Archive for November, 2004

Who doesn’t like vectors?

Monday, November 29th, 2004

Just had to post a link to this image on the mozilla downlaod page, I’m sure just about everyone would have seen it alreay but how nice is the vector logo of the fox in the box. (there are bitmap textures on the box itself, but still scalable)

The original logo was designed by jon hicks in Fireworks, read about it here.

Actionscript Best Practices

Monday, November 29th, 2004

Macromedia has a sample chapter for download from a book called ‘Using ActionScript in Flash’. The chapter is ‘Using Best Practices‘ and has some good tips and suggestions.

“Best practices are particularly useful when you share FLA files with other Flash developers, or you want to create consistent and readable ActionScript. Adopting best practices can help you increase productivity and improve your workflow whether you’re working solo or on a team. The “Using Best Practices” chapter covers recommended practices and naming conventions in Flash development, as well as best practices for writing ActionScript 2.0.”

My top 10 countries

Tuesday, November 23rd, 2004

I was browsing through my stats tonight and thought I would post the top 10 countries that have visited my site in the last month. It’s always an interesting statistic. (Not counting Australia at number one)

1. United States
2. Germany
3. Slovak Republic
4. Spain
5. Japan
6. Great Britain
7. Greece
8. Netherlands
9. Sweden
10. Canada

Read it to me

Tuesday, November 23rd, 2004

Read it to me is AppleScript software that lets you sync audio versions of content (blog) to your iPod via Apple’s Text-to-Speech and iTunes. Created by Adam Tow and Alex King.’

Is this kind of podcasting still? i wonder.

TiddlyWiki

Monday, November 22nd, 2004

TiddlyWiki is a javascript/dhtml client side wiki. Looks like a really interesting take on a wiki.

New website

Monday, November 22nd, 2004

I have just launched a website for a couple of family members, head over and check it out. www.cloakehomoeopathy.com

Making RIAs Web-Friendly

Friday, November 19th, 2004

Kevin Lynch has a very good article on linking a swfs status to the browsers status bar. As it happens now the swf works independantly of the browser so it doesnt know if the swf is loading data or not. Kevin explains how to make the browser aware of what’s happening in there.