Well, it took it’s own sweet time getting here, but here it finally is: 2010. No rocket cars or jet backs, but we do have video conferencing, holograms, and the ever increasing cybersprawl that is the web today, so sci fi and cartoons didn’t completely lie to us. And, maybe it’s just me, but it [...]
A little offtopic, but I thought I’d spread a little season cheer around with some Christmas photos taken by my wife… Merry Christmas All!
More Halloween fun [...]
A little early Halloween treat. I just love this time of year. By the way, you’ll need your sound on for the full effect. And try moving your mouse across the .swf. For a real Halloween treat, assuming you have about 20 some minutes to kill, I recommend turning off all the lights, turning your [...]
So I got an idea into my head while at Flash on the Beach
Bit of an overcast day today in Brighton, but still fairly comfortable. Started out the day with a bit of a let down. Had to decide between Andre Michelle and Serge Jespers. Unwisely, I picked Jespers who turned out to be a no-show. He was replaced with Mark Doherty who did a fairly good job [...]
Another surprisingly beautiful day in Brighton. Started the day with the “Elevator Pitches” session – 20 speakers all talking for 3 minutes each. A few that stood out to me to delve into later: zenbullets.com, a generative art blog with source code for download; swingpants.com, where we saw Jon Howard make 3 games in 3 [...]
Just pulled into Brighton yesterday afternoon. Rushed down to the dome for early registration and was a bit disappointed to discover there was no special free gift for early registrants as had been going around the twitterverse. The regular swag bag was top quality though. The bag itself is pretty great and actually usable. And [...]
Been extremely busy of late (not complaining), but thought I’d do a quick update post during lunch to get back into the swing of blogging. First, just finished up a little intro tutorial/article on “Getting Started with BetweenAS3″. For those not familiar with it, BetweenAS3 is a great new tweening engine that’s simple as pie [...]
Probably old hat to many folks, but I had to do a bit of googling yesterday to figure this one out and thought I’d write it down lest I forget it all again. The first gotcha to watch out for (the one that got me, anyway), is making sure that AMFPHP is encoding in AMF3. [...]
For those unfamiliar with the AIR Website Generation Tool with the god awful name of Site GeneratAIR (still no good suggestions), check out this old post. Whether familiar with it or not, it has now been updated to version 2.2. New in the latest release: Fixed a minor bug that made the dragged/dropped icons gargantuan [...]
Well, my wife’s first installation gallery exhibit came to an official close today. She had a great, albeit stressful, time and the response from the general gallery going public were fantastic. I can now officially say that I’m married to an artist. Can’t wait for the next exhibit. In other news, just updated [...]
Well, since all my friends did it, I finally jumped off the bridge and started using Twitter…
Started out the day with Andre Michelle’s “Boing-Bumm-Tschak (Flash 10 Sound API)” presentation. Very beautiful stuff. The biggest thing learned here is that manipulating sound is not so different from manipulating graphic items. That is, reverb is nothing more than a basic “easeout” formula and flanging is just elasticity applied to sound. Some useful tips he [...]
Just got back to the great loft apartment I’m staying at in Amsterdam and thought I’d jot down some impressions thoughts and notes of Day One of the sold out FITC conference while they’re still fresh in me little noggin. First up was the Keynote opening featuring Serge Jespers, Lee Brimelow, Mike Chambers, and Paul [...]
Another great American hero gone on February 4.
