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Get HTML5 Camera and Video on iPhone
One of the questions I get asked most often via my contact form is how to get access to the camera and video recorder on the iPhone from within the browser. It's a valid question, one that I've not come across in the needs of...
Prevent Animated GIFs from Looping
We all know animated GIFs put the "fun" in "functional." I've recently written incredible posts with regard to animated GIF images, including: Detect if a GIF is Animated Merge GIFs with gifsicle Optimize GIF Images Convert Video to GIF or GIF to Video Get the...
PSD to Code Services and Tools to Make Your Work Easier
Our listing includes some of the top PSD to HTML conversion businesses in the industry. Unless you are exceptionally proficient at converting a PhotoShop design idea into code, or you just prefer to do everything yourself, you will probably find a service below that can make...
Preventing Side Effects in JavaScript
JavaScript is very dynamic these days but I still see a lot of legacy code, whether it be for optimal backward compatibility or simply that the code hasn't been maintained. One of the practices that makes me cringe is coding that creates unwanted side effects. What's a side...
Access Mac Camera by Command Line
With all of my recent command line tutorials, I've really gotten excited about the shell's simplicity and realized the true power of using the underlying technology of pretty UIs. Since I work from home, I spend a lot of time on video calls, so when...
Open Files from Command Line on OS X
I'm as much of a fan of application UIs as anyone else but I'm finding myself working more and more from the command line lately. Much of that is becoming obsessed with media manipulation but I'm forcing myself to use less UIs so that I...
Get Stock Quotes From Command Line
When I conned my way into my first professional programming gig, I didn't really think much about money -- just that I was getting my foot in the door. But as my career has gone on, I've been more aware of money, investing, and retirement. I've recently...
Geolocation API
One interesting aspect of web development is geolocation; where is your user viewing your website from? You can base your language locale on that data or show certain products in your store based on the user's location. Let's examine how you can...
Create an Image Preview from a Video
Visuals are everything when it comes to media. When I'm trying to decide whether to watch a video on Netflix, it would be awesome to see a trailer of some kind, but alas that isn't available. When I'm looking to download a video on my computer...