LG Smart TV YouTube App Hidden Gem: Device Pairing

This weekend I discovered something neat on my LG Smart TV (a 42LV5500): in the YouTube App, there’s an option to pair your mobile with the app itself. Once paired, you can use your iPhone to play a YouTube video on the TV. Now, it’s nothing like AirPlay mirroring but more a remote control feature …

Digital Family Reunions

In Singapore, it is a common practice for entire families to gather on special occasions for a formal picture, often at a studio, with the resulting image framed and prominently displayed at home. The growing tendency of younger family members to take jobs abroad, however, has left many modern portraits missing a relation or two. …

lolcommits

Takes a snapshot with your Mac’s built-in iSight/FaceTime webcam every time you git commit code, and archives a lolcat style image with it. UPDATE 2017.01.03: Jelle Vandebeeck has written down some instructions on setting this up. Since this was originally posted, lolcommits now apparently supports recording video (yielding a gif) 🙂 lolcommits →