Archive for April, 2008

24 hours without your main squeeze!

Ok so hopefully not you main squeeze but maybe your PC. It's that time again for the global 2008 Shut Down Day! The event will take place May 3rd, 2008 and all you have to do is shut down all your PC's and go play out side for a day! Yes, really, outside! And no not in your Second Life's backyard with your binary dog! Outside under the UV rays and the hopefully clean air around you! :)

So to help spread the word and celebrate the event I have made not one but two Wordpress Badge Widgets for you to also help spread the word! You can see one in my side bar column! But I'd love to see them in your sidebar columns. So jump on it. Download the Badge of your choice and start spreading the word. We don't have much time so lets get this started! Thanks Guys!

Each of the widgets contains 6 different sizes to fit any of your needs. Sizes are 88x31, 120x60, 120x90, 120x240, 125x125 and 234x60. There are two color options RED and WHITE. They are simple to install too just download the ZIP extract it and upload the PHP doc to you wordpress plugins directory, activate and viola! Your all done!

Also if you'd like to use this on a page other than a wordpress blog just copy and paste the code below.

 
<div class="shutdowndayBadge">
<a href="http://projectx4.com/shutdownday" target="_blank">
<img src="http://projectx4.com/shutdownday/red/banner_88x31.gif" alt="Shut Down Day 2008" />
</a>
</div>
 

You can easily change the color by editing the img path from 'red' to 'white or vice versa. And change the size by simply changing the image name to the dimensions listed above. So a new image name could be src="http://projectx4.com/shutdownday/white/banner_125x125.gif".

If you find any problems with the widget please leave me a comment and I will get it fixed ASAP. I can't wait to see how many people we can reach out to and help our world by taking just one day off from our world of pixels!

Kirupa and Senocular - AS3 Tip of the Day

Hey guys I had heard about this a while back but hadn't been reading it much. But today I was taking some time to get some AS3 work under my belt and decided to spend sometime with it. Although its not super deep information it gives you some great high level tips on AS3 and its changes. So If you are still new to AS3 and looking for a few more little tips jump over to Kirupa's site and get started reading the AS3 Tips of the Day!

Flickr + Video

Hey just a quick FYI for you Flickr users they now are allowing us to upload videos. Only downside is the 90 sec max time stuck to it. Here is the first video I saw on Flickr and its some Flash art by Eric Natzke. If you are not familiar with Eric Natzke I think its time you start watching his work in Flash, it will inspire anyone.

No Crossdomain?

I just ran across nocrossdomain.com for the first time! This is super interesting. Anyone else trying this? Seems almost to good to be true. Anyone have any good stories about it?




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