I’m not sure if this has been blogged yet, but it’s an interesting product … input an image and it outputs an animation consisting of ascii characters … product is still in alpha and beta is not available (quite yet) … reminds me of my BBS days when ASCII art was all the rage.
Check it out here:

http://www.flashcii.com

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Earlier this year I read an article on RFID and the state of technology …

… for those of you not up to speed, RFID technology is basically the idea of tracking items by RF (Radio Frequency) … tagging an inventory of items with small RFID devices … a scanner can read these really tiny and supposedly inexpensive “devices” by way of RF.

Anyways … at that time their were 5-6 major players working on the infrastructure/devices/etc to put into place.

From that article I gathered there were many obstacles faced by RFID, namely cost and technical challenges, security, among other things … things were looking bleak …

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Take this with a “grain of salt” … since many studies are shown to be inaccurate or inconclusive … but it makes you think how much you *really* should be using that cell phone …

Good thing there are emulators and templates for those of us putting in hours of flashlite development!

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From CNN:

MUNICH/AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Radio waves from mobile phones harm body cells and damage DNA in laboratory conditions, according to a new study majority-funded by the European Union, researchers said on Monday.

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Someone sent this to me recently … it’s off of wired mag’s site … for some reason I always love this style of animation, reminds me of my friend Eric Mauro’s “Mr. Qhead” series (which has sadly gone away for some reason) …

View “Senor Sombra” aka “Mr. Shadow”.

Enjoy muchachos.

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Over the years being a Solutions Architect and Developer … and despite my sometimes overwhelming collection of hundreds or so technical manuals, books, and documentation (literally falling off my shelves) … this 37 page document remains high of my top 10 MUST-READS for any developer, designer, or even PMs for that matter.

Download “How to be a Programmer” .PDF

Don’t let the title fool you!

Despite some of the common sense practices within … it’s amazing some the practical and “real-world” tid-bits contained within this concise text.

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I caught this off of the discovery channel … the company takes old salvaged airplane parts and converts them into innovative furniture pieces … interesting concept, albeit a bit on the expensive side … anyways, it’s cool & ‘retro’ looking, like some of the pictures I’ve seen of the Macromedia SF office …

Some of their “tables”:

http://www.motoart.com/html/tables.htm

Besides the expensive and custom one-off’s… they have a “piston” lamp that’s around $200 … looks like a nice sturdy lamp for anyone’s office … it’s under misc at:

http://www.motoart.com/html/miscellaneous.htm

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This isn’t anything to do with Flash, but it’s cool nevertheless …

Ever notice the fedex logo has a (subliminal) arrow icon in it even though it’s only made up of only typography?

Look at the EX (the inside white part) … I’m sure it’s no coincidence, rather
a cute marketing trick a designer came up with.

www.fedex.com

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If you need to refresh your memory on tellTarget and the legacy Flash 4 architecture for FlashLite development … and if you’re having trouble locating a decent Flash 4 resource online (or just don’t want to pay $2 for a Flash 4 book off of amazon or ebay) … Visit your local library!

It’s amazing what a library will keep around … I found quite a few Flash 4 books tucked away on a shelf … only one had what I was looking for, but nevertheless … your local library remains a great source of free info! Imagine that.

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