Video to iPhone/iPod converter (free download)

Here is a free, legal (as far as they allow free use of the product, it's not shareware or commercial-ware) program to convert FLV and other video formats for use on an iPhone or video iPod.

iPhone

Okay, new update: we own iPhones now. We just couldn't resist. I really think that they are going to usher in an age of, not just portable computing, but mobile computing. Previous cell phones just don't come close to matching the iPhone's usability, which directly affects if users even want the device. That said, I wish it had built-in IM. Well, I'm also reloading my personal laptop, so I'm going to get back to that now.

iPod Shuffle

So, we now own an original iPod Shuffle (not the newer ones). Need to replace the battery as it doesn't hold a charge. We are "drinking the Apple juice" according to one of my coworkers.

Prototype, Firefox, and Iframes

If, for some reason, you are using iframes, and you try to call a parent frame's AJAX function from within that iframe, and care about Firefox compatibility, use window.setTimeout(realFunctionHere, 0) in that parent window's function. Because Firefox doesn't like iframes calling AJAX in a parent frame/window at all. Info gotten from here, I ran into this because FF stopped working for one of my AJAX handlers where I was coming from an iframe. I thought the iframe might be the culprit, and that it was an anti-XSS issue, but nothing was saying "security violation". Specifically, I was getting '0x80004005 NS_ERROR_FAILURE prototype.js :: anonymous :: line 1035' (in case anyone's Googl(e)ing this entry). Also, being as to Google is now a verb, how does the active tense work? Does it have an 'e' or not? Hmm... things to ponder.

Many IM networks in one client

For those of us who login to a bazillion IM systems (okay, 6 or so for me), WengoPhone is pretty nice. Unlike Pidgin (prev. Gaim) or Adium, WengoPhone does SIP without crashing on my machine. So I can log in to my SIP, AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo! and Jabber/Google Talk accounts all with one IM program. Which is nice, since I still have to login to Skype for work, and I'd like to keep the number of programs/windows I run to a minimum.