With a responsive / adaptive website, there is no need to build a separate mobile site.

Go ahead and resize your browser to see how this works!  or try viewing this site on a mobile or tablet device.

What do you think?

Infographic by R.O.I. Media Web Design

I’m currently playing with version 4.0, API Level 14 – otherwise known as Ice Cream Sandwich

Personally, I can’t wait to buy the Asus Tranformer Prime Tablet that features the Nvidia Tegra3 (Quad Core processor!) along with Android 4.0!

http://castlesintheair.org/blog/store/the-radical-minimalist/

I’d love to hear from other minimalist out there…

The advanced options allow you to remove the count and setup a javascript callback function if you need it.  nicely done.

The program is in beta for now, let me know if you need an invitation.

Zubair has years of experience with SharePoint and is dropping several million dollar tips on us everyday.  I love it!

My Audi is serviced and maintained by the guys at Auto Dynamix in Bellevue.

Vehicle Details

Equipment

To make things easier on myself, I’ve implemented a mini speedtest tool right on my own website, thanks to the guys at www.speedtest.net

All the code is free to use (at your own risk), just download it and follow the instructions.

Permanent URL: http://exposedelements.com/demos/speedtest/

Here is a demo

Our requirements were:

we wanted to be able to see and hear the baby anytime using our smart phones.

Trendnet Internet Camera (Model TV-IP501P)

This little camera is connected to our home network via ethernet cable.  The camera has decent specs, including 640 x 480 pixel resolution and really good audio, which is essential for a baby monitor.  Check it out at http://www.trendnet.com/products/proddetail.asp?prod=165_TV-IP501P&cat=147

We hooked it up straight into our gigabit router with 802.11n signal.  Since the camera is connected to the router, we are able to connect to it via wireless from anywhere in the house.  The software that comes with the camera is OK.  here’s why. It only runs on Windows and you have to have a computer running all the time, this is not ideal for us, since we wanted to monitor our baby during the night from our bedroom.

Tiny Cam Monitor for Android

AnaLuisa found Tiny Cam on the Android market.  This mobile app allows you to watch live video from multiple sources.  We quickly tested our camera and gladly paid the $4.99 once we verified everything worked .  We were able to see and hear everything in the baby’s room. Thanks Tiny Cam! http://tinycammonitor.com/

Sample daytime image

Sample night-time image

For me, the biggest advantage of using the AJAX control is that it uses plain Javascript, HTML and CSS, which are industry standard programming and markup languages.

I will be diving into the API this summer.

So far, I can see that it’s much faster than version 6.3 but I don’t see how to easily import GEORSS feeds.

Open a terminal window and type the following command:
sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings: version 260.19.06 (buildd@yellow) Mon Oct 4 15:59:51 UTC 2010

# commented out by update-manager, HAL is now used and auto-detects devices
# Keyboard settings are now read from /etc/default/console-setup
#Section “InputDevice”
# # generated from default
# Identifier “Keyboard0″
# Driver “kbd”
#EndSection
# commented out by update-manager, HAL is now used and auto-detects devices
# Keyboard settings are now read from /etc/default/console-setup
#Section “InputDevice”
# # generated from default
# Identifier “Mouse0″
# Driver “mouse”
# Option “Protocol” “auto”
# Option “Device” “/dev/psaux”
# Option “Emulate3Buttons” “no”
# Option “ZAxisMapping” “4 5″
#EndSection

Section “ServerLayout”

# commented out by update-manager, HAL is now used and auto-detects devices
# Keyboard settings are now read from /etc/default/console-setup
# InputDevice “Keyboard0″ “CoreKeyboard”
# commented out by update-manager, HAL is now used and auto-detects devices
# Keyboard settings are now read from /etc/default/console-setup
# InputDevice “Mouse0″ “CorePointer”
# Removed Option “Xinerama” “0″
Identifier “Default Layout”
Screen 0 “Screen0″ 0 0
Screen 1 “Screen1″ 3360 0
Screen 2 “Screen2″ 1680 0
InputDevice “Keyboard0″ “CoreKeyboard”
InputDevice “Mouse0″ “CorePointer”
Option “Xinerama” “1″
EndSection

Section “Module”
Load “glx”
EndSection

Section “ServerFlags”
Option “Xinerama” “0″
EndSection

Section “InputDevice”

# generated from default
Identifier “Keyboard0″
Driver “kbd”
EndSection

Section “InputDevice”

# generated from default
Identifier “Mouse0″
Driver “mouse”
Option “Protocol” “auto”
Option “Device” “/dev/psaux”
Option “Emulate3Buttons” “no”
Option “ZAxisMapping” “4 5″
EndSection

Section “Monitor”
Identifier “Configured Monitor”
EndSection

Section “Monitor”
Identifier “Monitor0″
VendorName “Unknown”
ModelName “Acer AL2223W”
HorizSync 31.0 – 81.0
VertRefresh 56.0 – 75.0
EndSection

Section “Monitor”
Identifier “Monitor1″
VendorName “Unknown”
ModelName “Acer AL2223W”
HorizSync 31.0 – 81.0
VertRefresh 56.0 – 75.0
EndSection

Section “Monitor”
Identifier “Monitor2″
VendorName “Unknown”
ModelName “Acer V223W”
HorizSync 30.0 – 83.0
VertRefresh 56.0 – 76.0
EndSection

Section “Device”
Identifier “Configured Video Device”
Driver “nvidia”
Option “NoLogo” “True”
EndSection

Section “Device”
Identifier “Device0″
Driver “nvidia”
VendorName “NVIDIA Corporation”
BoardName “GeForce 9600 GT”
BusID “PCI:3:0:0″
Screen 0
EndSection

Section “Device”
Identifier “Device1″
Driver “nvidia”
VendorName “NVIDIA Corporation”
BoardName “GeForce 9600 GT”
BusID “PCI:2:0:0″
EndSection

Section “Device”
Identifier “Device2″
Driver “nvidia”
VendorName “NVIDIA Corporation”
BoardName “GeForce 9600 GT”
BusID “PCI:3:0:0″
Screen 1
EndSection

Section “Screen”
Identifier “Default Screen”
Device “Configured Video Device”
Monitor “Configured Monitor”
DefaultDepth 24
EndSection

Section “Screen”

# Removed Option “TwinView” “1″
# Removed Option “metamodes” “DFP-0: nvidia-auto-select +0+0, DFP-1: nvidia-auto-select +1680+0″
Identifier “Screen0″
Device “Device0″
Monitor “Monitor0″
DefaultDepth 24
Option “TwinView” “0″
Option “metamodes” “DFP-0: nvidia-auto-select +0+0″
SubSection “Display”
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section “Screen”
Identifier “Screen1″
Device “Device1″
Monitor “Monitor1″
DefaultDepth 24
Option “TwinView” “0″
Option “metamodes” “1680×1050 +0+0″
SubSection “Display”
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section “Screen”
Identifier “Screen2″
Device “Device2″
Monitor “Monitor2″
DefaultDepth 24
Option “TwinView” “0″
Option “metamodes” “DFP-1: nvidia-auto-select +0+0″
SubSection “Display”
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

Gnome 3.0 Overview

I’ve been using Gnome for several years and i’m excited to try out the latest version 3.0

Gnome is an open-source project that aims to provide a beautiful user experience for Linux users. Check out the project at www.gnome.org

Data Recovery Demo and File Recovery trial software download.

Head over to WordPress.org to learn more.

Of course I did not go any further. Do you have any experience using this app?

I like the idea behind the friendfeed widget but wanted to customize it a bit. Here is an easy way to produce a lifestream feed for your website using a little bit of code.

code to display the feed

Using CSS code, the thought bubble expands when the feed is finished loading.

CSS for styling (works on modern browsers)

See the full working example at marioseijo.com

I think you understand how useful voice commands can be, specially while driving hands free. You can find out more about this little gadget at http://www.myblueant.com/q1/

I recently went to India to work with the local office on some internal business processes.  Before leaving the states, I had arranged to bring a nifty little device called MiFi from the guys at Xcom Global.

This device acts as a portable wireless hotpot anywhere there is a cell tower signal.  Lucky for me that India is pretty well covered with cell towers, with Vodafone being the most common provider.

Once ordered, the package arrived at my house via Fedex. There was a leather pouch with everything I needed inside, manuals, step-by-step guide and even international plugs for Europe, Asia and of course India.

I’m so glad I brought the MiFi with me.  I ended up using the MiFi receiver everyday at the office because my laptop was not configured to work on the local network.  The speed was not the best (Vodafone India download speeds were about 236Kbps), but it was adequate for my needs.

MiFi supports up to 5 devices, so my colleague and I were able to connect our laptops and sync our smart phones too.

The MiFi device is available for use in 26 countries at a low rate of $17.95 per day with unlimited data usage.  I highly recommend this to anyone traveling overseas.

Bonus: Once the MiFi is fully charged, you don’t even have to plug it to a wall socket.

A huge thanks to Mike Schilling from Xcom Global for hooking me up with this device.  I’m telling everyone about it!

Check out the Xcom Global Facebook page and visit their website http://xcomglobal.com

Adds an option to the context menu that lets you drop a mini marker showing the latlng of the position that the cursor was pointing at when the context menu was evoked

Thanks Marcelo C for creating such an awesome tool.  I’ll be using this in my GIS projects.

Written by David H. Freedman

Here are a few photos taken during my 36 hours in Seoul.

What do you think? Have you tried Chrome yet?

HTML code:

This demo shows my Twitter feed and Bing maps.

How about you?

I’d love to hear from you if you are using the Bing maps API; go ahead and post your links in the comments section.

I’ve been doing online meetings for a few years now, mainly using Microsoft Live Meeting and Webex from Cisco. While these 2 products are excellent tools for conducting online meetings, they have a cost associated to them which can be difficult to handle if you are a freelancer trying to work with a shoestring budget.

Today, I’d like add a free alternative to your toolbox. Yugma web conferencing allows anyone, anywhere to instantly share their desktop and ideas online with others. It works on Windows, Mac and Linux and it’s free if your meetings have less than 20 users.

Of course they also have a professional version that you pay for, but I’ve been really happy with the free version so far.  I highly recommended it if you need to share your desktop with someone else far away.

Example:
bite size technology, design and marketing ideas^SM

In order to achieve the service mark symbol as you see above, you need to align your “SM” text to the top of its line-height and decrease the font size to 50% of its original size. The following code samples will produce the service mark symbol on your web pages.

CSS code:

HTML code:

Let me know in the comments section if this code helps you, or better yet, share it with others who might need it.

Exposed Elements ®

To produce this yourself just type the following HTML code:

Most people have heard of Google Chrome by now, a new web browser that is supposed to be faster, simple, and fully standards compliant. What most people don’t know is that Google Chrome is built from Chromium, an open source web browser with the same bells and whistles, but without all the Google branding.

After a full week of using Chromium, I like it so much that it has become the default web browser on my little netbook. Don’t get me wrong, I still prefer to use Mozilla Firefox with a few must-have plugins on my desktop for heavy-duty web development work; but this gives me another option.

What about you?  what is your favorite web browser?

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We can all read the data in the 1st example, but the pie chart quickly puts the data into perspective for most of us.

Did you mouse-over the pie chart? This interactivity is made possible with gRaphaël, an open source javascript library with a goal to help you create stunning charts. We are basically using pure code to render scalable vector graphics (SVG) on the fly.

If you want to visualize some boring data for your next project, head over to gRaphael for more examples and to download the source code. Remember that a picture is worth a thousand words.

Made in Buenos Aires and in Baden (fantoche)

ATM rebooting

When I pulled up to this ATM I noticed the familar BIOS info loading on the screen. I quickly realized the ATM was starting up and decided to stick around and wait until it was ready for me to use it. A few moments later the ATM started to reinstall Windows XP in what appeared to be an attempt to repair itself. Pretty cool right?

A few moments later the repair process finished but the system never came back and the ATM returned to the boot menu and started the whole process again.  It was stuck in a loop!

The bottom line here is that the user experience was designed very poorly.  it would have been nice to see some type of splash screen while the ATM boots up instead of displaying all kinds of critical info to its users.

flip video

Today I had the opportunity to attend Cisco tech days to get the inside scoop on network technology straight from the network experts. One interesting thing I learned is that Cisco puts back 12% of their revenue into research and development (R&D) each year; this translates to approximately 5.2 billion this year alone.

The hot topics were voice over IP (duh), virtualization, unified communication services and TelePresence. What exactly is TelePresence? think of it as video conferencing on steroids! Imagine a conference room table with seating on one side and 3 large 60 inch screens on the other.  The idea here is that you can see the people you’re meeting with in high-def. (it allows you to see their face reactions when you propose your new plan). Overall, it was a very informative session and I even walked away with a little gadget. a flip video.

thanks Cisco!   BTW Peter did a great demo