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Build an MPEG-DASH player from Scratch 17 Jul 2013 | 07:08 pm
This post will show you how to build an MPEG-DASH video player using Javascript. tl;dr? Skip to the demo (chrome only) http://francisshanahan.com/demos/mpeg-dash. Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTT...
The Truth about Netflix and HTML5 vs. Silverlight 8 May 2013 | 02:27 am
There has been a lot of hype recently about Netflix “dumping” Silverlight in favour of HTML5. A quick Google reveals multiple articles rotating the same sound-bytes [LINK], [LINK] or [LINK]. So what’s...
Essential Job Skills for the Future? Learning! 2 May 2013 | 02:22 am
In a recent article Adam Popescu asks if Coding is the essential job skill of the future? [LINK]. As a technologist I’m always happy to read anything that espouses the virtues of programming but I hav...
In Response to Vivek Wadhwa – Ageism in the Tech Industry 23 Apr 2013 | 06:21 am
Entrepreneur, academic and prolific writer Vivek Wadhwa has written an article on LinkedIn as part of the “Influencer” blogs. The Tech Industry’s Darkest Secret: It’s All About Age I’m a fan of Vivek ...
Essential Brain Skills: Drawing 6 Apr 2013 | 06:45 am
I love-hate drawing. Growing up my brother was always drawing and was really good at it. He used to draw massive murals of dinosaurs on old wallpaper rolls my father brought home. Imagine huge, 40-50 ...
Document your REST API with Swagger 4 Apr 2013 | 12:13 am
I was looking for an easy way to document a REST API built in Spring MVC. I came across two options – Swagger and JSONDoc. Swagger – https://developers.helloreverb.com/swagger/ expands on the ideas of...
Weekly Tweets for 2013-03-27 27 Mar 2013 | 08:11 pm
The main thing I use pens for these days is poking an air hole in the top of my coffee cup. #weirdintrospection # I wish I had an Optimum Prime outfit here at the Mega Transact # Is "coded until the b...
Agenticity and Patternicity 25 Mar 2013 | 10:40 pm
In his book “The Believing Brain” Michael Shermer describes Agenticity as “the tendency to believe that the world is controlled by invisible intentional agents”. We impart a personality into inanimate...
My First Ultramarathon 7 Jan 2013 | 05:17 am
Yesterday I completed my first trail ultra-marathon 50km distance. It was a surreal experience and caught me quite by surprise. I’ve had the day to reflect and wanted to jot down some thoughts primari...
50kms in the Woods 26 Dec 2012 | 11:50 pm
This year I ran, climbed and clawed my way through my first trail marathon, the MegaTransect in PA. My watch actually showed 28miles instead of 26 but who’s counting? You could hardly say I “ran” it. ...
