tysonc.net - Software Development With Passionhttp://tysonc.net/Copyright tysonc.net - Software Development With PassionsNewsA 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. :PWed, 23 Jan 2008 16:27:00 +0000http://tysonc.net/writings/2008-site-design/http://tysonc.net/writings/2008-site-design/So 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!Fri, 26 Oct 2007 22:42:00 +0000http://tysonc.net/software/new-fltk-skin/http://tysonc.net/software/new-fltk-skin/RingShop 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 , 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? Email me or post a comment to this article!Fri, 13 Jul 2007 05:21:00 +0000http://tysonc.net/software/introducing-ringshop/http://tysonc.net/software/introducing-ringshop/I'm formally announcing the development of "Tube Leak." Tube Leak is a new application that really just makes browsing YouTube enjoyable. Let's start by iterating through some of its features. Tube Leak allows you to view all of the YouTube video pages. You can choose from Most Recent, Top Favorites, Most Discussed, etc. and choose the time frame for the videos. You can also do the basic searching.What's cool about this is that you can save a whole page of search results and it will be available from then on by accessing the Saved Results page within Tube Leak.To actually watch a YouTube video, just click on the thumbnail image of the video you want to play. It will automatically start playing only a short moment later. From there, you can save the video to your YouTube favorites(which will be synched with Tube Leak itself), find related videos, and post the video to an assortment of social networking sites. But, perhaps the most useful feature is that of the big iPod button at the top. Press this button and your video will automatically start downloading and be converted to an appopriate format. You can save videos to be played on your PSP, iPod, or PC itself.All of this happens in the background and doesn't require one bit of work on the user's part. Just sit back and surf. :) As of right now, pricing is set at $5 per license. Payment will be done via PayPal.Mon, 02 Jul 2007 05:08:00 +0000http://tysonc.net/software/announcing-tube-leak/http://tysonc.net/software/announcing-tube-leak/Through necessity, I have created an online tool that will generate an RSS feed using the official YouTube RSS format for a large majority of YouTube video pages. Not all pages are guaranteed to work, but the generator will do its best! I made this for an aggregator of my own, but if anybody finds it useful, I would love to hear about it! Usage: http://tysonc.net/yourtube/rss.php?p=YOUTUBEURL&n=TITLEOFRSSFEED Examples: http://tysonc.net/yourtube/rss.php?p=http://youtube.com/browse?s=ms&t=m&c=0&n=Most Responded This Month http://tysonc.net/yourtube/rss.php?p=http://youtube.com/results?search_query=tenacious+d&n=Tenacious D VideosSun, 01 Jul 2007 21:01:00 +0000http://tysonc.net/software/youtube-rss-generator/http://tysonc.net/software/youtube-rss-generator/