By Noel Graham on December 27, 2011
- Make sure you have already enabled the ability to install applications outside of the Amazon AppStore, also called “sideloading.” You can adjust this setting by going to:
Settings > More > Device > Allow Installation of Applications (From Unknown Sources): On
- Open a Web browser on your Kindle Fire and go to http://m.spotify.com/int/?group=android.
- Chances are Spotify won’t detect the Fire as a supported device. If it doesn’t, you’ll see this screen; just tap the manually select your device link if you do:
CONTINUE … http://bit.ly/uInyjC
I Can’t figure out how to pause a song yet though.
Posted in audio, interests, tutoring
By Noel Graham on August 29, 2011
I decided to use Google Plus’ Hangout for the National Dialectics podcast I’m starting up this week. I have some out of state and out of country friends I wanted to take part in the podcast, so I decided to use Google Hangout. I’ve used it before and had a good experience. Hangout would also allows for people to “call into” the show or just watch a live recording.
That being said, I had to figure out how to get the Hangout recorded. I found a great tutorial here. It explains how to record a Skype call using GarageBand, LineIn, and SoundFlower. I replaced Skype with Google Hangout and all worked out well. Below are the directions for using Google Plus Hangout, GarageBand, LineIn, and SoundFlower to record a podcast.
From Digital Media Cookbook – modified for Hangout.
What You’ll Neeed
- Start by going into the System Preferences (Apple Menu>SystemPreferences…) Click on the Sound icon. On the Sound Input tab, select the input you are recording with. On the Sound Output tab select “Soundflower (2ch)”
audio preferences
- Log into your Google Plus account and click on the “Start a hangout” button (lower right hand side of the page). Click “Settings” in the hangout window. Change the “Speakers” dropdown to “Soundflower (2ch). Save.
google hangout
- Open up the Garageband program and choose the Preferences (GarageBand>Preferences). Click the Audio/MIDI icon. Choose the audio output that you wish to hear the GarageBand output from. The Input should be set to SoundFlower (2ch)
garageband
- Finally open up the LineIn program. In the Input from field select the microphone you are using. In the Ouput to field select “Soundflower (2ch)” and then make sure to click the Pass Thru button.
lineIn
- You are now ready to record in GarageBand. Start a new Podcast project.
- A Podcast Track, a Male Voice track, A Female Voice track and a Jingles track. You will record your microphone and the the Google Hangout chat on the Male Voice track. Be sure to turn on the (audio) Monitor in the Track Info area of GarageBand.
garageband-screen
- If you have all of the above settings correctly set, you should see the audio level indicators move when you speak into the microphone AND when people on Hangout are talking. If that is the case then you just need to click the record button in GarageBand, and then begin your “show”.
Thanks to Digital Media Cookbook for the tutorial.
Enjoy.
Posted in audio, garageband, google hangout, google plus, LineIn, soundflower
By Noel Graham on June 6, 2011
Effective July 1, 2011 The Facebook Platform will require social game developers to process all payments through Facebook Credits, as announced in January. To prepare for your players and business, FB recommends migrating to Facebook Credits.
See:
Posted in development, faceBook application development
By Noel Graham on May 18, 2011
While helping a friend with his WordPress site, I ran into an issue with Studiopress’ Lifestyle theme – I couldn’t update the “theme options”. I did find the fix after almost an hour of searching the Google.
In the “Tools” folder in the “Theme’s” folder change:
PHP Code:
$settings = ‘theme_mods_’.get_current_theme(); // do not change!
to
$settings = ‘theme_mods_lifestyle_40′; // do not change!
Posted in development
By Noel Graham on May 13, 2011
To create a test user for fb, just follow these steps:
Get your App Id from your fb developer page.
Get your application App Secret from your fb developer page.
Get access_token you’ll be using to create test user:
https://graph.facebook.com/oauth/access_token?
client_id=APP_ID
&client_secret=APP_SECRET
&grant_type=client_credentials
Create a test user: (a new user is created every time this url is refreshed)
https://graph.facebook.com/APP_ID/accounts/test-users?
installed=true
&permissions=read_stream
&method=post
&access_token=ACCESS_TOKEN
The response should look like this:
{
"id": "APP_ID",
"access_token": "ACCESS_TOKEN",
"login_url": "https://www.facebook.com/platform/test_account_login.php?user_id=UID&n=ibmD5XG3C4B9tmb",
"email": "vezbwir_zharambesteinwitzskybergmxn\u0041tfbnw.net",
"password": "561622244"
}
Use url to login, do not use login form. Test user will be deleted after logout, you’ll need to create a new user after logout.
More information >>
Posted in development, faceBook application development, tutoring
By Noel Graham on February 22, 2011
Facebook is always moving their UI elements around, whack-a-mole 2.0. On this weeks episode of finding Facebook, “apps.”
To manage your Facebook applications, go to:
Click Accounts -> Privacy Settings
At the bottom of the settings page, click:
“Edit your settings” – under “Apps and Websites”
Posted in faceBook application development, tutoring
Less Css Escape progid:DXImageTransform
By Noel Graham on May 31, 2011
This will allow you to add “.less” parameters to progid:DXImageTransform:
filter:e(“progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorStr=’”)@from e(“‘,EndColorStr=’”)@to e(“‘,GradientType=0)”);
For horizontal gradient:
filter:e(“progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorStr=’”)@from e(“‘,EndColorStr=’”)@to e(“‘,GradientType=1)”);
Posted in commentary, development