Archives for February 2015

Opaque Background Captions with Movie Maker

Ever tried to add a caption to a Windows Movie Maker video?

Works great with a transparent background.

But try to make one with a solid background. The native Movie Maker application does not support it.

This video demonstrates a simple trick to achieve the desired result, when it is needed.

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Web code to download a file

Need to download a file when a website user clicks on something: …a button? …a hypertext link …perhaps an image? First time I needed the code for a file download, an internet search was required. But now you don’t have to look for the solution. You see, the code needed for this action is presented in this video.

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GMT to Local Time

The time() function always returns Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Unless your in the UK, a different time reference is needed. This video provides some simple code to make the conversion. Use this code snippet again and again. Anytime you need to get the time and date…in any time-zone.

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