Jul 9

I recently had to work with Akamai Secure Flash Sreaming for on-demand videos and wanted to share some notes on how we got this to work.

You’ll need 2 zip files from Akamai:

  1. Akamai Flash Media Kit
  2. Akamai Secure Token Generator

Inside the Akmai Flash Media Kit you will have to open CS3SampleOnDemand.fla in Flash and edit the ActionScript. First declare a constant for the token:

CONNECTION_AUTH_PARAMS=”THEVALUEFROMYOURFLASHVARS_TOKEN”;

Then you will pass the autorization token to the Akamai object like this:

ak.authParams = CONNECTION_AUTH_PARAMS;

I also have a DLL with using the Type D Authentication from Akamai, please email me if you need it.

Apr 19

In the last few years, cars are getting more horsepower, amazing styles and designs at reasonable prices. This makes it tougher for me to decide on what car I want, factor in cost, dealership headaches and proximity saturation (who else do I know that owns this ride) and it will take me forever to decide. But the longer I wait, the hot new cars will simmer a little down in price and of course a whole new fleet of hot cars will arrive.

Here’s my search criteria in order of importance:

  • Luxury coupe
  • Good tech package (touchscreen nav, bluetooth, ipod, high end sound system)
  • Over 250 horsepower
  • Under $45,000

Cars I have researched and are interested in (I know some of them may not fit the criteria):

  • Audi A5
  • Infiniti G37
  • BMW 335 coupe
  • Jaguar XF

Does anyone own any of these or know of any special pricing on these rides?