Author Archives: DaveK

The end of the Internet is near

Posted on July 28, 2010 by DaveK

Well, maybe not the end of the Internet, but the end of the IP Address space, as we know it, is near. You know, IP addresses are the 4 blocks of number separated by periods, i.e. 10.0.0.1; well, there are … Continue reading →

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Making bp-events work on BuddyPress 1.2 (with invites working)

Posted on July 23, 2010 by DaveK

There is a lot of chatter about wanting the plugin creator to update bp-events to work with Buddypress version 1.2, and so far it hasn’t happened, however, this guy has ported it for us so kindly: http://codewarrior.getpaidfrom.us/2010/04/21/buddypress-event-plugin-for-1-2/ Share This Post … Continue reading →

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My First Easy Database Data Widget

Posted on June 18, 2010 by DaveK

Just testing this new product out called Easy Database for Website – will be out soon. All this does it put a table on my site. There are more interesting widgets, such as search and filter, and form widgets, just … Continue reading →

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Test video in my WordPress

Posted on June 10, 2010 by DaveK

This let me just drop a JavaScript into my post. In other WordPress sites, I can’t do this. Is WordPress MU the difference? Share This Post On:u=http://www.koopman.me/2010/06/test-video-in-my-wordpress/&title=Test+video+in+my+WordPress” title=”Share ‘Test video in my WordPress’ on BlueDot”>

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swfobject force video when filename has missing extension

Posted on June 10, 2010 by DaveK

When a video won’t play and the video file doesn’t have valid extension, you may need to tell swfobject this is a video file. provider=video <html> <head> <title>Video Test</title> <script type=’text/javascript’ src=’swfobject.js’></script> </head> <body> <!–div id="daVideo"> <P>Alternate Text</P> </div–> <object … Continue reading →

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Hack to make vipers-video-quicktags detect iPad and use HTML5 Video Tag

Posted on May 24, 2010 by DaveK

I use this WordPress plugin, vipers-video-quicktag, in a couple sites I maintain. I use it to display FLV video. I’ve found if I create .mp4 videos with the H.262 video and AAC audio codecs, it’ll play in the Flash player, … Continue reading →

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Make a Poster JPG for each MP4

Posted on May 24, 2010 by DaveK

Nifty command to take a list of MP4 videos and make a poster JPG for each one: for i in `ls *.mp4`; do echo $i; j=`echo $i | sed -e ‘s/.mp4/.jpg/’`; echo $j; ffmpeg -i $i -r 1 -f image2 … Continue reading →

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Spirit Jailbreak for iPad

Posted on May 19, 2010 by DaveK

Download the Spirit Jailbreak here http://spiritjb.com/ run and presto, your iPad is JailBroken. First problem, the MobileTerminal app in Cydia crashes. Good workaround: I already had the iSSH app installed from App Store. I think it was $10. I installed … Continue reading →

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