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Preparing a Video for FLV Playback

2.4 years ago on December 12, 2009
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adobe, flash, tutorial, video

We're going to build a custom Flash Video Player using a combination of Flash's pre-defined components and ActionScript 3 with some of our own symbols. First, we need the video to be prepped and ready to be played on the web. For this, we're going to use the FLV format, which reaches 99% of internet-enabled desktops thanks to Adobe's Flash Player. The FLV format is ideal in it's reach level and quality-weight ratio.

The Wayback Machine

2.2 years ago on March 21, 2010
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archive, top sites

So browsing the Internet, I discovered the Wayback Machine. Thanks to Internet Archive, you can see what web sites looked in their early days and see each month of progress. Mainly, let's take a look at Alexa's Top Sites worldwide on the Internet to see how each one has changed over the years. We won't be looking deeply into the purpose, but rather design and usability upgrades.

Classic Firefox Add-ons

2.4 years ago on January 3, 2010
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add-ons, browsers, firefox

I've been using Firefox since the early 2000s and still maintain a strong relationship with it. What keeps me from switching to a different browser is its massive add-ons library, it's compliance with W3C standards, and its nondiscriminatory attitude towards operating systems. Enjoy a great list of favorite, essential add-ons!

Understanding IP Addresses

2.3 years ago on January 16, 2010
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domain, ip, network, php, trace, user agent

In essence, an IP address is a numeric address of a computer network or a single computer. Public IP addresses are assigned by their respective organizations. Most computers, referred to as hosts from now on, have two to three IP addresses. Each of these have a certain meaning to other hosts it might communicate with. If you have a router, all of the information exchanged between local devices and external hosts will go through your router. A responsible Internet user makes an effort to understand how IP addresses work.

Creating a Basic Flash Video Player

2.4 years ago on December 15, 2009
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adobe, download, flash, tutorial, video

So now that we have our video we can open up Flash and start working on the player. Flash makes creating components easy with the Components and Component Inspector panels. We could write the ActionScript to generate these components from scratch or we could take advantage of these and drag and drop them to the stage.

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