Fred is a personal stop motion short. It got finished thanks to many friends, bank loans, and credit cards. I devoted spare time between jobs, moving the sets and puppets from one city to the next zig-zagging the west coast from LA to Seattle.
I know, right? Another one, just a day later? But this one actually will make it possible for me to update the types of auto-embed content the LGF Pages bookmarklet can identify — without making you re-install the bookmarklet to take advantage of the new features.
When you open this new version of the bookmarklet, it “phones home” to littlegreenfootballs.com no matter which site you’re on, and gets a file with the information it needs to find embedded video and audio in the current page. The cool thing about doing it this way is that it lets me add new embed types to the file on our server, and the bookmarklet automatically starts using them the next time you open it — no reinstallation necessary any more!
To get the new extensible version of the bookmarklet, reinstall it one more time by first deleting the old one (either by dragging it off the bookmark bar or by right-clicking and choosing “Delete”), then dragging the button labeled “Create a Page” (at the top of the right sidebar) to your bookmark bar in its place.
A trouble-shooting tip: if you click the bookmarklet and no window (or tab) opens, it’s probably because popups have been blocked by the browser. Most browsers have popup blocking on by default. The easiest way to handle this is to turn popup blocking off entirely; you can also allow popups on specific sites in the browser’s Preferences, but for posting purposes it’s a nuisance to do this for every site you might want to post something about.
This new bookmarklet is actually calling our brand spanking new API (version 0.1, a one-day old baby), using the JSONP technique to get around the Javascript same-origin policy that would normally prevent this kind of cross-site access.
This happens in the jQuery.ajax() method beginning at line 27. It makes a call to the API at:
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/api/0.1/postRegex
jQuery handles all the details of the JSONP call (with its necessary callback function), parses the JSON response, and returns the data in the object lgf — in this case it consists of two regular expression definitions that are used on lines 34 and 36.
Stop the presses! Wouldn’t you know that as soon as I post this new version, I discover an even better way to get this done? Instead of JSONP, the bookmarklet now uses the new hotness, CORS, to do away with the callback function and the other JSONP kludges, and use pure unsullied JSON as Crockford intended.
I’ve updated the code below; the API now goes to version 0.2, so I can still support the JSONP method as well.
Also, one little thing about the episode:(function() {
var j = '1.9.1', d = document;
if (window.jQuery === undefined || window.jQuery.fn.jquery < j) {
var done = false, s = d.createElement('script');
s.src = '//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/' + j + '/jquery.min.js';
s.onload = s.onreadystatechange = function(){
if (!done && (!this.readyState || this.readyState == 'loaded' || this.readyState == 'complete')) {
done = true;
jQuery.noConflict();
lgfPost();
}
};
d.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(s);
} else {
lgfPost();
}
function esc(s) {
return escape(s).replace(/\+/ig, '%252B');
}
function lgfPost() {
(window.postPage = function() {
jQuery.ajax('http://littlegreenfootballs.com/api/0.2/postRegex').done(function(lgf) {
var f = q = w = '',
u = esc(location.href),
d = document,
t = esc(d.title),
s = esc((d.selection) ? d.selection.createRange().text : d.getSelection()),
ob = jQuery('iframe').filter(function() {
return this.src.match(RegExp(lgf.regex.embed, 'i'));
});
if (ob.length && !u.match(RegExp(lgf.regex.sites, 'i'))) {
f = esc(ob.eq(0).attr('src'));
}
q = (
'u=' + u +
'&t=' + t +
'&f=' + f +
'&s=' + s
);
w = (
'width=670,' +
'height=820,' +
'scrollbars=1,' +
'status=1,' +
'menubar=1,' +
'location=1,' +
'resizable=1'
);
window.open('http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/lgf-postpage.php?' + q, '_blank', w);
});
})();
}
})();
re: #75 thedopefishlives No. No one does anymore. The Ottomans got rid of it by 1885 or so, and it pretty much all but disappeared from the Islamic world by the end of the 19th Century. Generalized taxation on all citizens or subjects - depending on the state in question - was considered easier to assess and collect. There are some groups, more likely ...An alternate title for this post might be, “The Recursive Conspiracy Theories of a Raving Freakazoid,” as our favorite right wing nut sandwich just continues to chase his own paranoid tail. Here he is opining that the AP and IRS “scandals” are really just attempts to cover up the Benghazi cover-up, because “that is literally where the bodies are buried.”
Via: Right Wing Watch.
re: #58 Dark_Falcon
Ron Paul endorsed Kokesh when he ran for state legislature in NM. Kokesh was no less kooky at that time. As always, the nutburgers are OK with the fellow nutburgers until their nuttiness is noticed in the wider arena.I’m about to sling some code at you here, so watch out. There’s a new improved version of the LGF Pages bookmarklet, and if you have an LGF account you can install it by deleting the old one (if you already installed it) from your browser’s bookmarks bar, then dragging the “Create a Page” button to the bookmarks bar in its place.
The new version extends our exclusive auto-embed feature to add Scribd.com and SoundCloud to the auto-detected embed types. If you open the bookmarklet on any page containing an embedded Scribd document or SoundCloud audio file, it will be automatically added to your Page. If you want to test it out, here’s a page at Right Wing Watch with an embedded SoundCloud file: Radio Host Frequented by Gun Activists Calls for Shooting of Bush Family & Obama, Sexual Violence Against Hillary Clinton | Right Wing Watch.
Here’s the source code for the bookmarklet, in the interest of full disclosure. (Also because I want to test the latest version of our source code formatter.)
There are a couple of interesting tricks in this one; notice the method of loading jQuery by injecting a script tag into the page. I’ll leave the rest as an exercise for the nerds amongst us.
The bookmarklet source code:
(function() {
var j = '1.9.1', d = document;
if (window.jQuery === undefined || window.jQuery.fn.jquery < j) {
var done = false, s = d.createElement('script');
s.src = '//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/' + j + '/jquery.min.js';
s.onload = s.onreadystatechange = function(){
if (!done && (!this.readyState || this.readyState == 'loaded' || this.readyState == 'complete')) {
done = true;
jQuery.noConflict();
init();
}
};
d.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(s);
} else {
init();
}
function esc(s) {
return escape(s).replace(/\+/ig, '%252B');
}
function init() {
(window.LGF_post = function() {
var f = q = w = '',
u = esc(location.href),
d = document,
t = esc(d.title),
s = esc((d.selection) ? d.selection.createRange().text : d.getSelection()),
ob = jQuery('iframe').filter(function() {
return this.src.match(/https?:\/\/(www\.youtube|player\.vimeo\.|w\.soundcloud\.com\/player|www\.scribd\.com\/embeds\/)/i);
});
if (ob.length && !u.match(/www\.youtube\.com\/|vimeo\.com\/|soundcloud\.com|www\.scribd\.com/i)) {
f = esc(ob.eq(0).attr('src'));
}
q = (
'u=' + u +
'&t=' + t +
'&f=' + f +
'&s=' + s
);
w = (
'width=670,' +
'height=820,' +
'scrollbars=1,' +
'status=1,' +
'menubar=1,' +
'location=1,' +
'resizable=1'
);
window.open('http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/lgf-postpage.php?' + q, '_blank', w);
})();
}
})();
And here’s the minified version created with Google Closure Compiler:
(function(){function b(b){return escape(b).replace(/\+/ig,"%252B")}function d(){(window.LGF_post=function(){var a=q=w="",d=b(location.href),c=document,f=b(c.title),c=b(c.selection?c.selection.createRange().text:c.getSelection()),e=jQuery("iframe").filter(function(){return this.src.match(/https?:\/\/(www\.youtube|player\.vimeo\.|w\.soundcloud\.com\/player|www\.scribd\.com\/embeds\/)/i)});e.length&&!d.match(/www\.youtube\.com\/|vimeo\.com\/|soundcloud\.com|www\.scribd\.com/i)&&(a=b(e.eq(0).attr("src"))); q="u="+d+"&t="+f+"&f="+a+"&s="+c;w="width=670,height=820,scrollbars=1,status=1,menubar=1,location=1,resizable=1";window.open("http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/lgf-postpage.php?"+q,"_blank",w)})()}var f=document;if(void 0===window.jQuery||"1.9.1">window.jQuery.fn.jquery){var e=!1,a=f.createElement("script");a.src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js";a.onload=a.onreadystatechange=function(){if(!e&&(!this.readyState||"loaded"==this.readyState||"complete"==this.readyState))e= !0,jQuery.noConflict(),d()};f.getElementsByTagName("head")[0].appendChild(a)}else d()})();
re: #181 NJDhockeyfan
Good to know that you can Goodwin in Greece.(Click below if you can’t see the MP4 video above.)
The mind-numbingly stupid right wing fake outrage of the day: yes, now they’re even going after the President for asking Marines to hold umbrellas for himself and the Turkish Prime Minister. I just can’t even.
The hacks at wingnut propaganda site The Daily Caller lead the charge, but it’s on every single right wing blog and media website, of course, because they do this stuff in lockstep unison like good little authoritarians: Obama Breaches Marine Umbrella Protocol | the Daily Caller.
Did Obama “breach protocol?” Let’s see what the Marine Corps has to say about it:
Seeing a Marine with this particular accessory is “extremely rare,” Marine Corps spokesman Capt. Greg Wolf explained, but because the president’s the commander in chief of the Armed Forces, if he says “hold my umbrella,” it’s permissible.
The sad thing is that this laughable story actually ended up on the front pages of the New York Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Washington Times and the Los Angeles Times.
This is why the wingnut lockstep army does this kind of freakishly moronic outrage-mongering — because the mainstream media enables it.
Meanwhile, again as usual, the commenters for the Daily Caller’s rage-inducing article are, yes, spewing all kinds of vile racism. They got the subtext right away — it’s a white man holding an umbrella for a black President.
I thought afro-sheen was waterproof?
[…]
Just another occasion where Obama shows his “superiority” to any and everyone around him. Shameful.
[…]
Just another example of the illegitimate Kenyan illegal alien’s arrogance, ignorance, and contempt for the military - and the Marine Corps in particular.
[…]
Next they’ll be carrying shopping bags for Michelle as she strolls ‘Miracle Mile’ looking for a bargain.
[…]
I would roll that umbrella up and shove it where the sun don’t shine. Kenyan Fraud. III%
[…]
The MONKEY BOY BATH HOUSE QUEEN WOULD MELT if SHE GOT WET!!!!!
[…]
Too funny! The first black man given the opportunity to run the most powerful country on earth and he turns out to be no different than all the other two bit corrupt black dictators around the world. For all the world to see no less. Way to go BO!
[…]
Someone…please throw some shoes at this Kenyan clown!!
On and on it goes — currently there are more than 1700 comments, almost all spewing hatred and deranged conspiracy theories. The right wing base in all its glory.
Also see:
Guest Post From a U.S. Marine About Barack Obama’s Shocking and Disgusting Use of an Umbrella
The President was trying to handle a situation to avoid his guest being uncomfortable. He didn't want the Prime Minister to be in a wet suit the rest of the day. Sometimes you have to think on your feet.Haywood JabloemeSCOTT PELLEY: Also at his news conference today the president called for tighter security for U.S. diplomatic facilities to prevent an attack like the one in Benghazi, Libya, last year that killed U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. Of course, Benghazi has become a political controversy. Republicans claim that the Administration watered down the facts in talking points that were given to U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice for television appearances while Mr. Obama was running for reelection. Republicans on Capitol Hill claim that they had found proof of this in White House e-mails that they leaked to reporters last week. Well, it turns out some of the quotes in those e-mails were wrong. Major Garrett is at the White House for us tonight. Major?
MAJOR GARRETT: Scott, Republicans have claimed that the State Department under Hillary Clinton was trying to protect itself from criticism. The White House released the real e-mails late yesterday and here’s what we found when we compared them to the quotes that had been provided by Republicans. One e-mail was written by Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes. On Friday, Republicans leaked what they said was a quote from Rhodes. “We must make sure that the talking points reflect all agency equities, including those of the State Department, and we don’t want to undermine the FBI investigation.” But it turns out, in the actual e-mail Rhodes did not mention the State Department. It read “We need to resolve this in a way that respects all the relevant equities, particularly the investigation.” Republicans also provided what they said was a quote from an e-mail written by State Department Spokesman Victoria Nuland. The Republican version notes Nuland discussing: “The penultimate point is a paragraph talking about all the previous warnings provided by the Agency (CIA) about al-Qaeda’s presence and activities of al-Qaeda.” The actual e-mail from Nuland says: the “…penultimate point could be abused by Members to beat the State Department for not paying attention to Agency warnings…” The C.I.A. agreed with the concerns raised by the State Department and revised the talking points to make them less specific than the C.I.A.’s original version, eliminating references to al-Qaeda and affiliates and earlier security warnings. There is no evidence, Scott, the White House orchestrated these changes.
More: Wow, This Is Pretty Epic
Also see:
WH Benghazi Emails Have Different Quotes Than Earlier Reported
I see CBS is busting the GOP's chops for the email crap. I wonder what CBS' professional concern troll, Sheryl Atkisson has to say about this? She's long had many, very Very Concerns about Benghazi-gate.Via: Boing Boing
On his radio program today, Glenn Beck uncorked a bizarre rant about the NAACP and Martin Luther King and Booker T. Washington and by the way, 20 PERCENT OF KKK LYNCHINGS WERE OF WHITE PEOPLE! AND THEY’D BE TEA PARTIERS TODAY!
Beck’s strategy for defending himself against charges of racism seems to be to confuse the issues so thoroughly that nobody can figure out what the hell he’s trying to say. But yeah, he’s still a racist pig.
“They are a joke,” Beck said of the NAACP, calling them “an affront” to everything that Martin Luther King, Frederick Douglass, and Booker T. Washington stood for. “You are an affront to their memory. You really are.”
Somehow, that discussion then prompted Beck to declare that “20% of the lynchings [carried out] by the KKK were of white people … and you know what, I contend [that] the white people that were lynched are exactly the kind of people that would be in the Tea Party today.”
Via: Right Wing Watch.
Bristling GohmertThe dumbest man in Congress, Texas Representative Louie “Terror Babies from the Future” Gohmert, got all lathered up yesterday because Eric Holder said, in so many words, that Gohmert didn’t know WTF he was talking about when he asked a weird, pointless question about some tortuous Muslim-Christian persecution fantasy he apparently got from World Net Daily. So the hearing wasn’t a complete waste.
“Because of political correctness, there was not a thorough enough investigation of Tamerlan to determine this kid had been radicalized,” Gohmert said of one of the Boston bombing suspects. “On the one hand, we go after Christian groups like Billy Graham’s group - we go after Franklin Graham’s group - but then we’re hands-off when it comes to possibly offending someone who has been radicalized as a terrorist.”
Holder responded by saying that Gohmert didn’t have access to all of the facts.
“Unless somebody has done something inappropriate, you don’t have access to the FBI files,” he said. “I know what the FBI did. You cannot know what I know.”
Gohmert bristled at the suggestion that he was making false statements, repeatedly telling Holder that he “challenged my character.”
Related:
Louie ‘Terror Babies’ Gohmert: Aurora Shootings Caused by Not Enough God
re: #5 Bubblehead II
Greenslade: Mr EcclesGohmert we are not for one moment doubting your sincerity, it's just your intelligence that's in question.
EcclesGohmert: Well I accept your apology.
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