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Zimbra 6.0 Release Candidate 1
2009-08-03 12:50:00
The guys and gals at Zimbra have been hard at work. Check out the new release of Zimbra 6.0 Release Candidate 1 (release notes). One of the standouts for me is, it now is fully compatible with Fedora 11. I upgraded my mail server running Centos 5 this weekend, no problems. I am contemplating going ...
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Timecode Calculator Windows
2009-07-16 00:18:00
Nice little timecode calculator for windows http://www.mediachance.com/dvdlab/freetim e.htm Related Posts:Timecode Calculator for the macWindows Mobile 6Looks like it has been doneAdobe LightroomYahoo GO - Samsung Blackjack

Zimbra 6.0 Beta 2
2009-06-06 13:46:00
Just installed Zimbra 6.0 Beta 2 community edition on my mail server. I am using it to run mail for damonledet.com as well as my other domains. So for so go was a very simple upgrade from 5.0.16. Seems solid so far, found one little bug when you create a new spreadsheet under briefcase (I ...
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Adobe Creative Suite Pillows
2009-04-29 22:36:00
If you cannot get enough of the new Adobe icons, how would you like to see them on your couch? Grab the Adobe Creative Suite Pillows - http://www.mysuitestuff.com/shop.html [via - Gizmodo] Related Posts:Adobe has something brilliantAdobe TVAfter Effects 7.0 Hot Fix 1Coldfusion 7.0.2 update availablePremiere Pro 2.0 ACE

First Week With Dell Mini 9
2009-04-28 22:40:00
Well after what seemed like forever. I received my Dell Mini 9 last Wednesday (April 22), I ordered it on May 8. First thing I did was install a 2GB sodimm. Dell did a great job with making this netbook very user upgradeable by putting all upgradeable components under one panel. While some people have ...
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Importing GIS Data into Google Earth Pro
2009-04-21 23:19:00
I was looking for some free GIS Data to import into Google Earth Pro for a classroom demo. I found this very cool somewhat free site for GIS Data at http://data.geocomm.com/catalog/ For this demo I downloaded the ?Current County and Equivalent Shapefile? at http://data.geocomm.com/catalog/US/61089/ group214.html, of course you could download The County Shapefile for any state.
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Author Page in Wordpress
2009-03-31 23:45:00
I was working on a site and wanted to create author pages for all registered wordpress user on the site. After looking at the documatation at http://codex.wordpress.org/Author _Templat es. I came up with the code below. It will show the author info as well as last 5 post and last 5 comments. You can see the code in action at my author page.
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Using Google SketchUp models in After Effects CS4
2009-03-26 16:54:00
A really cool new feature on After Effects CS4 is the ability to now take advantage of Photoshop CS4’s new 3d capabilities. Another new feature of Photoshop CS4 is the ability to open .kmz or .3ds files. If we take a look at the extensive free models we have on Google ’s 3d warehouse we find a ton of models to choose from. If you can find the model you want on the 3d warehouse as a kmz you are in luck. Open the kmz in Photoshop CS4 and save it as a psd. Import that psd into After Effects CS4 as a composition (making sure to check the box that says “Live Photoshop 3D”). Now you have a new composition in After Effects with a 3D model as well as a null to control it and a camera to pan around it. If you can only find a skp of the model you want on the 3d warehouse, you will need Google Sketchup Pro to export that model out as a 3ds or kmz. Open the 3ds or kmz in photoshop save it as a psd, import that psd in After Effects and you are set.
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Timecode Calculator for the mac
2009-03-21 03:06:00
About 5 or 6 years ago I found a get timecode calculator for the mac called TC Cal. It was a free utility and great for adding and subtracting timecode as well as converting timecode to frames and vice versa. I was very sad when the author took down his website. Recently I was in need of a timecode calculator and was not at my personal computer. I found a new timecode calculator on apple’s website called Timecode Calculator .
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Where I?ve Been Wordpress Plugin
2009-03-19 10:15:00
I was on my wordpress dashboard this morning and under recently updated plugins was a plugin called Where I?ve Been. It is a neat little plugin that will allow you to display a flash map on any post or page of the places you have been, livied, or wqould like to visit. It requires that you setup a free account at http://www.whereivebeen.com/. Check out my map at my homepage.
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Yoast Breadcrumbs
2009-03-18 23:07:00
After Sterling turned me on to Yoast, I added breadcrumbs to my site. Notice the new navigation nest to the page titles. I used Yoast Breadcrumbs to do this. I also added Search Suggest to my search results page and Sociable for social bookmarking. Mainly because I like the look of this on better then the social bookmarking plugin I was using.

St Maarten Helmet Dive
2009-03-18 22:48:00
One of our highlight excursions was a SeaTrek Helmet dive in St Maarten. It was a great experience. Basically you put this 75LB helmet on you head (it does not feel very heavy underwater) climb down the ladder and explore. We were 20 feet below, and we did not need any scuba certification. You have a constant supply of air, the helmet does not seal against you body in anyway, it rest comfortable on your shoulders. The concept is pretty simple once the lady explains it to you, it is the same as turning a cup upside down in water, the helmet creates an air pocket that your head is in. We were able to spend about 20-25 minutes underwater and we really enjoyed ourselves as you can see from the pictures below. The pictures where taken with a Canon S70 and a Canon WP-DC40 Underwater Housing Kit:
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Acrobat 9.1 update
2009-03-18 20:28:00
Adobe released a critical update for Acrobat 9. It address a critical vulnerability that could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. Check out the press release here.
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Caribbean Curise Panorama
2009-03-17 00:15:00
Just got back for my Caribbean Cruise last week. Here are a few panoramas shot with my Canon s70 and stitched together in Photoshop CS4. Miami Skyline Panorama Panorama of St. Thomas, USVI Panorama of St. Thomas, USVI St. Maarten Panorama

What does one TRILLION dollars look like?
2009-03-06 17:12:00
Seeing as all the news lately is about how much debt our country will be in. Check out how much one trillion dollars looks like. http://www.pagetutor.com/trillion/index.h tml
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Move to wordpress complete
2009-03-05 00:58:00
I have completed my move to wordpress. I completed the move of my blog last night with the help of Sean’s little utility, blogcfc2wordpress. I had to install wamp on my windows coldfusion box, I also had to download an old version of wordpress (2.1) as somewhere along the lines the database names were changed and blogcfc2wordpress has not been updated. I then downloaded WordPress Export, exported my data and imported it into my new blog. I fixed the post that I used blogcfc’s more and code tags on. All in all a pretty easy migration with a little data massage.
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Tutorials moved to pages in wordpress
2009-03-01 11:10:00
I finished moving all the tutorials from my old site over to wordpress. I found a couple very useful plugins along the way. The first plugin is great if you do not want pages to appear in the navigation hierarchy - Exclude Pages from Navigation. The other great wordpress plugin that I installed is Slayer’s Custom Widgets it also helps with what widgets are displayed on which pages.
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NextGEN Gallery
2009-02-28 08:37:00
I am working on porting over my photos from my coldfusion site this morning. After looking around for a good wordpress plugin to do what I wanted I settled on NextGEN Gallery . Great plugin out the box. I did a little tinkering with the album-compact.php to make my own template. I did not like the linking structure it creates out the box. I really wanted to replicate the links I had on my old coldfusion site (/photos/album name) I created a new album-damon.php and inserted the following code: <!– List of galleries –> <?php foreach ($galleries as $gallery) : ?> <div <div <div <a$gallery->title)) ?>”> <img$gallery->title ?>” src=http://www.damonledet.com/feed/&rdquo ;<?php echo $gallery->previewurl ?>”/> </a> </div> </div> <h4><a$gallery->title ?>” href=http://www.damonledet.com/feed/&rdqu o;/photos/<?php echo str_replace(” “, “”,strtolower...

Wordpress redirect
2009-02-26 01:44:00
I found a really useful plugin for wordpress this eveing. It allows you to setup redirects for your urls. I am one step closer to moving to wordpress, it is hard I so love blogcfc. Check out the redirect plugin in: http://urbangiraffe.com/plugins/redirecti on/
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Activate nic on boot in Fedora
2009-02-22 19:32:00
I have been playing with Fedora the last couple of days. I am thinking of moving my site over to Wordpress. After installing Fedora in text only mode with no gui I had a heck of a time getting the nic to auto start. I found a solution: vi /etc/rc.local and add a line ifup eth0
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Adobe - Interactive Video Object Manipulation
2008-12-01 14:30:00
It has been some time now, but I have not forgotten about my blog just have been really busy. Check out this video of what the guys and gals have in store for us pretty impressive. It demonstrates a pretty sophisticated interactive video object manipulation system, which seems to happen with no rendering lag. Interactive Video Object Manipulation from Dan Goldman on Vimeo.
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Adobe - Interactive Video Object Manipulation
2008-12-01 04:30:00
It has been some time now, but I have not forgotten about my blog just have been really busy. Check out this video of what the guys and gals have in store for us pretty impressive. It demonstrates a pretty sophisticated interactive video object manipulation system, which seems to happen with no rendering lag. Interactive Video Object Manipulation from Dan Goldman on Vimeo.
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Adobe has something brilliant
2008-09-03 15:15:00
Sign up at http://adobe.istreamplanet.com/ to be one of the first to see Adobe Creative Suite 4.
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Adobe has something brilliant
2008-09-03 06:15:00
Sign up at http://adobe.istreamplanet.com/ to be one of the first to see Adobe Creative Suite 4.
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After Effects CS4 - no PowerPC support
2008-08-18 11:50:00
This should not come as a huge surprise but After Effects CS4 will not be universal binary. Meaning that CS3 will be the last version for the circa 2005 G5. I am thinking by now most users in a production environment have upgraded. Source keyframes blog at adobe.
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After Effects CS4 - no PowerPC support
2008-08-18 02:50:00
This should not come as a huge surprise but After Effects CS4 will not be universal binary. Meaning that CS3 will be the last version for the circa 2005 G5. I am thinking by now most users in a production environment have upgraded. Source keyframes blog at adobe.
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Blogcfc 5.9.1.001 upgrade
2008-08-17 20:07:00
Spent the last hour upgrading to BlogCFC 5.9.1.001 from 5.9. This is my first upgrade since switching over to BlogCFC back in October 2007. The upgrade went pretty smooth, I did have to make some SQL changes but as always the documentation was well done. The really benefit I wanted was the one click kill comment in email that was introduced in 5.9.1. If you do not know about this it allows you to click the spam comments with a link in the admin email saving you from needing to login.
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Blogcfc 5.9.1.001 upgrade
2008-08-17 11:07:00
Spent the last hour upgrading to BlogCFC 5.9.1.001 from 5.9. This is my first upgrade since switching over to BlogCFC back in October 2007. The upgrade went pretty smooth, I did have to make some SQL changes but as always the documentation was well done. The really benefit I wanted was the one click kill comment in email that was introduced in 5.9.1. If you do not know about this it allows you to click the spam comments with a link in the admin email saving you from needing to login.

Captivate 4 beta
2008-08-15 17:51:00
Adobe has a call out to beta test Captivate 4, visit Silke Fleischer blog at http://blogs.adobe.com/silke.fleischer/20 08/08/adobe_captivate_4_beta_coming.html
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Captivate 4 beta
2008-08-15 08:51:00
Adobe has a call out to beta test Captivate 4, visit Silke Fleischer blog at http://blogs.adobe.com/silke.fleischer/20 08/08/adobe_captivate_4_beta_coming.html
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