Archive for November 7th, 2007

Posted on November 7, 2007 - by Abner

WordPress – How to Embed FLV files

Just found a helpful plugin to display .flv on my blog. It’s another cool addition to having videos on blog without using YouTube. It’s called FLV Embed by Yaosan Yeo. I used it on my Kung Fu Panda post. Easy to use and configure.

The features available are :

• uses simple, intuitive tags to generate FLV movies for your posts
• standards compliant: valid XHTML
• many options are configurable, such as autostart, show/hide control bar, player colour, poster image, full screen button etc.
• supports text only output for RSS that prompt readers to visit the original post for Flash content
• supports outputting poster image for RSS if desired
• accessibility: requires Javascript to display FLV player, but will prompt user to enable Javascript when disabled
• accessibility: prompt user to download latest Flash player if it is not installed or too old
• accessibility: no annoying “click to activate” for IE users
• does not touch your WordPress database at all

How to add it into your blog?
- Download the plugin at FLV Embed site.
- Unzip it and upload to your “wp-content/plugins”
- Activate it in WordPress Plugins admin panel. Done.

How to include it in your post?

That’s all. If you want to do more configuration then go check out the Options available on the site.

Relevant Info:
FLV files as explained on DownloadAtoZ.com. SWF is not the only Flash format. FLV files (Flash Video Files) are a binary file format that delivers “bitmapped” video, limited to one video and one audio stream per file, over the Internet to the Macromedia Flash Player version 7. FLV content may also be associated with SWF files by ActionScript external references. FLV format can also imported into Macromedia Flash Authoring tool. Unlike SWF format, FLV do not have maximum of 16000 frames limitation and ideally for large video file size.

Posted on November 7, 2007 - by Abner

Taiji – Dolphins Massacre Zone

Puff… there goes my mood for this coming Festival of Lights. This time the Japs had me utterly speechless. It’s neither their technology nor lifestyle that fascinates me this time. But rather the inhumanity. I was at Erin de Blog and saw the video. It was the brutal slaughter of dolphins. Most of it are for human consumption while those who escape death have to spend a lifetime in captivity in either shows or scientific programs.

How they do it:
After driving pods of dolphins into shallow coves, the fishermen kill the dolphins, slashing their throats with knives or stabbing them with spears. Thrashing about, the dolphins take as long as six minutes to die. The water turns red with their blood and the air fills with their screams.

It was a no holds barred thing and the perpetrators of this heinous crime are actually backed by authorities. I should not elaborate much on this for the information are readily available for you at Save Japan Dolphins Campaign.

Save Japan Dolphins! Support the coalition. The least you could do is send an email by filling up the blanks.

And yes, the surfer girl that you see in the video is Hayden Panetteire of Heroes fame. Though the group failed in freeing the poor dolphins, God knows they tried. The blood red seawater is sickening. *silence*

Posted on November 7, 2007 - by Abner

DiGi Bootcamp Ad

I love the ads DiGi are churning out nowadays. The concept, idea and execution is smooth. I saw this bootcamp ad on tv lately. Is it new? Because when I searched on YouTube it’s stated that it’s been up for three (3) months. Guess I am a little behind. But what the heck, if the work is good, it just lives on.

The way the recruits earn their “stripes” … salute.