Matt Ulman

11 1/2 years, that’s how long it took.

May you live in interesting times.

Today was a dark day for a republic that’s had a lot of dark days lately…

Alan Dershowitz, one of President Trump’s impeachment lawyers, pushed an extraordinarily expansive view of executive power during his trial on Wednesday, arguing that any action taken by the president to help his own re-election is, by definition, in the public interest.

“If the president does something that he thinks will help him get elected, in the public interest, that cannot be the kind of quid pro quo that results in impeachment,” said Mr. Dershowitz, a celebrity lawyer and constitutional law professor.

The New York Time, 01/29/20

OK, one more – until I remember better (or don’t), the album of the year was Better Oblivion Community Center…

I used to do year end lists in another lifetime.

The only thing I have to say this year is this is the best song of the year:

And yes, I know this is a song for old people about being old. But my daughter also loves it…

I think it made me use this site less, although probably not.

We’ll see I guess.

I’m probably the only one still running Gallery2, but the latest version of ffmpeg broke video sizing.

Output went from:

Stream #0.0: Video: mjpeg, yuvj422p, 320x240, 15.00 fps(r)

To:

Stream #0:1(eng): Video: h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuvj420p(pc, bt470bg/bt470bg/smpte170m), 1920x1080, 21959 kb/s, SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9, 27.15 fps, 30 tbr, 90k tbn, 180k tbc (default)

Fix is a pretty easy one, but here it is in case anyone needs it (Line 300):

- if (preg_match("/Stream.?Video:.?(\d+)x(\d+).\ +([0-9.]+) (fps|tb)./",

+ if (preg_match("/Stream.?Video:.?, (\d+)x(\d+).\ +([0-9.]+) (fps|tb)./", 

I was going to go out there and give everything I had. It’s still something I try to carry to with me to this day, just not really worry about what’s going to happen in the future, just focusing on the moment

Words to live by

We must respond, but the character of that response will determine for us and for our children the world that they will inherit. I do not dispute the president’s intent to rid the world of terrorism — but we have many means to reach that goal, and measures that spawn further acts of terror or that do not address the sources of hatred do not increase our security.

Representative Barbara Lee