Slidepress- A Fully Customizable, Dynamic Media Player for WordPress

Slidepress for Wordpress

Slidepress is just the latest offering from Dominey Design, a web development company in Atlanta. Their main focus- AKA obsession- is Slideshowpro- a quick and easy and versatile Flash-based slideshow application  available as a Flash Component and a standalone xml-driven swf. Plus they offer an web application called Slideshow Director- a database-driven image and video management application for installation on your won web server. Dominey's vision is vast- when you purchase any of their … [Read more...]

For Flash Users: crossdomain.xml maker, finally!

It's so simple, so brilliant, why didn't anyone think of this before? A while back and few version ago, new preacutions were added to Flash player 7: a flash movie playing inside a browser would not be allowed to access data outside the exact domain in which .swf resides. By default, .swf files can't even read from subdomains, or even parent domains if the swf is located in a subdomain. With this new security measure,  Macromedia (now Adobe) added the use of the cross domain policy file, … [Read more...]

The Tao of I.T. Al #58

[flv]http://digitalapplejuice.com/wp-content/uploads/flash/al-mad.flv[/flv]   blame madbadcat for this episode too. … [Read more...]

My top 10 free Mac utilities

I personally love free software, especially when it adds real value to my work day. In the year since I made the switch from Windows to Mac I have examined hundreds of applications, many of them free or open source, and would like to give you a list of the applications that have made their way into my every day use. This is by no means a comprehensive list, simply the top applications that I have found to be used nearly daily. In addition I'm not including utilities that ship with OS X. … [Read more...]

Ray Flash: The Ring Flash Adapter

Ray Flash, a portable ring light for your Canon or Nikon DSLR camera system Tonight I was making whipped cream for my wife’s dessert. It brought back fond memories of my mother making whipped cream, usually at Thanksgiving or Christmas, and I almost always got to lick a beater from the mixer. That was worth running from anywhere in the house – getting a beater with the thick, sweet whipped cream on it. Ah, those were the days. That is, until now. A few weeks ago I got a box in … [Read more...]

Review: Jumsoft Keynote FX Series (pt2)

iWorks Keynote by Apple is an excellent presentation application program for backgrounds and templates for text and images. The finished product (movies, reports, etc.) can be exported into QuickTime, PowerPoint, PDF, Images, Flash, HTML and iPod versions. Apple ships Keynote with thirty-six standard themes, providing the end user with a strong foundation and giving you plenty room to expand your library. Jumsoft is just one of a number of companies that supply add-ons to use in Keynote. … [Read more...]

After a week with the iPhone, what’s great, what’s not

I've had my iPhone for a little over a week now and figure it's a good time to settle in and talk about what I like and dislike about it. I have not really changed my calling habits too much as a result of having the iPhone; the way I use the phone in general is about the same as I've done in the past. Where it has changed my daily activities is in the additional stuff I can use it for outside of being a simple phone. No longer do I get stressed out about having to waste time standing in line … [Read more...]