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Blogs posted in June 2010:

I have a robotic ball in my kitchen

JUN
26
2010
Posted in category Work In progress | 1746 views
Tags: robot  ball  kitchen  composite  test  camera  match 
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View in HD A test of some camera matching. My main focus was on the motion of the camera rather than the animation or rendering of the ball - that's to come later, now that I know I can match up the camera! Time to come up with some ideas...

Use Javascript to interact with Flash

JUN
17
2010
Posted in category Tutorials | 2490 views
Tags: flash  actionscript  interaction  javascript  web  site  tutorial 
Click me!I've now redesigned my portfolio page, and as a result there's no space for this little feature, so I'm going to write about it instead and give the example.

It's a handy way of having extra interaction on the web page, by allowing a nice little animation every time a link is clicked. I was using a jQuery plugin to load content dynamically, and it gave me the idea that because the rest of the page outside of the target div is static, it would be good to have a small animation. So each time the page swapped from one section to another, this little guy pressed the button.

The Javascript used is pretty much th...

Multiplayer Blackjack in PHP, Javascript, MySQL

JUN
13
2010
Posted in category Featured work | 2713 views
Tags: blackjack  web  php  mysql  javascript  online game  site  multiplayer 
BlackjackI've been working on this extension to my website for the last few days, and it's ready to be viewed and played around with. It's an online version of Blackjack, created with PHP, Javascript and MySQL, and can be played as single or multiplayer - to test out the multiplayer, just open another browser window and be another player. The aim is to get a hand as close to 21 without going over, and to beat the dealer (not...

My favourite Firefox plugins

JUN
03
2010
Posted in category Random blog posts | 3229 views
Tags: firefox  plugins  web  random 
Firefox pluginsAdblock Plus
Adverts in general annoy me (if I want something, I'd research a type of product then buy the best one, not one that was shoved in my face), but adverts on the internet annoy me in particular. My internet connection is shockingly bad, so every kB saved is a bonus, plus Flash...
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