I found a nifty trick while browsing /tmp this evening. By default, Linux saves a copy of every video you view on YouTube. I’ve not tested this with other video sharing sites, so I’m not sure if it works with them. Find a video you want on YouTube, wait for it to completely download, and then in your terminal, browse to /tmp. You should see a file called Flashxxxxx where xxxxx is a random string of characters. You can move this file anywhere you want and play it back in VLC. Unfortunately, it’s not an SWF, but it is an FLV; you can convert it to SWF should you choose to do so.

Xorg 1.7 fixes video lagging and choppiness. Saweeeet. Also, happy birthday to me.

Yakiniku with fried rice and carrots. Tasty.