Ethan’s Tutorials News: The Vibe TV.com Relaunch

I have a lot of side projects. Too many in fact. However, I am going to be focusing on The Vibe TV Podcast Network, my newest project, as my main one. Now, if you watch any of my tutorials, you know that Ethan’s Tutorials has been my main project for over a year. But, I will not be getting rid of it. I am going to incorporate Ethan’s Tutorials as a new show on The Vibe TV Podcast Network. It will now be able to be seen on iTunes, as well as on TheVibeTV.com. This is not that big of a change, except that EthansTutorials.com no longer exists, but the new site for Ethan’s Tutorials is http://thevibetv.com/shows/ethans-tutorials. Again, this is not a major change, but I thought everyone should know.

@Ethan Ling

Quick iTunes 9 in Windows 7 Tip

Yesterday I downloaded iTunes 9, which is definitely different than it was before. But, as I was listening to some music while doing some web design, I discovered a cool little feature about iTunes 9 that is only found on Windows 7. If you watched my video or read the post that I wrote on Windows 7, you know that you can see previews of the windows that you have open when your scroll over their icon in the Super Bar. With iTunes, if you are listening to music, and you roll the mouse over the iTunes icon, you will see Backward, Play/Pause, and Forward buttons for having easy control of your music. If your not really getting what I’m saying, here’s a picture:

So as you can see, this is a pretty convenient feature that I am going to definitely use often.

Ethan

Why Its Better to Wait for Snow Leopard

Man, I bet just for the title, I’m going to get some Apple fanboys out there that are going to tell me that Snow Leopard is great and all, but I just don’t see it. snow Leopard to me just seems like a service pack to Leopard, and even Leo Laporte agrees with me. One of the updates in Snow Leopard was a change in the kernel that made the system more reliable. Now what I want to know is why they couldn’t have just added that as an update instead of charging $30 for it. That also brings up another point. If Snow Leopard was meant to be a full-fledged operating system, it would of cost more than just $30. Now, I’m definitely not complaining of the price, but I just don’t think it fits in to the operating system market. Finally, if it was meant to be a full-fledged operating system on it’s own, then why did they call it Snow Leopard instead of an original cat name? So far, it is the only name of an Apple OS that adds on to the name of it’s predecessor. So, all I’m really saying here is that if you have a Mac running Leopard, don’t feel obliged to go spend money to upgrade your OS. But, if you have an extra 30 bucks lying around, go ahead and be my guest.

Wishing He was a Mac Person,
Ethan Ling

http://twitter.com/ethanling

How to Write an XML Document (Beginner)

Ever wanted to learn how to code in XML? Well here is a simple tutorial that helps to scratch the surface of XML a little a give you an idea of how you can use it. XML is useful because things like an RSS feed or a Twitter feed get there information from an XML file. So, let’s get started….

XML is great because you create your own tags. If you are familiar with HTML, you know that a tag is two of these: <> with text in between. Since you will eventually go back and use another language like PHP to read the XML, you can make any kind of tag you want. This is an example of organizing a music library:

<music>
−
<rock>
−
<musicians>

<1> Mr. Dude</1>
<2> sfjkdgkfsg</2>
<3>ksfdggkasfdgfk</3>
<4> ksfdgkdgfk</4>

</musicians>
−
<songs>
<Song1>
song1.mp3
</Song1>
<Song2>
song2.mp3
</Song2>
</songs>
</rock>
−
<hiphop>
−
<musicians>

1. Mr. Dude
2. sfjkdgkfsg
3.ksfdggkasfdgfk
4. ksfdgkdgfk

</musicians>
−
<songs>
<Song1>
song1.mp3
</Song1>
<Song2>
song2.mp3
</Song2>
</songs>
</hiphop>
−
<jazz>
−
<musicians>

1. Mr. Dude
2. sfjkdgkfsg
3.ksfdggkasfdgfk
4. ksfdgkdgfk

</musicians>
−
<songs>
<Song1>
song1.mp3
</Song1>
<Song2>
song2.mp3
</Song2>
</songs>
</jazz>
</music>

As you can see, I created my own tags to fit the content i was organizing. Happy XML-ing.

Ethan

How to Make High Quality Video Overlays

If you have a live webshow, or you make videos, you know that overlays help add proffessionalism immensely. This tutorial shows how to create simple but  professional overlays with Adobe Photoshop. With a video editor or a webcam effects software, you can add text to these overlyas and make them look even better. If you like this video, message me on twitter by adding @ethanling to your tweet.

Ethan