As you can tell my most recent post here was in 2013. I got too caught up with other things, like work. This blog was really just a way to play with WordPress and keep my skills sharp any way.
Today now have four other WordPress sites running. A blog where I post flash fiction (aucraford.com), My new robotics company (foltrainrobotics.com), and a few I manage for friends and relatives. I hope I can post more often.
This is a continuation of HTML5 Video – What’s the Deal?
This Epsiode – Fun With IE
I previously showed how to simply mark up HTML5 Video. If you want something more in depth then check out the video section of Dive Into HTML5. Not a bad read and very informative.
This time I talk about the Flash Fallback and IE.
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In a recent project this common problem with the footer came up. The one where the footer won’t stay at the bottom of the browser window. If you position it absolutely then the content will overlap it when it’s taller than the browser. If you don’t then on short pages then you get a gap at the bottom; most noticeable on tall screens.
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Alfred Korzybski was a Polish-American philosopher and scientist from whose ideas and theories about language, inspired the creation of E-Prime, by D. David Bourland, Jr.. E-Prime simplifies English by removing all forms of the verb ‘to be’ (is, was, were, etc). This has the effect of clarifying a message such to convey experience and not judgement. Then it becomes harder for the writer or reader to confuse opinion with fact.
When you think of languages, they tend to fall into various categories. One class that I often wonder about is Gibberish. The language of the Sim’s, or Simlish, is a Gibberish (nonsense language) created by The Sims development team at EA Games for the Sims series of games.
It’s meant to sound like a real language while not actually being one. Here’s an example of some Simlish:
If you want to add video to your site, the easy way is to upload it to YouTube or a similar service. CMS systems like WordPress have JavaScript solutions to make it all compatible. But what if you don’t want to use YouTube? If you’re making your own CMS or web application, you can try HTML5 Video.
The above video was thrown-together for this post, so please forgive the shabby graphics.
The text on this site has a specific font. It’s called Andika, and I found it on Google Web Fonts. You don’t know what that is? Most web browsers only understand a handful of fonts like Times or Arial. In the past, if you wanted cool fonts, you had to use an image.
Health is important to everyone. I take vitamins and I watch what I eat, but really I’m just guessing. There is so much “information” out there about what’s good for you and what you should do to live longer, stay healthy and maintain youthfulness. This visual thinking video has the most simple solution.
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Little Boat was animated by Nelson Boles. It’s amazing how an inanimate object can teach you how to survive.
I love baby books, with their bright colors and hard cardboard pages. Just the best way to start them early on learning ABC’s and 123’s. I’ve been telling everyone how html is as easy as 123.