About the video:
besttechie wrote: http://live.besttechie.net - I received an email from a viewer named EZ asking the best way to convert AVI and MPEG files to FLV so he could then embed them on his blog.
I recommend you check out either Any Video Converter or use Media-Convert.com to convert the videos to flv and then use a WordPress plugin called FLV embed to put them within your blog posts.
Any Video Converter: http://www.any-video-converter.com/products/for_video_free/