Multiple HTML5 videos in Chrome

Thu Nov 29th 2012 1 response
 

Just a quick note here. If you’re creating a custom HTML5 video player, complete with native Javascript API controls, and you’re placing multiple videos on a single page, DO NOT use the same video file for each version. Just spent the last 8 hours debugging code, swearing up and down that there was an inherent…
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HTML5 video INVALID_STATE_ERR on iPad Solution

Fri Nov 2nd 2012 2 responses
 

I’ve fought with this problem on multiple projects now, and each time found a different workaround. Now, on my third attempt to fix the INVALID_STATE_ERR I receive when attempting to update the currentTime on an HTML5 video element, I feel I’ve got it licked. My solution looks something like this… First let’s instantiate some necessary…
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Python Desktop Cleanup Utility

Wed Jan 25th 2012 No responses yet
 

I hate when my desktop gets cluttered with files. I found myself spending far too much time once a week sifting through them all and sorting them into folders that I should’ve put them in to begin with, all so my desktop could be clean, housing only a few select folders with which I interact…
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building mobile out

Wed Dec 14th 2011 1 response
 

To say something that we all already know: mobile is changing the web. Applications and APIs are now more than ever molding the way we think, use, interact, design and develop. As a developer, whether at the office or at home, when I am on the computer I am working. My browser rarely points anywhere…
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being my own client

Mon Dec 5th 2011 No responses yet
 

I love my job. I love every part of it. Working in technology means you never stop learning. There is no ceiling to hit. I could read every book and study every site’s source code and read every blog and learn every language and there will still be something that the guy next to me…
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twitter screengrabbing at news, life in general

Thu Dec 1st 2011 No responses yet
 

In lieu of sitting here explaining the nature of the person responsible for the thoughts arisen and put into this post, and in an attempt to steer clear of trying to encapsulate what is a stunning resumé into a few poorly constructed sentences, I’ll just say this. El-P said it. He’s a musician, rapper, artist,…
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the dreaded “fold” argument

Tue Nov 1st 2011 No responses yet
 

The below is an actual letter I wrote to a client while working on a site for a regional Catholic school. I found it pertinent enough to post here. Enjoy I was thinking about your concept of not having that much content below the fold, and I can’t say I completely agree with it. Yes,…
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decoding my brain

Fri Jul 22nd 2011 No responses yet
 

I remember a long time ago …okay not that long ago… when instant messaging came full force. Slowly but surely my friends hopped on the bandwagon, downloaded AOL Instant Messanger, created some horrific screen name and signed on. I watched as my buddy list grew and I would get mad when someone I knew had…
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