links for 2006-03-10

Say someone sends you a pdf which you can view and print but not edit because it’s password protected. Say it has a typo. This hint lets you get rid of the password protection and edit the file

(tags: pdf howto mac)

Excellent plugin for iTunes which lets you use Quartz Composer files as visualisers in iTunes (via quartonian.net)

(tags: quartzcomposer iTunes plugin mac software visualmusic visualization)

80+ experimental and avant garde films and videos for free download. Includes Dziga Vertov’s famous Kino Eye which I had never actually tracked down before. (via eyecandy email list)

(tags: movies history download film art Vertov reference)