n8 Makes Stuff

Don’t be a … glasshole!

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:39:47 -0400

Don’t be a … glasshole!

Chris Bosh Attempts to Make Computer Coding Cool With Will.I.Am...

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 11:37:00 -0500

Chris Bosh Attempts to Make Computer Coding Cool With Will.I.Am and Mark Zuckerberg

http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/2013/02/chris_bosh_attempts_to_make_co.php?ref=trending

Front-End Developer Basics

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 11:02:00 -0500

What the hell does a front-end developer do? Is it a front-end developer, front-end designer, front-end engineer or a UI/UX Developer??? Are these all the same thing? What should they know?

I have been all of these and I still am confused. So I took to the web:

A Baseline for Front-End Developers.

Skills for Front-End Developers

What does a front-end web developer do?

10 “Must-have” skills for Front-End Developers (2009)

Front-end Job Interview Questions

Thank you Google.

CSS3 Pie

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 12:02:33 -0500

CSS3 Pie:

PIE stands for Progressive Internet Explorer. It is an IE attached behavior which, when applied to an element, allows IE to recognize and display a number of CSS3 properties.

Basically it is a “fix” for IE browsers that don’t support some of the fancy new CSS3 elements.

As this was up on my browser, one of my coworkers who had tried it, immediately said “sucks”. I asked him to elaborate and he said it is half-way decent, but is not fool-proof. It doesn’t function perfectly and some things are basically ignored.

I would still use Modernizr, but I will at least give this a test try.

CSS Frameworks, preprocessors & boilerplates oh my!

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 23:31:55 -0500

CSS Frameworks, preprocessors & boilerplates oh my!:

Linking to a page of links? yup.

Animate.css

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:42:20 -0500

Animate.css:

A humungous CSS page with pretty much all the different types of CSS3 Animations possible. All you have to do is edit at will. … or “just add water”.

Closure Compiler

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:02:00 -0500

Closure Compiler:

A tool for making JavaScript download and run faster. It is a true compiler for JavaScript. Instead of compiling from a source language to machine code, it compiles from JavaScript to better JavaScript. It parses your JavaScript, analyzes it, removes dead code and rewrites and minimizes what’s left. It also checks syntax, variable references, and types, and warns about common JavaScript pitfalls.

AKA it makes ugly giant code into pretty little snippets that reduces space. Awesome.

poptech: soupsoup: Attention last-minute shoppers: I’ve found...

Tue, 18 Dec 2012 14:18:08 -0500

poptech:

soupsoup:

Attention last-minute shoppers: I’ve found the top tech gifts that will set you — and the recipient — apart. Here’s my list of seven cool gifts that come from companies other than Apple.

The headquarters of the Bamboo Bike Studio (one of the featured gifts) just happens to be down the street from our offices in Camden, Maine!

Insanely cool XML driven image slider

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 20:50:42 -0500

Insanely cool XML driven image slider

Photoshop’s new “Chinese Food” tool

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:18:47 -0400

Photoshop’s new “Chinese Food” tool

Audio on your Blogs

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 14:03:06 -0400

Have you ever wanted to add a digital voicemail on your blog? A place where visitors or guest can just leave a quick audio comment or a greeting.

A few years ago, SnapVine was the place to go. People could actually phone in to your (your account had it’s own phone number!) or record from a webcam ir mic and send you message and leave it on your SnapVince account. You could easily screen the messages and also embed a player on your site!

Sadly SnapVine is no more, and I’ve now come into a use for such a service. So time to Googly Moogly!

Chirbit - Recognizes itself as the app that continued where SnapVine left off. Infact it’s like a 1000 times better. Not just recording voices, you can upload up to 120mb as well as extract from Youtube and much more. This seems like the perfect audio voicemail for any site/profile.

Approved files are not just wav and mp3 but also mobile files such as 3gp and amr. So you can record on your smartphone and then upload it later.

Speakpipe - Let’s visitors leave a message on your site, blog, WP (a slew of Social Media sites) via their webcam or computer mic. It has drops an overlay in the middle of teh screen when clicked on a trigger button. Other than on their site, I have not seen it in use, but it’s worth a try.

Those are the only 2 I found that are worth my time.

RIP SnapVine:

Before Instagram

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 12:17:50 -0400

Before Instagram

Google is coming out with a mini Chromebook. The 11.6-inch...

Thu, 18 Oct 2012 16:47:02 -0400

Google is coming out with a mini Chromebook.

The 11.6-inch Samsung Chromebook — priced at $249 and available for pre-order now from Amazon, Best Buy and other retailers — aims to be the second or third computer in your household. It runs on Chrome OS and is super slim, measuring only 0.8 inches thick and weighing 2.5 pounds.

The device packs a Samsung-made ARM Cortex-A15 processor, 2GB of RAM and 16GB of flash storage. The screen resolution is 1,366 x 768, and the computer supports 1080p video playback as well as Bluetooth 3.0. It also comes with one USB 3.0 and one USB 2.0 port, is rated at hours of battery life and includes 100GB of free cloud storage on Google Drive.

The NEW MySpace Justin Timberlake’s new venture.

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 16:58:53 -0400

The NEW MySpace

Justin Timberlake’s new venture.

Chrome & Shockwave FIX!

Thu, 13 Sep 2012 13:32:14 -0400

Chrome & Shockwave FIX!:

Shockwave constantly crashing in Chrome? You are not alone.

- Google search ‘Chrome Shockwave’ - About 9,140,000 results (0.15 seconds)

The problem is that there is an internal version of Flash within Chrome and the native Flash on your system. Platform irrelevant. The 2 Flash instances are conflicting.

This fix WILL work.

Vista/Norton Removal = No Internet

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 15:20:00 -0400

For some insane reason, after I uninstalled Norton (BOOO! HISSS!!) after the trial ended, my internet on my Vista went KAPUTSKI!

Norton is such a nag, that when the trial ends (a trial that is so intrusive I actually agreed to by accidental clicking) the only options they give you are a) RENEW (and pay) NOW or b) Remind Me Later. There is no “No I don’t want this invasive program” option.

So now when I uninstalled I no longer can connect to my wireless and even more insanely stranger I can’t connect to my CABLED connection. I literally am plugged in and no internet (only “local access”) as well some strange new “Unnamed connection” is now showing up.

Apparently a bunch of others have had this horrible craptard (it’s my word, but it fits) issue. Here are their solutions and tips.

Uninstalled norton on Vista laptop now no internet

…Internet was working fine before the uninstall, the connection is still there but I can’t browse the internet anymore.

If i click diagnose the connection problem the computer says the connection is fine but i still can’t browse the internet…

I got it to work, i missed a piece of norton when i did the add/remove programs. Once removed the other piece and rebooted i could get back on the internet.

Norton has 2 programs, I removed both of them and now things are working fine. also has to do this. Repair and Reset Windows Vista TCP/IP Winsock Catalog Corruption » My Digital Life

Apparently there is a tool on Norton that does the trick. I actually used the “Unistall Norton…” utility that was installed. I assumed that meant it I dunno .. uninstalled Norton. My bad for thinking a program does what it says.

So far through various forum searching, the solution is to either comb through the computer searching for Norton nomads and zap them and/or go to Norton’s site (on another computer) and download the fix to USB stick and try to make that work.

Will update later once I try this.

UPDATE: Use this Norton Removal Tool - It removes all that crap and immediately restores internet back after a restart!

I BOYCOTT NORTON AND SYMANTEC products from now on. Shame on ISPs such as Rogers to push it upon users.

90s kids 20 year prediction of our Internet dependance is eerily...

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 14:08:26 -0400

90s kids 20 year prediction of our Internet dependance is eerily correct!

Even More Jquery Snippets

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 15:29:47 -0400

Here’s a bunch more cool Jquery plug-ins that you can use in every day applications.

Categorized (kinda):

Content Sliders:

http://landofcoder.com/demo/jquery/lofslidernews/index3.html

http://tympanus.net/codrops/2011/09/05/slicebox-3d-image-slider/

http://www.pixedelic.com/plugins/diapo/

http://www.csslab.cl/2011/08/18/jquery-timelinr/

PDF Viewer:

http://pdfobject.com/examples/index.php

Link Previewer:

http://cssglobe.com/easiest-tooltip-and-image-preview-using-jquery/

Music Player using HTML 5:

http://tympanus.net/codrops/2012/07/12/old-school-cassette-player-with-html5-audio/

Google Map on your site:

http://gmap.nurtext.de/

Organize with shuffle animation:

http://razorjack.net/quicksand/docs-and-demos.html

Nice little wrap-up and service explanation on the various...

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 14:44:45 -0400

Nice little wrap-up and service explanation on the various Micro-Video Sharing or Twitter for video apps bustling around the interwebs these days.

Today on the Magnet Minute, Amy Schmittauer reviews some of the most popular social video apps, including Socialcam, Viddy, Keek, and Tout.

Like/Fave/Follow ... Smile, Shake and Tout?

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 16:50:00 -0400

There are a billion Social Networks for desktop or mobile… and here are 4 more.

Like most social sites pics and vids are the main focal point in these 4. I actually found out about them via this Wired article about Flickr’s engagement problems. Which is probably not gonna help since it just introduced me to 3 OTHER networks.

MlkShk - Seems to be a Tumblr clone … or Tumblr lite.

Save, Share & Discover

Easily save images from everywhere on the web. The silly ones, the sweet ones. The cool ones. The gross ones. Then share them with your friends and family.

Likelihood that I will sign up: Maybe.

500px - Is like an exclusive Flickr just for your ‘artsy’ or supremely awesome photographs. If you want ideas for wallpapers or just really amazing looking HD photos, this is the place.

Show & tell.

See beautiful shots from all over the world — then add your own. Become part of a friendly and helpful community of professionals and enthusiasts. Beginner or expert, you’re welcome here.

Likelihood that I will sign up: Most Def.

Path - Mobile app available for iPhone & Android. This is what a FB Mobile app should be like. It has pretty much everything every mobile app has ever tried (FourSquare, Instagram and FB Timeline included) but with much better privacy options.

Path is the smart journal that helps you share life with the ones you love.

Likelihood that I will sign up: Meh - Yup. So I guess maybe.

The last of the 4 didn’t come from that article. It came from the marketing barrage WWE (yes Wrestling) has dropped all over it’s media entities. In fact it has such a major role in this launch, talent meeting include how to use the app and encourages it to the point of demanding they use it.

Tout - Mobile app (iPhone & Android) that lets you record 15 second videos.

Tout is a social media platform that allows users to shoot 15-second video status updates via smartphones and webcams. Touts are shared real-time and automatically to Tout.com, Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, SMS and email contacts. Through Tout’s reply feature, users can engage in Tout conversations.

Tout is breaking new ground by combining social networking with the power of video to deliver a revolutionary, conversational experience for users, celebrities, and brands.

Celebs they have a plenty - not just pretty much the entire WWE roster, but also Shaq Diesel, (Live with) Kelly Ripa, Jeff Probst and even Ryan Seacrest. Ironically their “about us” page lists celebs and brands like ESPN and CBS but no mention of WWE or any wrestlers save for The Rock .. who is now more Hollywood than wrestling associated now.

Likelihood that I will sign up: ahem … in honor of Daniel Bryan - YES! YES! YES!