I see that I am to wait for what will be exhibited by death.

My new glasses!

They’re Giorgio Armani – really love ‘em!

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On the way to Sic Flags!

Sam’s car moshing. lmao

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Implementing the Satay Method – with the .XSPF Music Player!

Let’s face it. We all love the functionality of the .xspf music player. It’s sleek if we need it to be (everything stripped off of it except for a single button), or it can contain multiple fields of information like Artist, Album, Year, and even Album Cover.

But there’s one major problem I have always encountered with it, and in the past I’ve overlooked it. The friggin’ embed code will NOT validate, no matter what. Here’s a list of the errors I recieved just from the player when validating through W3C’s HTML Validator:

Line 91, Column 11: there is no attribute “src” .

<embed src="xspf_player.swf?playlist_url=playlist.xspf" quality="high" bgcolor="

        Line 91,
            Column 64: there is no attribute "quality".
…?playlist_url=playlist.xspf" quality="high" bgcolor="#E6E6E6" name="xspf_play

        Line 91,
            Column 79: there is no attribute "bgcolor".
…laylist.xspf" quality="high" bgcolor="#E6E6E6" name="xspf_player" allowscript

        Line 91,
            Column 94: there is no attribute "name".
…uality="high" bgcolor="#E6E6E6" name="xspf_player" allowscriptaccess="sameDom

        Line 91,
            Column 126: there is no attribute "allowscriptaccess".
…name="xspf_player" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwa

        Line 91,
            Column 144: there is no attribute "type".
… allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginsp

        Line 91,
            Column 188: there is no attribute "pluginspage".
…ation/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashpl

        Line 91,
            Column 240: there is no attribute "align".
…romedia.com/go/getflashplayer" align="center" height="55" width="225" /></obj

        Line 91,
            Column 256: there is no attribute "height".
…etflashplayer" align="center" height="55" width="225" /></object> <!-- END PL

        Line 91,
            Column 267: there is no attribute "width".
…er" align="center" height="55" width="225" /></object> <!-- END PLAYER! *****

        Line 91,
            Column 274: element "embed" undefined.
…gn="center" height="55" width="225" /></object> <!-- END PLAYER! ************

WHOA! I know, most of them are simple-fixes, but I hated the fact that some weren’t; that fact would stay on my mind for quite a while. So I needed to find an alternative – something that would validate easily, and (hopefully) clean up the code I had to be more presentable. So I turned to my trusty Google and after some searching I was able to find an article on A List Apart. I was kind of skeptical, but it was on A List Apart so If anything it had a reputable name behind it.

In the article Drew McClellan talks of similar problems – I instantly knew his pain and could totally relate. I am a self taught coder, though, so much of what he talked about I knew but just didn’t understand why it was there, and what purpose it served.

So after some reading i got to the final code that he came up with:

<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
data="c.swf?path=movie.swf"
width="400" height="300">
<param name="movie"
value="c.swf?path=movie.swf" />
</object>

Compared to MY original code for the .xspf player:

<object classid=”clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000″
codebase=”http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,0,0″
width=”225″ height=”55″ >
<param name=”allowScriptAccess” value=”sameDomain”/>
<param name=”movie” value=”xspf_player.swf”/>
<param name=”quality” value=”high”/>
<param name=”bgcolor” value=”#E6E6E6″/>
<embed src=”xspf_player.swf?playlist_url=playlist.xspf“
quality=”high” bgcolor=”#E6E6E6″ name=”xspf_player” allowscriptaccess=”sameDomain”
type=”application/x-shockwave-flash”
pluginspage=”http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer”
align=”center” height=”55″ width=”225″> </embed>
</object>

I was completely blown away by the stripped-downed looks and simplicity of his coding. Again, whoa! But one thing perturbed me – he was talking about movies, and I had a .swf playlist, not a movie. But a .swf is (basically) a .swf no matter what, right? So I gave it a shot.

Here’s what I did: I pasted his code right into mine and looked at the three real pualities I would have to work with: object data, dimensions, and param value.

I knew my object type already from the original code I had because that was the same as the param value, so I pasted in xspf_player.swf?playlist_url=playlist.xspf to both the object data and param value fields.

The only thing left to change was the dimensions – how simple could this get? There must be a major bug coming when I browser test…. here comes……

No bugs – nothing? Really?

Yup. You don’t get more simple than that, people. I went back to the validator and input my local file and  voila! A nice pretty green bar showing that there are NO problems anywhere in the code. What a good feeling.

I compared before and after, and the player looks exactly the same and works beautifully. So here’s my final code:

<object type=”application/x-shockwave-flash”
data=”xspf_player.swf?playlist_url=playlist.xspf“
width=”225″ height=”55″>
<param name=”movie”
value=”xspf_player.swf?playlist_url=playlist.xspf” />
</object>

And you’re done. Hope you find this helpful! Leave me comments if so. Many thanks to Drew McClellan and A List Apart, as well as the people behind the .xspf music player!

-Movlogger

Summer Swarm has officially begun!

Michael Letto is welcoming us.

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The face of a really excited kid :D

Remember this face – in four years it’s gonna be a little different.

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In Brunswick GA

Just ate at Shoney’s and now I’m walking to Starbucks while mom n dad finish meals. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a freestanding Starbuck – they’re usually in malls or airports around us.

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Oh look! JFK has disgusting bathrooms too!

Urine stains on the floors, semen on all of the walls, cracked mirror, stalls without doors… I absolutely HATE THIS AIRPORT.

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Doing Circles On Tarmac!

Click to listen! Let me know what you think. Let’s just say I’m fed UP with both JetBlue and JFK Airport. The picture is out my window looking at our gate while doing donuts on the tarmac.

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Donatella Versace: Queen of the… Saggy Armpit

So were on Jetblue about to head to JFK, and who do we see? Ms. Deflated Dolly Parton, otherwise known as Donatella Versace. Look at the massive muffin-top under her armpit! Absolutely gross – my mom even called it annoying. I wonder if anyone has seen this yet? Anyhoo, we’re off!

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