Tim Banks » Web http://thetimbanks.com Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:33:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Testing the iOS 4.1 HD video upload to YouTube http://thetimbanks.com/2010/09/08/testing-the-ios-4-1-hd-video-upload-to-youtube/ http://thetimbanks.com/2010/09/08/testing-the-ios-4-1-hd-video-upload-to-youtube/#comments Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:12:25 +0000 timbanks http://thetimbanks.com/?p=97 Today Apple released iOS 4.1 for the iPhone 4, 3GS, and 3G.  One of the noted features was HD video upload to YouTube.  I have uploaded a couple videos to YouTube in the past and the quality was far from desired.  After the installation I took a quick 20 second video of the view from my porch outside.  I selected the option to upload to YouTube and let the phone go to work.

The upload process was actually pretty quick.  The video is was 6.8 Mb and it took about a minute or 2 to upload.  As soon as it was uploaded it was viewable online which was pretty nice.  Below you will find the video that I uploaded.

The first thing I noticed was that the 720p option was not available to select.  The phone can apparently support up to 720p recording so I am confused as to why it didn’t upload in 720p.  Other than that the video turned out pretty good.  I think this might be a nice feature to actually use in the future.

UPDATE:  It looks like the 720p option is now available.  It must take a little extra time for some processing to happen on the server.  This is exactly what I was looking for when Apple first announced the ability to upload straight to YouTube.

]]> http://thetimbanks.com/2010/09/08/testing-the-ios-4-1-hd-video-upload-to-youtube/feed/ 0 Ridiculous RAM Requirement when signing up for DSL Service http://thetimbanks.com/2010/08/31/ridiculous-ram-requirement-when-signing-up-for-dsl-service/ http://thetimbanks.com/2010/08/31/ridiculous-ram-requirement-when-signing-up-for-dsl-service/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:58:00 +0000 timbanks http://thetimbanks.com/?p=86 I was recently trying to find the best price for internet service in my area and came across a question asking me how much RAM my computer has.  I was surprised by the options in the dropdown.

32MB, really?

Luckily I had at least the minimum requirements.

]]> http://thetimbanks.com/2010/08/31/ridiculous-ram-requirement-when-signing-up-for-dsl-service/feed/ 0 Using jQuery and YQL to get an RSS feed from a site http://thetimbanks.com/2010/08/03/using-jquery-and-yql-to-get-an-rss-feed-from-a-site/ http://thetimbanks.com/2010/08/03/using-jquery-and-yql-to-get-an-rss-feed-from-a-site/#comments Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:18:00 +0000 timbanks http://thetimbanks.com/?p=81 I forgot to post a link to this earlier, but I wrote a blog post on using jQuery and YQL to get an RSS feed from a web site. The code uses YQL to grab the content of the external site and then jQuery to find a link tag pointing to the location of the RSS feed. This is similar to how Firefox displays the RSS feed icon in the address bar.

Check out the full post here.

]]> http://thetimbanks.com/2010/08/03/using-jquery-and-yql-to-get-an-rss-feed-from-a-site/feed/ 0 Using the Web.Config connection string with LINQ to SQL http://thetimbanks.com/2010/06/11/using-the-web-config-connection-string-with-linq-to-sql/ http://thetimbanks.com/2010/06/11/using-the-web-config-connection-string-with-linq-to-sql/#comments Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:26:31 +0000 timbanks http://thetimbanks.com/?p=79 I finished up a post over on my company’s development blog.  I describe an issue I had with using multiple connection strings with LINQ to SQL classes.

You can read the whole article over at http://lanitdev.wordpress.com/2010/06/11/using-the-web-config-connection-string-with-linq-to-sql/

]]> http://thetimbanks.com/2010/06/11/using-the-web-config-connection-string-with-linq-to-sql/feed/ 0 A List Apart annual web survey 2009 http://thetimbanks.com/2009/12/15/a-list-apart-annual-web-survey-2009/ http://thetimbanks.com/2009/12/15/a-list-apart-annual-web-survey-2009/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:36:18 +0000 timbanks http://thetimbanks.com/?p=39 Each year A List Apart conducts a survey targeted towards people who consider themselves web professionals.  I have taken the survey each year and enjoy looking over the results to see how my current situation compares to everyone who takes the survey.  To take this year’s survey, just go to A List Apart’s Survey Page.  The survey only took me about 4 minutes to complete.

If you are interested in seeing the kind of data the survey collects, you can view last year’s results.

I took the survey and you should too!

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