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Eric Cheng

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iFi iDefender+

Eliminating hum, hiss, and noise in USB audio interfaces

If you're the type who uses a USB audio interface from your computer for listening to music, check out the iFi iDefender+ USB Audio Ground Loop Eliminator.

Fixing Thunderbolt in Windows on a MacBook Pro Running Bootcamp

I cannot believe how much of a pain it has been to get Thunderbolt devices to work properly in Windows on a MacBook Pro. After weeks of troubleshooting, I finally found a solution that seems to be working.

Large silicone headset hanger for safe, under-desk mounting

The Neetto silicone headphone hanger is the only mountable headphone hanger I've found to be large and soft enough to hold headphones without leaving compression marks. Here is a 3D-printed adapter that will let you use this mount under your desk.

Glacier in Alaska, 2007

It’s time to start using Amazon Glacier Deep Archive for backups

Let’s talk data storage and cloud backups. It’s time: I’ve started uploading backups to Amazon Glacier Deep Archive, which is about $1/TB-month. My data is categorized as “warm” and “frozen”. “Warm” data is active: it is kept on my workstation or on my primary NAS, and is backed-up to a second local NAS as frequent, ...

Facebook Wall, archive shot from December 2011

A 470-megapixel version of the Facebook Wall in 2011

In December of 2011, I went to the abandoned Facebook headquarters at 1601 S California Ave in Palo Alto, California. A guard let me in, and I set up a tripod in front of the famous wall just inside the entrance...

Re-wrapping trail cam .avi files so they can be imported into Lightroom (Python script; ffmpeg)

We have a well-used animal path in our backyard here in San Mateo, California; bobcats, deer, coyotes, raccoons, and skunks make their way past our house virtually every day. The bobcats are our favorites--each spring, they have kittens...

Encoding VR 360 and 180 immersive videos for Oculus Media Studio and sideloading into Oculus Quest and Go

If you're encoding immersive video to upload to Oculus Media Studio, you'll want to target your encodes to match the specs for Oculus Media Studio...

OC6 Talk / The 3Ds of Immersive Media: Discover, Design and Distribute

You spoke, we listened. Workflows, ingestion, and distribution for immersive-media creators have been riddled with friction over the past several years. Join the Facebook AR/VR Media team to learn about new opportunities and approaches for creation, ingestion, and distribution of your content...

Depth maps and Facebook 3D Photos from VR180 / stereoscopic 180 footage

"Automatic" 3D Photo from a VR180 clip. This simple, 8-step process shows you how do to it! 🤣