The Art of Webcasting
There are many important aspects that go into streaming a live broadcast. I often have people asking: “Which settings should I use to broadcast a high-quality Flash stream?” Seems like a reasonable question but there are so many variables involved that it’s impossible for me to give a simple answer. My goal here is to explain all […]
How to be an ISP:
Build your own hot spot By Dong Ngo If you go to the CBS Interactive building at 235 Second Street in San Francisco and turn on your laptop, you will find an access point called “CBS_Interactive_Public” that offers free wireless Internet access. That’s a typical example of a hot spot. However, it doesn’t take a […]
Web 2.0 Font Types
American Typewriter is like Courier on steroids – More stylized, prettier – and great for that faux-typewriter effect. 43Things uses it well, and is a pleasant break from san serif fonts. Clarendon is another great serifed font (and, for those interested, is used by a certain antipodean lager), and Web2.0 social web app site Ning […]
A $199 PC at WalMart
Hey, want to buy a new PC for under $200? If you’re willing to enter Linux territory, you can. Oh, and you can pick it up at Wal Mart of all places. The Everex TC2502 gPC is being touted as the first “mass market” desktop computer and, according to Wired’s Gadget Lab, “aims to joins […]
Small Office Solutions – Free
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