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Flash file previews coming soon

( July 30th, 2008 )

I will eventually get around to enabling you to preview files before downloading. Please be patient. Thanks.


My Favourite Video on the Web: BeatBox Cooking

( July 30th, 2008 )

This is my favourite video on the web:

http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=6379295

It is hilarious and brilliant! Well done to the incredibly talented UK DJ Davey Asprey for this one.

Check out the music on his profile page. Wow!


AS3 Papervision3D Menu System

( July 29th, 2008 )

Here is the Papervision3D and ActionScript 3.0 version of the 3D menu on my site. It took a while to get this right, but I am really pleased with the result. There are still a few small things I want to add and fix.

A big thank you to Lee Brimelow for his fantastic tutorials and inspiration.

(This file will open in Flash CS3) (Preview File)
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AS2 Presentation Template v2

( July 29th, 2008 )

I recently completed some presentation work and have subsequently created a much better template for those of you who want to save time getting started with a presentation project.

(This file will open in Flash 8 and Flash CS3)
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Quick tips when creating a USB Wii Sensor Bar

( July 22nd, 2008 )

Here are some useful tips when creating a USB Wii Sensor Bar:

  1. I initially tried cutting the USB cables off of old mice. I did not get consistent or good voltage throughput on these cables. I eventually tried a USB type-A to type-B printer cable and it worked perfectly. So, when creating your USB Wii Sensor Bar, save time and avoid complications by starting with a USB printer cable.
  2. I used Infrared LED’s which can handle a maximum voltage of 5 volts, so no resistors were required. It saves time and makes the soldering process a lot simpler.
  3. I used 4 Infrared LED’s. Two on either end of the bar, spaced 20cm between the LED pairs. It gives you room to stand further from the screen while maintaining cursor accuracy.

AS2 XML Scrollbar Class

( July 22nd, 2008 )

A very big thank you to Valentino Tombesi for his fantastic Scrollbar Class.

In my efforts to build a simple Flash content management system, I wanted to create a much more dynamic version of his file. Something I could update server-side in an XML file. I actually only changed the way the text fields and data are created at runtime. I also added HTML formatting support. No changes were made to the ScrollBar.as ActionScript. I did, however, change some instance names to english for better understanding.

To better understand the use of XML with Flash, particularly the use of the CDATA node in my XML file, read the very useful Introduction to XML in Flash at kirupa.com

So here is the XML version of the Scrollbar Class:

(This file will open in Flash 8 and Flash CS3) (Preview File)
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