Monthly Archives: September 2008
Here is a Method That is Helping Homeowners Get a Sneak Peak at Their Remodeling Plans
Modeling your new house and/or rooms in SketchUp is only step 1 of getting a good impressions of what they will look like. This blog posts explains part 2: Adding lights and textures to get a good impression of what the space will look like when the lights are turned on. You’ll need 3D rendering [...]
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Little Known Way to Create a Fully Customizable ActionScript 3.0 YouTube Player
So you want to integrate YouTube videos in your Flash application and think that the YouTube API will get you there. If you’re doing ActionScript 3.0 development, it won’t. However, in this post and a bunch of follow-ups, I’ll show you how it is possible to get that video playing. See TheCouchTV, the random YouTube [...]
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See How Easily You Can Get Smarter
One way to challenge the brain is to stay up-to-date with the latest news. But what will news coverage look like in the online and near-future world? Here’s my view, and a poll to see what you think about it.
Time required: less than 15 minutes.
Currently, Newsvine is my preferred example of how news reporting will [...]
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The Beginner’s Guide to Using Ext with Delicious and Obtaining a Beautifully Interactive Site in no Time
In two relatively easy steps I will show you how you can integrate Delicious bookmarks into your sites. A little HTML and JavaScript knowledge is useful. If you have questions, feel free to leave a comment or mail me. First take a look at my improved prototype site: Recipebook 2.0. The grid featuring recipes is [...]
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Who Else Wants a Star Destroyer in Their Backyard? (Motion Tracking)
As of now, my posts will show you how much time you are likely to spend reading it and investigating the links. This is only an indication, but it should give you an idea of the commitment needed before you start reading.
15 minutes. Add a few hours to a few weeks if you want to [...]
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Build a Highly Interactive Web Application in No Time
Do you want to learn how to go from a web 2.0 idea to a concept that can be sold to friends and and venture capitalists alike? Just follow along.
In this post I will show you the thoughtproces that was behind the Recipebook 2.0 prototype I showed you in earlier posts. And the debugging done [...]
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Turn Your Life Around with Ubuntu
Turn it around … today. Sometimes many things seem to be out of your control. For instance, you might not be able to fix your car because you don’t know anything about transmissions or fuel injection. Or maybe you missed that promotion because some guy is spreading rumors. The solution? View the problem as an [...]
What Every Flash Developer Ought to Know About flash.display.StageScaleMode