Found this tutorial on youtube how to’s, embedding Flash and HTML5

How To Embed YouTube Videos In HTML5 And Flash Mode – SoftSailor.

The YouTube video website contains millions of videos and most of them are being embedded to other websites with the Flash videotechnology. This is a great feature of Youtube videos and considering that all theweb browsers contain theAdobe Flash Player plug-in installed and so you are able of watching the embedded Youtube videos without any problems. But, when you’re using your mobile’s web browser the things change, because of the fact that mobile web browsers aren’t capable of understanding the Flash technology. Still, some newer mobile phones received support for HTML5, which is a technology which offers support for playing embedded Youtube videos by using the element, which makes all videos supported on the

mobile phones.

How To Embed Youtube Videos In An IFRAME

If you want your website to be used by both types of web browsers, mobile and desktop-based editions, then you need to embed videos on both Flash and HTML5 formats, and by doing this the PC users can view the Flash video and the mobile users can view th HTML5 video. So, the videos based on the IFRAME embedding code will automatically display FLASH or HTML5 video player, depending on what kind of web browser you’re using. This is done because the IFRAME automatically knows what type of browser or OS that you use and so it will use the HTML5 embedding code for mobile web browsers and the FLASH embedding code will be used for computers.

How to Embed YouTube Videos in both HTML5 and Flash Versions

Despite the fact the all the YouTube videos contain support for IFRAME video embedding code, the embed code needs to be written by you manually. In the near future the IFRAME format will be the default video embedding format used for YouTube, because it supports Flash and HRML5 video embedding formats.

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Just got one of these, check it out:

16 GB SDHC Class 6 Flash Memory Card

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Ignite Salt Lake

Looking for something to do in November? Well on Thursday November 13th you could be a part of the first ever Ignite Salt Lake event. What’s Ignite? Well you can visit http://ignite.oreilly.com to check it out but the basic idea is:

If you had five minutes on stage what would you say? What if you only got 20 slides and they rotated automatically after 15 seconds?

The event is free and will be held at the old downtown library (now The Leonardo Science Center).

For more info visit:
http://www.ignitesaltlake.com

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Check out this ColdFusion Submit Form Validation article by Michael Evangelista on the CMX site.

This *free* CMX article shows you how to build a simple form that
submits itself and sends an email with ColdFusion
http://www.communitymx.com/abstract.cfm?cid=7F9DB

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Today I had a pointless chat with the online help folks of a hosting company. I wanted to find out why my connection to a MySQL database using MySQL Administrator wasn’t working. As you can see I would’ve been better off just trying to figure it out on my own.

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***Waiting for an agent to respond***
*** Chat Session Opened ***
You are chatting with Support_Person.
Support_Person: Hello, Dan . You have successfully connected to your technical services operator. Please wait one moment while I verify and review your information.

Dan: Hello…
Support_Person: Hello, in order to make a backup, please use connection below:
Support_Person: mysqldump -h hostmane -u usermane -ppassword databasename > mZe.sql
Dan: uhhh, what?
Support_Person: It is connection string that creates backup of database
Support_Person: But I suggest you to use special software MyqlYOG
Support_Person: It is easy client that allows you to make backups and restore databases from that backups
Dan: so I can’t use MySQL Administrator?
Support_Person: Generally, you can use any tool, but unfortunately, we do not provide support for third party software, like MySQL Administrator
Dan: well it has always worked in the past and now it says that was an error connecting. so, is there any other way to make a back-up other than a dump?
Support_Person: No. it is the only way
Dan: I’ve tried to use phpmyadmin and then restore the file and it says that there is an error in the file
Support_Person: What is the size of your file?
Dan: about 5 and a half mb
Support_Person: That’s why you’ve got that error, phpmyadmin allows you to upload files less then 2Mb
Support_Person: So I suggest you to use MyqlYOG, it does not have size limitation
Dan: yeah but it costs money for the full version
Dan: ok here is the error I see when I try using MySQL Administrator: Access denied; you need the SHOW DATABASES privilege for this operation
Dan: can you give me those privileges?
Support_Person: No, unfortunately this option is protected on our system due to security reasons
Dan: so basically I cannot make a backup or restore my database…
Dan: this is unaccetpable
Support_Person: You can, but via another tools, it seems your MySQL Administrator tool are not able to make a backup without this option
Dan: but this tool costs money…when in the past the free tool from MySql has always worked
Dan: why now are you forcing me to pay for something that was working in the past?
Support_Person: It seems the size of your backups were less then 2 Mb
Dan: wrong
Dan: I need this to happen today
Dan: can I talk with your manager?
Dan: can we allow the privlege for just a few minutes so I can do a backup?
Support_Person: Unfortunately, it is not possible
Dan: thats not an option
Dan: you’re telling me that something you offered before was possible and now it has changed
Dan: I need this to happen
Support_Person: I apologize, it is a sql command that is protected on our server
Dan: its a simple SHOW DATABASES setting
Dan: can you ask your manager for me?
Support_Person: Unfortunately, it is not simple settings, we are using shared hosting structure, so this command will allow you to have access to all databases of all our clients
Support_Person: Unfortunately, it is not possible
Dan: well then the way you have it set up with usernames isn’t correctly configured
Dan: if you had it setup by usernames…I should be able to see all of my databases
Dan: and not everyone else’s
Support_Person: I apologize, but unfortunately, we can not enable this command for your domain due to security reasons
Dan: unacceptable
Dan: please consider changing your Mysql security structure as it is incorrectly configured
Support_Person: Dan, I apologize, but our structure can not be changed by your request
Dan: please be advised that it is flawed
Support_Person: Ok, Dan, we will take your opinion into our consideration
Dan: thanks
Support_Person: Is there anything else you would like me to help you with today?
Dan: nope…just have a nice day!

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The good times are over.

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Adobe MAX – Registration Now Open! Register now for MAX North America.

Join us at MAX 2008, the annual Adobe event, to connect with thousands of Adobe users, experts, and staff for four days of education and inspiration. Learn cutting-edge skills, explore emerging technologies, build valuable relationships, and ignite bold new ideas. This year’s program features a diverse schedule of sessions and labs, unique networking and social events, and presentations by industry luminaries. November 16 – 19 in San Francisco, CA. Learn more at www.max.adobe.com.

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Just came across this Flash site by Kiddi called “Eye-Project”. The Eye Project is insanely amazing. They’ve taken users’ photos and made a cool thingy: http://eye.kddi.com/content.html

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http://www.photoshop.com/express

Today announced Adobe Photoshop Express public beta, a free Rich Internet Application (RIA) available to anyone who wants to store, sort and show off digital photos with eye-catching effects. During the public beta period, Adobe will solicit Photoshop Express user feedback on product features and functionality, which will continue to evolve over time. As the newest addition to the Photoshop family line, Photoshop Express has taken much of Adobe’s best image editing technology and made it simple and accessible to a new online audience. Photoshop Express allows users to store up to 2 gigabytes of images online for free, make edits to their photos, and share them online in creative ways, including downloading and uploading photos from popular social networking sites like Facebook.

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Flex 3 dude? You’ll need this book:

Flex 3 Cookbook: Code-Recipes, Tips and Tricks for RIA Developers (Cookbook) (Paperback)
by Joshua Noble (Author), Todd Anderson (Author)

 Amazon Says:

Book Description
The best way to show off a powerful new technology is to demonstrate real-world results with it, and that’s exactly what Adobe and O’Reilly have done with Flex 3.

Through it’s Flex Cookbook website, Adobe invited users of the Flex 3 beta to post their own solutions for working with this technology, using O’Reilly’s popular problem-solution-discussion format. Website monitors (and authors) Joshua Noble and Todd Anderson chose the most useful solutions for Flex 3 Cookbook.

This highly practical book contains more than 200 proven recipes for developing interactive Rich Internet Applications and Web 2.0 sites, including several contributed by Noble, Anderson, and other Flex experts. You’ll find everything from Flex basics and working with menus and controls, to methods for compiling, deploying, and configuring Flex applications.

Each recipe features a discussion of how and why it works, and many of them offer sample code that you can put to use immediately. Topics include:

• Menus and controls
• Containers and dialogues
• Working with Text
• List, tiles, trees, and repeaters
• DataGrid and Advanced DataGrid
• Renderers
• Images, videos, and sounds
• CSS and skinning
• Building components
• States and effects
• Collections, arrays, and DataProviders
• DataBinding
• Validation/formatters
• Charting and data visualization
• State management, SharedObjects and LocalConnection
• Working with services and ServerSide communication
• Working with XML
• Communicating with the browser
• Application development strategies
• Runtime and dynamic shared libraries and modules
• Working with Adobe AIR

Whether you’re a committed Flex developer, or still evaluating the technology, you’ll discover how to get quick results with Flex 3 using these these recipes. Now that Flex is an open source framework, the user community will continue to supply solutions to extend and improve the technology. This Cookbook offers you the cream of the crop.

About the Author
Joshua Noble is a development consultant with three years of experience in building enterprise level applications using Flex integrated with Java, Ruby, ColdFusion, and Microsoft .NET. Todd Anderson is a Senior Software Developer in the Multimedia Platforms Group at Schematic Boston, and is co-author of *Adobe AIR Instant Results: Create – Modify – Reuse*, a Wrox/Wiley title scheduled for release in spring of 2008.

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Here’s a book you need to get if you are serious about learning mastering CSS: Mastering CSS with Dreamweaver CS3 by Stephanie Sullivan and Greg Rewis.

Co-author Greg Rewis, blogs about the book here.

Amazon says:

Book Description
In Mastering CSS with Dreamweaver CS3, authors Stephanie Sullivan and Greg Rewis demonstrate how to use Dreamweaver CS3 and CSS together to create highly individualized, standards-based layouts. Through hands-on projects with visuals, the book gives readers an in-depth understanding of Dreamweaver’s 32 CSS-based layouts (new in Dreamweaver CS3) and their application, enabling every user of Dreamweaver to learn CSS effectively and easily.

About the Author
Recognized as a Dreamweaver, accessibility, CSS and XHTML expert by the worldwide Web community, Stephanie Sullivan frequently presents at conferences, where her insightful, down-to-earth, and entertaining sessions garner top ratings. Stephanie’s tutorials and educational articles appear regularly on sites such as Adobe’s Developer Center. Greg Rewis is the Worldwide Senior Evangelist for Web Tools for Adobe and spends over 200 days a year on the road, talking with customers, giving product demonstrations at trade shows and seminars, speaking at industry conferences, and leading specialized advanced training sessions featuring Adobe’s Web Tools product line.

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For all you Adobe Fireworks lovers and others…here is a great article by Nathan Smith:

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/fireworks/articles/enterprise_it.html

“While Photoshop is the ultimate software for master photographers, Fireworks offers an unparalleled feature set for web designers and developers.”

Excellent read. Well done Nate.

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I found this answer here: http://tinyurl.com/yr2oxh

The Lotus Notes client provides a choice of fonts to allow Lotus Notes users to select a preferable and readable type face.This selection is made by selecting: File -> Preferences -> User Preferences -> Default Fonts.

However, this menu does not provide a means of adjusting the size of the font. This can be a problem if the Lotus Notes user selects a screen resolution greater than 1024 x 768 pixels, as the text on the screen may be difficult to read.

Luckily, a setting is available within the notes.ini parameters that allows the font size to be proportionally increased for all text fields displayed by the Lotus Notes client:

[Display_font_adjustment=n]

“n” can range from “1″ (the default size) to “25″ (an extremely large font size) and must be defined directly into the notes.ini file using a text editor (e.g., Microsoft Notepad). The parameter can be placed anywhere in this configuration file, but I like to place it right at the end.

Note: I found out in my testing of this tip that when the Microsoft Windows screen resolution was set to 1280 x 1024 pixels, a parameter value of “2″ or “3″ provided a satisfactory font size.

If you choose to use my suggestion, you would add this setting to your notes.ini parameters:

Display_font_adjustment=2

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