http://dreamingwell.com/articles/ en-us 2008-08-03T22:22:21-06:00 http://dreamingwell.com/articles/archives/2008/08/transcoding_myt_1.php MythTV has a builtin UPnP server that can serve recorded shows to the PS3's UPnP client. However, the format that MythTV records may not be directly compatible with the PS3s video client. I use the following user job in MythTV... MythTV wildag 2008-08-03T22:22:21-06:00 http://dreamingwell.com/articles/archives/2008/07/introducing_ria.php RIAStats.com collects statistics about Rich Internet Application browser plugin deployments and provides the results publicly. The site uses a small javascript, much like Google Analytics, to detect the presence and version of RIA plugins. Like google analytics, any web site... Flex wildag 2008-07-24T10:33:38-06:00 http://dreamingwell.com/articles/archives/2008/06/displaying_a_sh.php Using some of my previously covered material, I have created a Flex appication that displays Shapefile (.shp) polygons on a map. This demo includes three different shapefiles that give some information about Brazos County, TX. You'll notice that you can... Flex wildag 2008-06-18T16:33:42-06:00 http://dreamingwell.com/articles/archives/2008/06/google_socialgr.php Just for fun, I've created a Google SocialGraph Explorer application in Flex. Google's web spider picks up XFN and FOAF information. The Google SocialGraph API makes that data available through a JSON API. Running Demo Source Code This application makes... Flex wildag 2008-06-13T13:44:44-06:00 http://dreamingwell.com/articles/archives/2008/06/modestmap_examp.php The following was created as an example ModestMaps implementation in Adobe Air. This application shows the basic functionality of Modest Maps. You will need both of the following projects. The ModestMap Library is a checkout from the ModestMap SVN ModestMapAir... Flex wildag 2008-06-08T00:49:12-06:00 http://dreamingwell.com/articles/archives/2008/06/available_mappi.php Last week I gave a short presentation on available Flex mapping solutions to the DC Area Flex Users Group. We covered Yahoo Maps, ILOG Elixir, and ModestMaps. Below you'll find links to the slides I used during that presentation, in... Flex wildag 2008-06-07T15:18:02-06:00 http://dreamingwell.com/articles/archives/2008/05/understanding_m.php Thanks go to Danny of TheGoldHold.com for a bunch of this information! In ActionScript, there is no method to manually completely remove an object from memory. That task is soley the responsibility of the Flash Player's garbage collector (GC). The... Flex wildag 2008-05-07T13:59:07-06:00 http://dreamingwell.com/articles/archives/2008/05/horizontal_scro_1.php Out of the box, horizontal scrolling in datagrids with many columns is not smooth; especially if your view has many visible rows. A cheap and easy way around this is to disable "liveScrolling". Without liveScrolling, the datagrid will not redraw... Flex wildag 2008-05-01T12:51:10-06:00 http://dreamingwell.com/articles/archives/2008/04/flex_3_map_with_1.php ModestMaps is a BSD licensed project that enables Flex developers to create unique and robust mapping solutions. ModestMaps has the ability to use map tiles from almost any source; with built-in support for Google, MSN and Yahoo map tiles. View... Flex wildag 2008-04-28T09:42:02-06:00 http://dreamingwell.com/articles/archives/2006/04/rich_html_edito.php Dojo is a javascript tool kit that includes a RichText Editor . I have enhanced this tool to save the contents directly to the server. View the Demo... Javascript wildag 2006-04-13T22:08:33-06:00 http://dreamingwell.com/articles/archives/2006/04/morhping_tabula.php I have spent the last few days developing a "fluid user interface element" I call the "morphing tabular list". Many of the sites I develop use table structures to present information; one item per row. The biggest caveat is... Javascript wildag 2006-04-12T16:48:24-06:00 http://dreamingwell.com/articles/archives/2006/04/hp_officejet_42.php HPJIS provides drivers for printing to the HP OfficeJet line of printers. The OSX Install provides USB and Airport compatible functionality. These are the steps I used to make my OSX Tiger machine print to my HP OfficeJet 4215. -... Apple wildag 2006-04-11T20:14:06-06:00 http://dreamingwell.com/articles/archives/2005/10/serial_to_the_g_1.php I was having quite a time simply connecting to the bluetooth serial port of the gumstix from my mac. I was recieving a message that the rfcomm connection had been refused (even after pairing, with the gumstix). It seems that... Gumstix wildag 2005-10-31T20:41:42-06:00 http://dreamingwell.com/articles/archives/2005/10/gumstix_project.php I've recently ordered a Gumstix Connex. I'll be using this to continue my education in microcontrollers, open source development, and new diciplines. You'll see some of my simple notes here from time to time.... Gumstix wildag 2005-10-31T20:36:02-06:00 http://dreamingwell.com/articles/archives/2005/02/ssh_passkey.php Here is a nifty trick to pair an ssh client and server. Using this technique, you'll be able to SSH from one computer to another without a password. Always use common sense when by passing authentications schemes. This particular technique... wildag 2005-02-21T23:36:24-06:00