTTY&ap=%2526fmt%3D18″></param><embed src=”http://www.youtube.com/v/AYxu_MQSTTY&ap=%2526fmt%3D18″ type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” width=”425″ height=”344″></embed></object>

And your done!
Just remember though that this will work with only those videos that are available in high resolution on youtube. So do check to see if they are available in high quality before applying this alteration to the code.