Science & Code

• Michael July 31, 2008

  It’s now!

  General

  It is, indeed! In case you do not believe me just check your watch. Even twice if you are that leery.

  Okay. So now that we agree on the fact that it’s currently (or more general “always”) now, why should you even bother yourself with this mere fact? (Which, considering it’s underlying insight, is definetly amongst the D-students of facts.)

  You may or may not have noticed our fancy Web 2.0 button, that stresses the genuine truth about what time it actually is. Contrary to the Web 2.0 itself, the button has a real story. And this is the tale I am going to tell you today.

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• Felix July 29, 2008

  Tweaked design: CSS sprite sheets

  Code, Tutorial, Web design

  I have just tweaked the design of science & code as I found it to be a little too dark on some monitors. Half-way through the process, the constant re-saving of the different images started to bug me. On top of that, the color palettes of them differed so some images stood out against the (supposedly same-colored) background. Worse: IE renders PNG color values different than all other browsers.

  What a mess. But there is help.

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• Felix July 17, 2008

  Initializing components in Flash CS3

  Code, Tutorial

  Flash components provide a practical way to create reusable and flexible parts for cross-project usages. While I would not recommend the use of the already available components UI that ships with flash they still can be utilized for quick and dirty mock-ups. Taking the perspective of a casual game developer, components are especially of use for menus — which basically work the same for all games — and in special cases even for the game itself (the flash development tools can be used as a level editor, a topic which I plan to tackle in the future).

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• Nano July 4, 2008

  The Big Brother behind your eyes.

  Paranoia

  

  Everyone connects 1984 with cameras, controlled by the government, that look at you at every moment. Well I don’t think 1984 is about that. Or well, yes, but, as I read it, I saw another more important message in it.

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