How to Get Spotify on Kindle Fire
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 [...]
Recording a Google Hangout for a Podcast with SoundFlower, LineIn, and GarageBand
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 [...]
Facebook Credits
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: Facebook Credits Integration Guide Credits Developer Guide
WordPress Lifestyle Theme – Options Not Working
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! [...]
Creating a Test User for Facebook
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 [...]
Finding Facebook
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”
The Pluto Files
Watching an interview with Neil deGrasse Tyson, called Neil deGrasse Tyson: The Pluto files on Fora.tv, I learned a few things. Along side the bits of information I picked up, I though the quote he gave at the end was very thought provoking.
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)”);
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