Sean Smith
Digital Media Web Developer
Google Chrome Officially Adds Webcam and Microphone Support
09 months ago
The recently released version of Chrome (version 21) has officially added webcam and microphone support through the availability of a new JavaScript method called getUserMedia(). The idea is that your JavaScript code requests access to a user’s webcam and/or microphone. Google Chrome will prompt [...]
ColdFusion: How do I get the byte size of a string?
01 year ago
I’m sure just about everybody who’s at least a little bit familiar with ColdFusion knows about the Len() function to get the character length of a string. What if you want to get the byte length or byte size of a string, though? There appears to be no built in method to do such a thing. I’ve seen [...]
Cool iPhone App Takes 360 Degree Panoramas
02 years ago
Last week I discovered a cool new app for the iPhone that lets you take 360 degree panoramas by automatically snapping photos as you aim the camera and then stitching them together. The app is called Photosynth and it was made, ironically, by Microsoft. While it is certainly far from perfect, the [...]
Changing Your Windows Live ID E-mail? Be Absolutely Sure it’s Right
02 years ago
Every time I think Microsoft has cornered the market on frustrating technical issues and stupid policies, I find out something new that again puts them over the top. I recently changed my e-mail address a few months ago because, after many blissful years of receiving absolutely no spam whatsoever, [...]
Strange Issue With Netflix iPhone App and DD-WRT
02 years ago
by Sean
in Technology
If anybody out there is using a newer build of the DD-WRT firmware with their router and has been having issues streaming Netflix movies from the iPhone app over WiFi, I have also stumbled across the reason and the solution for this problem. After updating my router to the “recommended” build of [...]
AT&T U-verse 2wire Router and WRT54GL with DD-WRT Problems
22 years ago
I recently moved into my first home about eight months ago and had to choose between Comcast or AT&T for television and internet. You could say I was fortunate to move to an area that has a little bit of competition because for the first time the AT&T U-verse service was available to me. [...]
The iPhone 4
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It’s been awhile since I’ve posted about anything but life has been keeping me busy as of late. So, while my iPhone 3G spends a seemingly endless amount of time backing up, I thought I’d take the time to post about some recent events in the Apple universe… namely the announcement of the fourth [...]
iPhone OS 4.0 Announced
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Apple held a special event for the tech media last Thursday during which they announced (most) of the new features that are to be included in the next version of the iPhone operating system, iPhone OS 4.0. Multitasking, or at least some form of it, is finally going to be included in this release [...]
Flex for Free: Setting Up the Flex 4 SDK with Eclipse IDE
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I recently wrote about Adobe’s release of Flash Builder 4, ColdFusion Builder and the free Flex 4 SDK. While Flex Builder is a great IDE, as I’m sure are Flash Builder and ColdFusion Builder, most independent developers cannot afford the licenses that can cost hundreds of dollars. What is an [...]
Flash Builder 4, ColdFusion Builder, Flex 4 SDK Released
03 years ago
It appears that Adobe has released the final versions of Flash Builder 4, ColdFusion Builder, and the free Flex 4 SDK. Use the links below to navigate to the respective product pages. A great learning resource to use if you’re new to Flex is the Adobe Flex DevNet. I wonder if this is a sign of an [...]