MythTV Commercial Cut Script
I have been using MythTV to record OTA Broadcast television since March 2012 on my FreeBSD server. I recently updated to version 0.26 and found that the mythtranscode utility no longer…
Screen Command
SSH is great for accessing my home FreeBSD server. Unfortunately, sometimes an install takes too long and I need to disconnect from the session without stopping the current process. Screen…
ASP.NET AutoCompleteExtender with ContextKey
Here is a quick overview of all the pieces you need to add an auto complete extender with a context key to your website project. It is assumed you have…
Android SQLite Database Helper
Of the many http://stackoverflow.com/, blog and android SDK examples a vast majority only demonstrate a single database with a single table. I have seen examples a database helpers that are overly…
Single Image CSS Sprite-Slider Button
The internet is full of examples of buttons. Usually the ones I see use 2 or 3 images and CSS Sprites or Sliders or a combination of both. I wanted…
Access URL Parameters with Javascript
I recently had to work on a website where the user would submit a form and, if valid, be sent to a thank you page. I was asked to create…
CSS Variables
The W3C is wisely working on CSS Cascading Variables. This is brilliant and definitely needed. I would use CSS variables for things like a DATA URIs of images so web traffic…
Canvas Background
Yesterday I drew a grid on a canvas that I will now send to the background. This allows me to do an animation or whatever I want without redrawing the…
Canvas Grid
I needed a grid background for a canvas that would have transparency in it. Why not draw the grid on the fly and set it as the background of the…
HTML5 Canvas Pie Chart
The HTML5 canvas element certainly opens a lot of possibilities for web developers. Inspired by Arne @ 23inch.de's JS1K.com submission I thought I would explore the canvas elements capabilities by…