Trimming Video with VLC on Mac

source: http://www.useyourmac.com/howto/vlc-trim-video.html

Preferences

With your video stopped, go to the Preferences of the application that is under the VLC Menu.



Choose the Input/Codecs Tab. There, Under 'Record Directory' you have to declare where on your disc the files will be saved. Hit 'Browse...' and go to the place you choose. You can even create a new directory (folder) right within the dialog box.

Once you have your Preference fixed, hit 'Save' and close the Preferences window. It stays there forever, exept if you decide to change it. So, you won't have to do this every next time.


Restart playing your video, till you'll reach the beginning of the the part you want to keep. If this is far from the spot the cursor is at this moment, you can slide the PlayHead into the right position. You can slide it back and forth, to the exact point.



Stop the playback (spacebar).
Get Ready to Record

Next, you have to explain to VLC that you want it to record a portion of your video. Roll down the Playback Menu. In there, click to select 'Record'. With this checked, all the playback will be re-recorded on disk.


Restart playing the video and let it run to the end of the section, then stop it.
The new video is saved onto your disk.

There is no quality loss since VLC will copy exactly what it reads from the video file. It will save it in the same file format as the original.

You will find your new video in the folder you have previously chosen. VLC names it after the original and stamps it with the time being created. Your original stays behind untouched.

Downloading Files from Onshape

Right click on the file tabs, and you can download in format of your choice.


source: https://cad.onshape.com/help/Content/exporting-files.htm

Trello Shortcut Key

Enter the question mark key in the webapp to bring up a cheat sheet of shortcuts.

source: https://trello.com/shortcuts

Horizontal Scrolling on Web Pages

Hold Shift to Scroll Horizontally on Wide Web Pages. Chrome: Nobody likes horizontal scrolling. Unless you have a mouse with two scroll wheels, there's no quick way to do it. Or so we all thought, until we discovered the Shift+Scroll shortcut.

source: http://lifehacker.com/hold-shift-to-scroll-horizontally-on-wide-web-pages-1456725375

Microsoft Surface Function Key Lock

Press “Fn” + “Caps” keys simultaneously to set the lock and remove the lock.

source: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/toml/2013/10/30/surface-pro-and-function-fn-key-lock/

Photos: format your camera rather than deleting individual images - computer systems and deleting directory pointers vs memory chunks

Let’s pretend for a moment that your memory card has a shelf-life of 1,000 uses. Let’s say that you go out and take 500 photos, that’s 500 uses on your memory card. You then upload the photos to your computer, and then individually delete each photo using the delete button on your camera. Deleting each photo individually counts as another 500 uses on your card. So in all, you’ve just spent 1,000 uses of your memory card, leaving you with no uses left on that card. Now, let’s pretend that you’ve uploaded your 500 photos, but instead of deleting them with your delete button, you use your camera’s Format function. Formatting works in a different way than deleting, and only deletes the directory files rather than the images themselves. This then allows the images to be overwritten the next time you take a picture. Because of this, formatting only counts as ONE use of your memory card, regardless of how many photos you’re deleting. So, in the scenario above, you’d have used only 501 of your memory card’s uses, as opposed to 1,000 with deleting manually. Certainly, memory cards available today will be able to handle far more than 1,000 uses, but the illustration still rings true – formatting your card causes less wear and tear on your memory card than other ways of deleting images. Additionally, because formatting only deletes the directory file instead of the images themselves, images on a card that has been formatted are typically much easier to recover (if needed) than those that are deleted manually, assuming that you did not overwrite them by taking more photos. Not a bad trick to have up your sleeve in case of emergencies, am I right?


source: http://digital-photography-school.com/the-best-way-to-delete-photos-from-your-memory-card/

Powerpoint: simultaneously play two videos automatically

Setting video to play "Automatically" in the ribbon sets the videos to play "After previous" by default( ie one after the other.)
Open the Animation pane from ANIMATION tab and set both to "With previous" see if that helps.

source: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_2010-powerpoint/powerpoint-how-can-i-automatically-play-two-video/eb19132f-2f49-48ae-94f6-59c1be8460b2?auth=1

Store Git Credentials

git config credential.helper 'store [options]'

source: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-credential-store