You will never regret creativity.
So create and create. Even if you never get paid or appreciated. Keep making, keep building. One day you will smile, and then you will die, and no one will remember you, but it will be enough.
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Styling Youtube Videos on your Blog
Isn’t it weird how I capitalize titles like that sometimes? Moving on.
If you have a blog, chances are you’re going to be using Youtube every now and then. One downfall is that sometimes the video overstretches or is too small for your liking. Another downside is that sometimes you would only like the video to be used for it’s audio. Let’s start with the first issue. So how do you make Youtube videos a smaller size with CSS?
Just assign the embed (I also do the object, for other videos) to a max-width and max-height to a size that will fit nicely in your posts, and add margins as needed.
object,embed {
margin:0 0 18px;
max-width:491px;
max-height:386px;
}Problem 2. How do you HIDE the video part of a youtube embed and only show the play button & bar for music? This is actually easier than it sounds. Youtube embeds automatically resize gracefully so all you need to do is change the height. Since I don’t want ALL my videos to just be music boxes, I only give this style to a specific class,
.musicboxand I use it when needed.embed.musicbox {
height:25px;
margin:0px;
max-width:237px;
}Examples: Basshunter – Boten Anna. Lets face it. The video for this song sucks. I give the class
musicboxto the inner embed while I write this entry. I’m also gonna center it cause it looks nicer that way. You can do that automatically in the CSS if you want all your musicboxes centered. You can mute and unmute, but you can’t change the volume. What, you wanted to have your cake and eat it too?This is a clip from the movie Zoolander in Spanish which for some reason makes it alot funnier.. I copied the embed code with the largest size, but my css will still override it. *pets CSS*
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So is FlashForward really getting canceled?
I found an interesting post on TVBN (a blog about TV ratings) concerning FlashForward. Here it is in summary:
Here are the 18-49 ratings for Castle, V, and Flashforward (All ABC shows) counting repeat episodes and clip shows.
CASTLE: 0.85
FlashForward: 0.92
V: 1.16Castle has already been renewed – despite bad ratings. But just the average doesn’t show the whole story.
Now here’s where things get interesting. If you strip out the repeats and clip shows, their indexes come in as follows:Castle: 0.96
FlashForward: 0.95
V: 1.25Unsurprisingly, all better than the regular index above.
Now for something completely different. Let’s look at more recent trends. To make things simple, let’s look at numbers from 2010 only. This might better explain why a show like Castle, who initially appears to have an index much lower than FF or V, has been renewed for weeks while FF and V, which seem like shoe-ins using the initial index above, are very much in doubt.
Their 2010 indexes thus come out as:
Castle: 1.07
FlashForward: 0.63
V: 0.96So, what does that tell you? It shows that recent trends are more important than overall season ratings,
since Castle was renewed. It makes alot more sense when you look at the 2010 indexes. Further, it shatters all hope that FlashForward will be renewed. There have been rumours that an international audience will make up for the bad ratings – but that’s really not common and ad revenues are lower outside of the US. V still has a chance, but for humanity’s sake, I hope it gets canceled. Recent writing puts to shame any and all acting ability Elizabeth Mitchell has. It gives me the sads.A last note concerning FlashForward – I believe they will try to end the season in a nice tidy bow – or if the producers are upset, they might do an insane cliffhanger – just to spite the network. Who knows? I’ll still be watching, because the recent episodes are getting better and better. It ain’t over till it’s over.
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My Favorite Quote of the Moment
I want to acknowledge that making changes in your life is never an easy task. The key, however, is not to get caught up in the distance you have to go to get to where you want to be. Nor should you despair over the amount of control you have over your circumstances. Progress is made in the small, intentional steps, and chances are, you have more power than you think. By focusing on little steps you can take every day, the progress you make will motivate you to continue your journey, and eventually, you can go wherever you want to go. The important thing is simply to begin.
What are you waiting for?
Noemi
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I have found power in the mysteries of thinking.
Euripides (484 BC – 406 BC), 438 B.C.
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Having a bad day?
Kitty will eated u.
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Healthy habits are the answer
My “Vegetarian for a Month” thing failed.. but I’ve learned a bit from the 2 weeks I consumed no meat. For one, I like how eating less meat feels. Another thing is that strictness doesn’t fix anything, habit does. It’s okay if you occaisionally eat meat, but I think a healthy habit is to avoid it when you can. Once a week or once every two weeks is okay, in my opinion.I also had soda for the first time in probably 4 weeks. I was tired and was craving sugar. I think the same rule applies to soda. Most of the time, choose something healthy, but a soda a month won’t cause that much damage.
I think people that become to strict with their food turn it into a sort of religious thing, like it’s wrong to eat meat. That annoys me. So once again, strictness is not the answer, healthy habits are the answer.
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Ariana!!
I’m more or less a vegetarian.. I rarely if ever eat meat. Just don’t really like it…
If you want some really good vegetarian food ideas let me know! I’m always coming up with new ideas & looking up recipes
Recently I’ve been eating a lot of vegetable sandwiches – avocado, tomatoes, sprouts, hummus (really anything that you like) all stuffed into a toasted pita pocket. Mmmmmm…
Also the other day I made eggs (I usually hate eggs and I NEVER eat them but I was inspired by a flatbread my friend had at dunkin donuts and I wanted to make a healthy version of it). I made an egg white omelet with a whole bunch of veggies in it and feta cheese (it was the only kind in the house at the moment, but it tasted pretty good with it) then i put it in a toasted flat bread and then yum yum yum
I’m also digging vegan and raw food recipes if you’re interested in a couple of the ones I’ve tried. Raw food is a really hard diet to follow on a daily basis, but it really is the healthiest way to eat so I try to incorporate as much raw food into my diet as I can. Don’t start thinking about bloody steaks and uncooked chicken, raw food diet is vegan (which you think would be obvious, but I know when I first heard about it I thought “ew raw meat?” and so did a bunch of people I know haha).
Anyway, I’m going to stop wiki-ing you but I love talking raw, vegan, vegetarian recipes so if you ever want to, just let me know!! -
Noemi
I’m the same way, i rarely eat meat. I also eat mostly raw veggies + fruits, so I may be subconsciously raw diet. I grew up in the countryside, so MOST food was not meat and vegetarian. On special occasions we’d cook meat or pastries or something. I couldn’t handle eating a big cooked meal every day.
I always try to cook new and interesting veggie foods, but I usually fail. That’s why I eat simple things like veggies, fruits, or I go out and get hummus, etc.
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Google Buzz ruined Google Reader for me
I use Google Reader to grab RSS feeds, mostly from online stores so I always see when new items pop up. I’m not interested in what people on my contact list are saying, thinking, or linking. Even though I haven’t spent too much time messing with Buzz / Google Settings, I can’t figure out how to disable it from my account. I’m sure Buzz is useful for some people, but not for me. If I want to read random stuff people I know are saying, I go to Facebook, or worse, Twitter.
I think there’s a few flaws with what Google Buzz is doing. After all, there’s nothing wrong with starting something new. Websites go through cycles, some rise, some fall. But the reason I (and others) don’t like it is because it’s just plain boring and unoriginal (think Orkut). Something like Google Wave or Jumpino being integrated into my email would’ve been neater. Something original. Nobody switches from one website to another that does the same thing. People switch because it does it better, faster, or in a new unique way. Every time I start a web project I try to accomplish at least one of these – and trust me, its a lot harder than it sounds. I do find that uniqueness is sometimes the most efficient choice and also the easiest to market. It’s sort of like the genetic mutation of web dev. It might not be a better website, but it’s different, so people try it, other developers pick and choose what they like, and if its a good idea it lives on in other websites.
And that’s how Noemi notices it.
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First screencaps of Lost Season 6 Footage
This is not counting the first 5 minutes of the episode where we got a sneak peak. These are from later on in the season (episodes 2-6 probably)
Less than a day left!
To watch the video I got these from, just go to http://abc.go.com/shows/lost click “More Video” and select the second video. It is titled No more questions … only answers!
I have not watched the leaked Episode 1 … I’m not that desperate to see it. It will be fun to watch it in its full HD glory. It seems most people agree with me.
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Woody
thanks for tips and stuff
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Aaron is discussing. 
Ariana!! are discussing. 
Aaron 2:06 am on February 14, 2010 Permalink
That is adorable.
- Aaron