I created a new Mango plugin, now you can add blip.tv videos easily using the Mango Post tool in the admin by adding a simple tag [bliptv:postId]. All you need to do is pass in the post ID when creating a new post in Mango and the video will display in the position of your posting. 

It is pretty basic right now.  I ping blip.tv''s API, pass them the post_ID and do some xmlParse/xmlSearch stuff and it returns the embed code.  The plugin just outputs that and displays it in your blog.  Like I said very simple and basic, I haven't figured out how to modify how the player gets displayed, such as height, width, options the player has on it, etc.... feel free to improve upon it :) You can thank my dog for waking me up at 6am on a Saturday morning for getting this done.

You can download the source here.
Just drop the bliptv folder in your "components/plugins/user" directory and it will display in your Mango Admin under Add-ons than all you need to do is activate it.

I got the idea after seeing a Thermo Video on Ryan Stewarts blog and figured what the heck, if WordPress can do it Mango can!!

I created a new mango plugin for the brightcove player, now you can add brightcove videos easily using the Mango Post tool in the admin by adding a simple tag [brightcove:videoid]. All you need to do is pass in the video ID when creating a new post in Mango and the video will display in the position of your posting.  I was inspired to create this plugin by Seb Duggan, who created the YouTube Plugin for Mango recently.  Like him, this was my first Mango plugin.  I plan on adding width, height and maybe some other useful features to the plugin soon.

You can download the source here. Read on to see the plugin in action!

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The carbon theme I submitted in late September ended up being the winner for the first round of FillColors.  Unfortunately I was the only submitter, I urge anyone who likes CSS, Flex and has a couple hours of free time to mess around with it and submit something.  Heck you cant beat a free license of Flex Builder 2, plus the recognition you get.  AsFusion has quite a following :)

Thanks again for the opportunity AsFusion and I wish you guys luck with future FillColors projects!

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AsFusion started a new project called FillColors, "Fill Colors is the embodiment of the separation between style and layout in Flex and a demonstration of what's possible in terms of skinning a Flex application. Fill Colors invites designers to show their Flex "skinning" skills and to learn from others by looking at the current styles in the gallery." You can read more at FillColors.com.

I entered a skin for the contest, which is a Flex 2 Builder License :)  I basically reversed engineered the RainBow theme and the Aqua theme to see how the application takes a skin and applies it.  Once I figured that out, I started playing with the carbon theme.   

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