http://www.gadgetnate.com Sun, 10 Aug 2008 02:55:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My brother-in-law is in town and I showed him the following video that I had seen some months back. It is a very, very good talk. Here is a transcript of most of the talk: Gin, Television, and Social Surplus And the author Clay Shirky has written a book called "Here ... http://www.gadgetnate.com/2008/08/09/the-cognitive-surplus I cleaned up the look at little.  Here are some screen shots to give you an idea of what it looks like: Login Screen: Welcome Screen: New Script Page:     Script List page:   Script view page: ... http://www.gadgetnate.com/2008/08/04/script-editor-basic-version-deployed-to-the-server Here is the look I was thinking about for the HabloHindu script editor (the graphic needs to have the last "i" changed to a "u". Today, I added the ability for people to log in, and for the individual lines to be edited.  I have all the pieces ... http://www.gadgetnate.com/2008/08/03/script-editor-a-look   Combining the recordings has taken a little time to figure out.  But now I can merge them, and convert them to MP3.  Here is a screenshot of the page that produces the script in Spanish (just filter the Spanish lines) and puts links to the combined .Wav and .Mp3 ... http://www.gadgetnate.com/2008/08/02/script-editor-combining-the-audio-files Making some good progress today!!!  I have added the ability to create lines for the script, delete lines, move lines up and down, record audio, and the like.  Here are some screenshots:    The JavaSonic ListenUP applet records things as a .wav.  I will need to join ... http://www.gadgetnate.com/2008/08/01/script-editor-adding-lines-and-recording-audio I do not know PHP, but it seems very similar to lots of other web scripting languages I have used (NeoScript, ASP, etc.).  With the help of a book, the web, and my past experience, I was able to put the following together in a few hours: List of scripts ... http://www.gadgetnate.com/2008/08/01/script-editor-first-attempt In order to do programming for LAMP, you have to setup apache webserver, install PHP, setup MySql, and probably a number of other things.  Or you could take the easy route and get from ApacheFriends.   For IDE, I am using the Eclipse version of PHP Development Tools. http://www.gadgetnate.com/2008/08/01/script-editor-setting-up-the-dev-environment If you read the last post, you understand the problem that I am trying to solve.  I need a way to automate the creation of a script for HabloHindu.com.  It should keep track of the word of the day in Spanish/English/Hindi.  Allow for people to know what they need to ... http://www.gadgetnate.com/2008/07/31/script-editor-the-game-plan I am working with Sara, a friend from Venezuela to create a Spanish site to teach Hindi.  It launches tomorrow with a Hindi word of the day with an audio cast and text for Spanish speakers at HabloHindu.com.  It has required a lot of work to create some relatively short ... http://www.gadgetnate.com/2008/07/31/script-editor-the-problem (from http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=6441.0) Vegan Chocolate Frosting Ingredients (use vegan versions):     1 cup margarine     4 cups powdered sugar (make your own if you want - blend sugar and cornstarch)     2 tablespoon vanilla     4 tablespoon soy milk     1/2 cup cocoa powder (or more)     dash of salt Directions: Margin should be at ... http://www.gadgetnate.com/2008/07/28/vegan-chocolate-frosting