Jan-T. Brinkmann JTBrinkmann

Years after my parents got a divorse, my father found another woman who was a nerd and had hundreds of video games. She collected the CDs from that one gaming magazine Computer BILD Spiele. ("Spiele" = "games") That's how I became aware of the magazine. It regularly came with many small and often one full game (mostly older ones, though). Hence, I regularly got myself the magazine as I didn't have the money for 40€+ retail games

I became obsessed with those magazines. When relatives asked me what they could get me as presents, I was often lost, not knowing what to wish for

(except for that one time, at bandcamp, when ALL I wanted as a Wii) (which ofc I didn't get)

So I often casually suggested that they could get me a current edition of that magazine. As it is cheap, they usually liked that idea

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	[string] $inFilePath,
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	)

	# older PowerPoint versions don't support exporting to MP4 (e.g. 2010)
	# use WMV as fallback and if necessary convert via ffmpeg (not part of this script)
	if ([Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint.PpSaveAsFileType]::ppSaveAsMP4) {
	$outExt = "mp4"
	$outExtType = [Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint.PpSaveAsFileType]::ppSaveAsMP4

	$inputs = ls -R -F *.mp4
	$i = 0
	for ($input in $inputs) {
	Write-Progress -Activity "Converting Videos" -Status "$(++$i / $inputs.Length)% $($input.Name)" -PercentComplete $($i / $inputs.Length)
	$output = Join-Path "..\compressed" ($_ \| Resolve-Path -Relative)
	if (Test-Path $output) {
	echo "already exists: $output"
	} else {
	mkdir ($output \| Split-Path)
	ffmpeg -hide_banner -i $input -movflags faststart -r 25 -vf scale=-1:720 -tune stillimage $output

	<!DOCTYPE html>

	<style>
	* {
	box-sizing: border-box;
	}

	html,
	body {
	margin: 0;

	# extra commandline utils
	scoop install imagemagick python python2 bat caddy cmder dos2unix ffmpeg jq php sed

	# extra GUI apps
	scoop install jetbrains-toolbox gitkraken gimp atom sharex vlc autohotkey

	# manually install whatever you need (e.g. Android Studio, IntelliJ, PHP-Storm)
	jetbrains-toolbox

	# install more programs using Chocolatey

	toast() {
	powershell.exe -NoProfile -C "if (Get-Module -ListAvailable -Name BurntToast) { toast -t \"$\" } else { echo 'Please run \`Install-Module -Name BurntToast\` in a Powershell as administrator'; echo \"$\" }"
	}
	toast_title_body() {
	toast $1\", \"$2
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	#user-friends .image {
	display: none;
	}

	#user-friends .list .row {
	width: 180px !important;
	height: 40px;
	clear: both;
	display: inline-block;
	float: none;

	.post > tbody {
	display: flex;
	flex-direction: column-reverse;
	}

	.post_controls .postbit_buttons > a {
	display: inline;
	border: none;
	background: none;
	color: #999;

	== Brinkie Pie's List of Must-Have Tools (Windows) ==
	List is optimized for Win8 and above.
	My list for older versions of Windows would have the exact same tools, but also a few more to cover features that are now built-in in Windows 8 and above.

	note: since Windows 8, apps cannot make themselves default for certain filetypes anymore. Instead, you have rightclick a file of each desired type and select "open with" to make the app default. For some well configured applications, you can also use Default Programs in the settings.

	= Look'n'Feel =
	Screen Dimmer:
	- f.lux
	https://justgetflux.com/