Year: 2008

This is Aaron Draplin telling me a story about a sign. He's a graphic designer and very passionate about what he does. This clip is an extra from a mini documentary I am about to finish with him. Strong language- mostly lots of F words. If you like design stuff you gotta check out his site.

Of course, Photocritic is your favourite photography resource in the whole wide world, and you’d be mad to think otherwise. Nonetheless, I have to admit that there are some pretty damn amazing websites out there. This is my attempt at collecting some of my favourites – which isn’t easy, considering how many bookmarks I have.
So, I give to you, 50 of my favourite photography websites – these should keep you busy for a while…

So, you like the idea of doing macro photography, but you think you can’t afford it? Think again – with less than £1 worth of equipment, a little bit of sweat and tears (and blood, if you, like me, are a bit on the clumsy side), and you can build yourself a surprisingly good macro lens. Don’t believe me? Well, have a look at the article, and think again!

In this article we’d like to present a list of over 20 Useful and New jQuery plugins you should always have ready to create more interactive, more responsive and more flexible web-solutions. Image Cross Fade Transition, Smooth Marquee, Auto-populate multiple select boxes, Feed Menus, sliders, menus, animation that should give you a useful and powerful toolbox which you can use in your future projects.

Ever print a web page only to find your printout is full of ads, empty space and other junk you don't want? PrintWhatYouLike is a free web page editor that gives you control of how web pages look when printed.

Our goal is to give exposure to Flickr's best fashion photographers and inspire our visitors. If you like a photo, please click it and leave a comment on the photographer's Flickr page.

Turn entire content blocks in to clickable targets with this simple plugin.

Automatic file backup and recovery for Windows Vista, XP and 2000

Controlled Vocabulary: your site for information on Keyword, Hierarchical Classification, Thesauri, Taxonomy and Subject Heading systems used to describe images in databases (Thesaurus, facet classification, hierarchy)

When it comes to beautiful web design, one of the most overlooked elements of a web site is the site’s archive listings. As a result, I really appreciate a well-designed archive listing when I come across one, and have gathered together some of the best examples I’ve seen for this article.

The Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) is quite a hot topic among web developers. And well it might be! With AIR, Adobe’s new desktop-based web application system, desktop applications can now be built with the technologies web developers have been using for years—plain old HTML], CSS], and JavaScript.

For many web developers, myself included, the most intimidating part of the design process is getting started. Imagine for a moment that you're sitting at your desk with nothing other than a cup of coffee and the business card of a potential client who needs a basic corporate web site. Usually, a business card speaks volumes about a company's identity, and could be used as design inspiration.

In our previous tutorial, we created a personal notes storage database using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. In this tutorial, we’re going to explore the UI features of the AIR platform by building a simple Customer Relationship Management (CRM) application. We’ll use those same technologies, as well as a local SQLite database.

The Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) platform changes the game for web developers, taking standard web technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, and bringing them into a desktop application environment. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to build a personal notes database with Adobe AIR.

For most developers, security is a prime concern when developing web applications: Password fields, SSL connections, and likely additional measures on the server. What happens when you're developing a desktop application for Adobe AIR where there is no server? With features like file IO, you could clearly store sensitive information on disk, but you don't want to use plain text. This article explores the encrypted local store feature in Adobe AIR to help you protect your users' data.

Adobe provides three assets that are essential to the deployment of AIR applications: the Adobe AIR install badge, the Adobe AIR browser API, and the Flash Player Detection Kit. When you use all of these tools, you can create a seamless installation process that installs the needed components for your AIR applications.

The update framework supplies a default user interface that your application can use. It provides the user with basic information and options related to application updates. Your application can also also define its own custom user interface for use with the update framework.

Badger is a Flex application built on AIR that enables developers to easily create install badges for their applications (see Figure 1). The application was created by Grant Skinner for Adobe Systems, Inc.
Badger includes the following features:
* Rapid configuration: Simply open the AIR file within the Badger application to retrieve information required for the install badge.
* Visual configuration: Preview the badge and make any necessary changes.
* Simple cut-and-paste deployment: Export and cut and paste the code to your web page.

In our previous tutorial, we created a personal notes storage database using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. In this tutorial, we’re going to explore the UI features of the AIR platform by building a simple Customer Relationship Management (CRM) application. We’ll use those same technologies, as well as a local SQLite database.

The Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) platform changes the game for web developers, taking standard web technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, and bringing them into a desktop application environment. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to build a personal notes database with Adobe AIR.

For most developers, security is a prime concern when developing web applications: Password fields, SSL connections, and likely additional measures on the server. What happens when you're developing a desktop application for Adobe AIR where there is no server? With features like file IO, you could clearly store sensitive information on disk, but you don't want to use plain text. This article explores the encrypted local store feature in Adobe AIR to help you protect your users' data.

Adobe provides three assets that are essential to the deployment of AIR applications: the Adobe AIR install badge, the Adobe AIR browser API, and the Flash Player Detection Kit. When you use all of these tools, you can create a seamless installation process that installs the needed components for your AIR applications.

The update framework supplies a default user interface that your application can use. It provides the user with basic information and options related to application updates. Your application can also also define its own custom user interface for use with the update framework.

Badger is a Flex application built on AIR that enables developers to easily create install badges for their applications (see Figure 1). The application was created by Grant Skinner for Adobe Systems, Inc.
Badger includes the following features:
* Rapid configuration: Simply open the AIR file within the Badger application to retrieve information required for the install badge.
* Visual configuration: Preview the badge and make any necessary changes.
* Simple cut-and-paste deployment: Export and cut and paste the code to your web page.

John Walcott warns: 'Instead of being members of the Fourth Estate, too many Washington reporters have been itching to move up an estate or two.' He also argues against the notion that truth can be found midway between the two opposing poles of any argument.

Here is Sillof’s follow up to the popular line from the last 2 CustomCons. Formerly called Steampunk Star Wars, the line has been officially changed to Steam Wars. This time Sillof is taking on the Return of the Jedi. His re-visioned characters are full of retro-futurism twists and antiquated design elements. Great lengths were taken to give the entire line of over 30 figures a cohesive aesthetic.
This line goes even bigger then the previous ones with vehicles and playsets this time. The line is 6” in scale and each figure was carefully sketched out and redesigned taking a few key classic elements of the original characters and blending them with his own unique archaic feel.

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I want to take a bunch of HTML nodes and do following things with them
* make those items scrollable horizotally or vertically
* decide how many items are visible at once
* scroll elements with mouse, arrow keys and mousewheel (requires mousewheel.js)
* make navigational buttons without programming
* have programmatic actions: next, prev, nextPage, prevPage, seekTo, begin, end
* need to know when list is scrolled with custom event listener
* I want this all in single js file that weights only 3.9 Kb!

John Walcott warns: 'Instead of being members of the Fourth Estate, too many Washington reporters have been itching to move up an estate or two.' He also argues against the notion that truth can be found midway between the two opposing poles of any argument.

Here is Sillof’s follow up to the popular line from the last 2 CustomCons. Formerly called Steampunk Star Wars, the line has been officially changed to Steam Wars. This time Sillof is taking on the Return of the Jedi. His re-visioned characters are full of retro-futurism twists and antiquated design elements. Great lengths were taken to give the entire line of over 30 figures a cohesive aesthetic.
This line goes even bigger then the previous ones with vehicles and playsets this time. The line is 6” in scale and each figure was carefully sketched out and redesigned taking a few key classic elements of the original characters and blending them with his own unique archaic feel.

Free Video Player for the Web

I want to take a bunch of HTML nodes and do following things with them
* make those items scrollable horizotally or vertically
* decide how many items are visible at once
* scroll elements with mouse, arrow keys and mousewheel (requires mousewheel.js)
* make navigational buttons without programming
* have programmatic actions: next, prev, nextPage, prevPage, seekTo, begin, end
* need to know when list is scrolled with custom event listener
* I want this all in single js file that weights only 3.9 Kb!

Security in a PHP application includes remote and local security concerns. Discover the habits PHP developers should get into to implement Web applications that have both characteristics.

Showcase for Adobe AIR Applications and Resources

Having seen this new R-Strap device on the market, I took it upon myself to make an effective DIY version for as little as money as possible. Two reasons ran the making of this
1.) I'm a DIYer
2.) I don't want to dish out $50USD then have it shipped to Canada.
The strap is supposed to help with being able to retrieve your camera quickly for taking pictures without the strap getting in your way. Also it helps relieve the strain of carrying the camera around your neck for long periods of time.