Kokul’s World

Just a few months ago, I would have been championing XviD as my favourite format to encode and view videos in. Why? Because it produced small file sizes with minimum loss of quality. However now I am championing a new codec as my favourite and that is the H264. Like XviD, it is cross-platform compliant.  However it does many things better than XviD and DivX codecs do.

H264 often compresses into the same or smaller file size than XviD or DivX with far less loss in quality. This means that H264 has far better quality. The difference is amazing. There are… Continue reading

The TTC (Toronto Transit Commission) is the Greater Toronto Area’s public transit system. It is a disappointing transit system in my eyes and here is a list of reasons why:

• Unreliable service
  What I mean about this is that the bus doesn’t come on time. In fact, quite a number of times, I’ve seen several buses in a row come after a 15 minute delay. Not to mention the countless breakdowns of buses and subway cars that I have encountered. No matter how early I seem to leave, the TTC finds a way to make me late. Seriously guys, throw in some