Doc Ott’s Life Hack Blog

No great surprise that this is finally here, an open source app that convert DVD straight to iPod compatible formats.
Handbrake was built for Mac and Linux first, a Windows version is forthcoming

How to reduce the crap that sucks life energy
This site details some simple stuff to cut you off from the things that weigh down your day, making you less productive. I know i could learn from this.

I found this short article on a website I monitor. It talkes about how your location of studying makes a big difference. When I was working on my Ph.D. thesis I spend long hours at a particular restaurant eating fries and drinking coffee. SInce that was all I ever did there, it was easy to […]

I have been watching a lot of google videos lately. They do not, however, give you a simple way to download them. Here, is the complex way:
How to Download Google Video
But it downloads it as a .flv file. If you want to convert it to another viewable file format, go to this Video Help File […]

So this is the kind of thing I would see on a Sunday morning and spend the next few hours building. It is a camp stove made out of a set of aluminum cans. It looks pretty slick and would be great for kayaking trips. Looks I need to make a trip to Home Depot.
PCTHiker.com: […]