000hLaLa!: April 2011

Friday, April 29, 2011

royal wedding & ascot ladies day

if you haven't already you need to google ascot ladies day! love it!

the brits know how to rock 'em! check out these hats from the royal wedding:

here's my contribution in light of today's funny hat obsession...

Thursday, April 28, 2011

rockstar + ibuprophen = killer workout!

oh man i hurt, but not as much as I did prior to my workout thanks to a little rockstar + ibuprophen!

beautiful to do list...

thanks to drew for introducing me to this blog!

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

add to cart: ground cover for the rock garden

we stuck w/ mother of thyme since baby tears were considered invasive...

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

words of wisdom by ken rockwell

http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/how-to-afford-anything.htm

Monday, April 25, 2011

i think i found a tatt i want...

...to cover-up my dragon tattoo! it's going to have to be a lot larger than these, but i'm liking the color combos lots!

brad's got the most gorgeous eyelashes! i'm green w/ envy so i decided i want to grow some gorgeous lashes of my own w/ the help of a little nightly ritual latisse slathering! here's what i've got so far... i'm about 2 weeks in + we're already noticing thicker, fuller lashes! can't wait until mine are like brad's! yay!

Friday, April 22, 2011

grilled burgundy lamb gyros w/ homemade tiziki + feta + fresh veggies

...and a tasty red velvet cupcake for dessert!

the boys + I take a trip to home depot

ffmpeg: "Unable to find a suitable output format for..."

bloody hell! ffmpeg hates me... i'm n00bin' around w/ ffmpeg right now + all i want to do is convert a shitty little *.flv file to *.mp4v + *.mpeg + every other possible format under the sun. i've already enabled various libs. not sure where to go from here. argh!

$ ffmpeg -i FILENAME.flv FILENAME.mp4v
FFmpeg version 0.6.1, Copyright (c) 2000-2010 the FFmpeg developers
built on Mar 28 2011 13:50:57 with gcc 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5666) (dot 3)
configuration: --prefix=/opt/local --enable-gpl --enable-postproc --enable-swscale --enable-avfilter --enable-avfilter-lavf --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libvorbis --enable-libtheora --enable-libdirac --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libfaac --enable-libfaad --enable-libxvid --enable-libx264 --enable-libvpx --enable-libspeex --enable-nonfree --mandir=/opt/local/share/man --enable-shared --enable-pthreads --disable-indevs --cc=/usr/bin/gcc-4.2 --arch=x86_64
libavutil 50.15. 1 / 50.15. 1
libavcodec 52.72. 2 / 52.72. 2
libavformat 52.64. 2 / 52.64. 2
libavdevice 52. 2. 0 / 52. 2. 0
libavfilter 1.19. 0 / 1.19. 0
libswscale 1.11. 0 / 1.11. 0
libpostproc 51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0
[flv @ 0x12180c800]Estimating duration from bitrate, this may be inaccurate

Seems stream 0 codec frame rate differs from container frame rate: 1000.00 (1000/1) -> 25.00 (25/1)
Input #0, flv, from '320x240_EdinburghCastle-3D_LowQ.flv':
Metadata:
duration : 192
starttime : 0
totalduration : 192
width : 400
height : 226
videodatarate : 258
audiodatarate : 59
totaldatarate : 325
framerate : 25
bytelength : 7801152
canseekontime : true
sourcedata : B4A7DD164MM1302532569303637
purl :
pmsg :
Duration: 00:03:11.92, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 272 kb/s
Stream #0.0: Video: flv, yuv420p, 400x226, 264 kb/s, 25 tbr, 1k tbn, 1k tbc
Stream #0.1: Audio: mp3, 22050 Hz, 2 channels, s16, 8 kb/s
Unable to find a suitable output format for 'FILENAME.mp4v'

UPDATE:

i found this awesome little tidbit on http://www.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-doc.html#SEC11:

`-target type'
Specify target file type ("vcd", "svcd", "dvd", "dv", "dv50", "pal-vcd", "ntsc-svcd", ... ). All the format options (bitrate, codecs, buffer sizes) are then set automatically. You can just type:

ffmpeg -i myfile.avi -target vcd /tmp/vcd.mpg

Nevertheless you can specify additional options as long as you know they do not conflict with the standard, as in:

ffmpeg -i myfile.avi -target vcd -bf 2 /tmp/vcd.mpg

all i had to do is specify a target and it did all the bitrate-frame-conversion-crap for me! awesome sauce!

$ ffmpeg -i FILENAME.flv -target "vcd" FILENAME.mp4v

Thursday, April 21, 2011

moss on rocks...

brad hates it, but i think it's pretty. it reminds me of moss on rocks.

bacon + turkey + garbonzo beans + honey mustard salad

bleh! not as pretty or tasty as the cobb :(

hidden garage door!

courtesy of http://www.boingboing.net/2011/04/21/victorian-houses-fac.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

slobby puppy kisses!

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

kasper narrowly missed this lil' guy

i highly recommend the bar method (redmond)!

this is where i go: http://seattle-eastside.barmethod.com/

this is what it's all about it: http://online.wsj.com/video/using-the-bar-method-for-body-sculpting/FCB18591-0A1D-4FC3-8536-7C847EF818B8.html

this is why i love it:
1) you can def feel the burn! it's intense, but not like hardcore-fitness-guru intense. it's a little more on the mellow side, which is awesome.
2) they know your name! this is good b/c when you're starting to give up they call you out in class so you feel more inclined to try harder.
3) they correct you so you get the maximum workout w/out hurting yourself! it's great b/c it feels like you've got a personal trainer when they come spot you.
4) the place is super clean and doesn't smell like armpits! i hated going to the gym b/c of that...
5) you use your own weight as weights to help you lose weight. does that make sense? i feel good about using myself as a tool to help myself... this isn't some esoteric yoga bullshit either. hard to explain, but come take a class + you'll see what i mean.

i would love to take some before + after pictures to track my progress, but i'm not that brave. hopefully, i don't end up losing interest after a month. cross your fingys!