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Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Flash: Web_Development: Flash Component - Content Management System
The fCMS is a Flash CMS component (Flash Content Management System) that allows you to update text, images and SWFs directly on a live Flash website without ever leaving your browser window. The website developer or their client has no need for a separate administration panel for managing the content of the website and all of the changes can be applied at runtime.
I have not tried the software myself, but definitely something that clients have asked for in the past.
Friday, February 24, 2006
Skype: Skype Offers New Ways to Pay
Users will be able to pay online and in cash for Net phone company's fee-based services.
Fun: The Baseball Card Blog
Really funny site. Scroll down for the author's February 16th observation of Gaylord Perry cards. Reading some of the posts takes me back to the late-80's when my friends and I were addicted to collecting cards. My friend Tim became obsessed with the Pete Vuckovich 1986 Topps card. I later began collecting Ross Grimsley, Ron Robinson, and the dirt-dipping Perez brothers (Pascual and Melido). My book became an intriguing combination of strange faces and bad hair. I became convinced that someone at Topps had a weird sense of humor, because a handful of pictures that made it to print every year were some of the worst possible faces a player could have been making. http://baseballcardblog.blogspot.com/
Flash: RIA: Web_Development: Flash Media Server update
Adobe has updated the Flash Media Server to v.2.01. The update includes bug fixes, as well as allowing users to choose license parameters based on a set of pre-configured profiles.
http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashmediaserver/201/releasenotes.html
RIA: Web 2.0: Usability for Rich Internet Applications
Interesting article from Digital Web Magazine. The author lists some of the key features of an RIA and the challenges associated with creating an RIA. Of course, the list of features and associated challenges could be quite long, so she really just touches on the basics. However, the challenge of "Deciding How Much Richness to Add" is a big one. It's still that battle of fighting against using new technology or features just because one can. Of course, developers always love to push the envelope, but the user experience always needs to be the main objective.
Thursday, February 23, 2006
Google: Google Page Creator
Thursday, February 16, 2006
Humor: Web 2.0: Web 2.0 Facts about Chuck Norris
http://supr.c.ilio.us/blog/2006/01/22/chuck-norris-20/
Friday, February 10, 2006
Gadgets: VHS to MPEG conversion
Fun: Flash: classic arcade games
Thursday, February 09, 2006
Fun: Convert old nintendo controller into optical mouse
http://zieak.com/projects/nintendo_mouse.htm
Or convert into a card reader:
Useful: Available jobs by region
http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends.jsp
I got the link from a new blog I just found, gilgamesh.ca, when doing some Flash vs. AJAX research.
Wednesday, February 08, 2006
Google: Mobile version of a web page
Web2.0: Web 2.0 Innovation Map
http://www.fourio.com/web20map/
Google: Google Talk incorporated into Gmail
http://mail.google.com/mail/help/chat.html
Thursday, February 02, 2006
Fun: Google: Google Video Blog
Fun: Google: Google Video
Fun: Google: Google Video of the Day
http://gvod.blogspot.com/
