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2008 Site Design
2008 @ 04:27 PMA new year usually means a fresh start on things. So, of course, my website has to reflect that. This new design is something I've never done before. For one, it's fixed width. All of my designs up until now had been fluid. But I wanted something a little different this time around. And yes, I threw in rounded corners. They're fun. :) Not surprisingly, the biggest thing hindering this effort has been IE6. And believe it or not, once I managed to fix the IE6 bugs, IE7 gives me trouble. Oh how I despise you Trident. But at least Trident 6 is looking promising passing the Acid test. :)
I still have a lot of work to do. Not everything is polished yet, but at least it's functional. So for the next week or so you'll see some restyling, but the majority of the work is done. Sorry for an inconveniences.
This time around I also went for a more striking color scheme. I like it, but it's pretty bold. :P
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New FLTK Skin
2007 @ 10:42 PMSo I've taken some interest in making my stuff prettier now.
After a couple hours of planning, I've started writing a little custom skinned widget set.
Here's a little progress shot of it. I still have some work to do, but I can't wait to build some new programs on top of it!
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Introducing RingShop!
2007 @ 05:21 AMRingShop
RingShop is a nifty little program I've crafted that will let you clip out a portion of a song and save it to a different bit rate that makes it great for creating RingTones. There are tools out there, but this is one of the easiest to use. Also, most other tools don't let you change the output quality [especially Motorola Phone Tools Melody Studio which is why I made this!], but this program does!
How it Works
Step 1: Open RingShop and click on the Load Button. Find the song you want to extract the ringtone from and click on Open.Step 2: Now you can play around with your song. But we need to familiarize ourselves with the interface first.
The slider at the top is the start position of your ringtone. Move it to wherever you please and click on the Play button to start the song. Press the Stop button and make further adjustments if needed.
The middle slider is just there to show the position of the song when it is currently playing. You can't move it.
The bottom slider is the end position of the ringtone. This is where the ringtone will be cut off.
As you move the start and end sliders, the length of the ringtone will change. I often try to keep my length around 30 seconds as that is the most a ringtone will usually every be played.
Step 3: After you crop out the portion of the song you want, you can now save it. As you see, there are various options that you can change. If you're not sure what they are, just leave them as defaults. The defaul settings sound the best but take up the least space, which is ideal for a ringtone. So now you can just click on the Save button, and RingShop will save your RingTone!
Step 4: From here, it's your job to get the ringtone file onto your phone. I personally use Motorola's Phone Tools File Transfer Studio.
Download
Like what you see? You can download the RingShop setup free of charge.Need Help?
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