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Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Patapsco Valley State Park

May 10, 2016Hiking, Maryland, National Parks, Nature, Travel, video No comments

Patapsco Valley State Park located in Maryland is a wonderful place for hiking.
The video below covers the portion of the Avalon and the Orange Grove area which includes the wonderful Swinging bridge.

Hail Storm in Virginia

May 02, 2016Nature, video, Virginia, Virginia Weather, Weather No comments

There was a sudden hail storm today at many areas in Virginia.
Video captured from my apartment at McLean, Virginia.

VIDEO: Cherry Blossom at Washington DC 2016

April 18, 2016Cherry Blossom, Nature, Travel, video, Washington DC No comments

The blooming of the cherry trees around the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C. signal Washington's beginning of spring. The famous trees were a gift of Japan in 1912.

Watch this year's Bloom in the video below:

Niagara Falls - A view from the Maid of the Mist

February 18, 2016Nature, Travel, video, Waterfalls No comments

The Niagara falls is stunning when viewed from the Maid of the Mist.

The Maid of the Mist is a boat tour of Niagara Falls, New York, USA. The actual boats used are also named Maid of the Mist, followed by a different Roman numeral in each case. The boat starts off at a calm part of the Niagara River, near the Rainbow Bridge, and takes its passengers past the American and Bridal Veil Falls, then into the dense mist of spray inside the curve of the Horseshoe Falls, also known as the Canadian Falls.

Watch a short video of the boat trip here:

How to restrict text wrapping around the image in HTML

February 08, 2016HTML, HTML tips, Technical No comments

There might be situations where we need not want the text to wrap around or appear to the left or right of an image.

See the example below:

Add the code"<br clear="left" />" after the image to solve this issue. See below:

Capturing video with internal audio using QuickTime Player in Mac

February 07, 2016Capture video and audio, Capture video in mac, QuickTime player, sound flower, Technical No comments

QuickTime Player in Mac has the provision to record screen. However it does not capture system audio since only the audio from the microphone is captured.

Sound Flower helps in capturing the System audio along with the video:

Step 1:
Install Sound Flower from the link below:
https://code.google.com/archive/p/soundflower/downloads

Step2:
Go to Settings --> Sound. Change the settings as below:

Step 3:
Go to Quick Time player and select New Screen Recording. Make sure the selection is proper:

Select the portion you want to record and hit "Start Recording".

Note that you won't be able to hear system audio while using Soundflower as a QT input--the audio that was going to your speakers is now going into QT instead. When you finish your recording, go back to System Preferences > Sound > Output to route the audio back to Internal Speakers or your usual default audio output.