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- 50 Fresh Interactive Studio and Social Media Agency Websites
This is a very inspiring collection of digital/interactive agency websites. Note the ratio of flash to html sites. - Web Design Inspiration for the iPhone
Finally! A Gallery of sites designed for iPhone! - 40 Excellent Adobe Illustrator Tutorials
This looks like an awesome collection of tutorials to create all kinds of great things in illustrator. - 50 Useful New JQuery Techniques
With all the great JQuery and CSS effects I distance myself from Flash more and more. - Labuat
This is one of the coolest Flash/Music integrated sites ever!
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Elapsed Time Counter
Posted September 23rd, 2008 in Code Examples | No Comments »
Creating your own video player in flash can be tricky sometimes, especially figuring out the logic for the elapsed time counter. Hopefully this snippet will make it easier for you next time.
// DEFAULT TIMER TEXT
timer_txt.text = “00:00″;
// TIMECODE VARS
var timecode:Number = 0;
var mins:Number = 0;
var secs:Number = 0;
// PLAYHEAD TIME EVENT LISTENER
var listenerObject:Object = [...]
Taking 3D to the web… seriously
Posted September 19th, 2008 in Current Trends, Web Tools | No Comments »
This content requires the Unity Web Player
Install the Unity Web Player today!
This new technology opened my eyes to a whole new world. I’ve been struggling with Flash and Papervision3D in terms of online 3D content and interactivity. Papervision is awesome, don’t get me wrong, but it lacks the render engine for some serious [...]
WordPress Developer Toolbox
Posted September 17th, 2008 in Code Examples, Design Examples, Web Tools | No Comments »
It’s the mother load of WordPress info, rightfully named the Developers Toolbox. Everything you can think of spawns off of this link. A great repository from Smashing Magazine. Follow the link!
Top 10 weblog engines reviewed
Posted September 16th, 2008 in Current Trends | No Comments »
For some of you out there is may be painfully obvious that I use WordPress as the backbone of my blog. However, some people out there are completely in the dark when it comes to choosing and setting up a blog system for the first time.
This is a great article reviewing the top 10 weblog [...]
Coverage3D
Posted September 15th, 2008 in Current Trends | No Comments »
This is a freaking good way to use Papervision3D. This opens the door for all kinds of creative and effective ways to build virtual environments. This particular site promos their “3D Online Event Coverage” service. Cool concepts, we’ll see if it catches on. But from the standpoint of achieving great environmental 3D in [...]
The Little Girl Giant
Posted September 12th, 2008 in Miscellaneous | 1 Comment »
Hold on, just when you thought you’d seen it all, the weird factor just goes through the roof. Check out the friend to the Sultan’s Elephant, the Little Girl Giant!
The Sultan’s Elephant
Posted September 11th, 2008 in Miscellaneous | No Comments »
As if the spider wasn’t weird enough, check out their previous project “The Sultan’s Elephant”. This thing is straight out of LOTR Return of the King.