The other day when I needed to convert some wmv videos into flv videos, I promptly googled for some FLV converters and downloaded a couple of them. In a matter of minutes I was able to install and attempt to convert the video files.

Unfortunately neither of them worked on my Vista Business. Both threw exceptions and failed miserably. The last thing I needed was to find fixes for a pair broken software.

Fortunately it was a case of Youtube to the rescue! I had known that one could download FLV videos from Youtube so I proceeded to use the same trick. Using my account I uploaded the wmv videos, setting broadcast to private mode to prevent public viewing (just yet). Once uploaded I just used Firefox Flashgot add-on to download them.Easy huh!

Youtube as an FLV converter application: free, no downloads, far more reliable, fast and processing remotely hence no stress to your local machine. Brilliant!

Sometime ago, I watched a series of animated short films on ABC Asia Pacific, titled Human Contraptions. It took a satirical view of issues such as law, sex and art amongst other aspects of the society. I found Andrew Denton's narrations in the films to be just as witty as the old Andrew I knew before he started doing Enough Rope.

The other day I found this little video on youtube which can be compared to the Human Contraptions series. Similar blend of satire minus the witty Andrew Denton narration.

Do share links to Human Contraption videos if you find them.