tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17884133Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:52:49 +0000http://www.ryancdavidson.com/personal/noreply@blogger.com (discorax)Blogger85125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17884133.post-201832765901493397Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:49:00 +00002008-08-18T15:52:49.661-07:00Environmentvisual communicationWeb VideoNo, it's not the amount of pints it takes to keep your local daywalker amped up. Vampire energy is energy wasted by electronics that are plugged in but not doing anything. Take a look at this quality video and all will be clear. Maybe if we take some of this advice to heart our atmosphere will be a little more clear in the future. Enjoy. http://www.ryancdavidson.com/personal/2008/08/vampire-energy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (discorax)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17884133.post-6806875123969591244Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:17:00 +00002008-07-23T21:22:31.008-07:00Rock Bandhttp://www.ryancdavidson.com/personal/2008/07/rush-plays-their-own-song-on-rock-band.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (discorax)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17884133.post-7435363468889984326Fri, 23 May 2008 21:54:00 +00002008-05-23T14:54:43.986-07:00Video: The Shining Trailer Recuthttp://www.ryancdavidson.com/personal/2008/05/video-shining-trailer-recut.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (discorax)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17884133.post-3942695256354854946Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:11:00 +00002008-04-29T13:26:15.672-07:00Silverlight 1.0CSSI recently ran across a bug where my Silverlight 1.0 content wasn't rendering 100% of the time in Internet Explorer 7. It took nearly two days of searching before I stumbled onto a solution through trial and error. It turns out that if you're going to be toggling content visibility using CSS properties "display:none" and "display:block" then be aware that Internet Explorer has really wonky http://www.ryancdavidson.com/personal/2008/04/silverlight-10-display-css-in-ie7-is.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (discorax)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17884133.post-6274728944924593011Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:59:00 +00002008-03-14T09:14:10.214-07:00Silverlight StreamingSilverlight 1.0 I've been working to deploy a Silverlight 1.0 project using the Silverlight Streaming beta service and I wanted to call attention to a few things I learned that weren't explicitly mentioned in the Silverlight Streaming SDK. Do no include an encoding type in your manifest.xml file. example: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>I can't confirm this 100% but I kept getting an error message on http://www.ryancdavidson.com/personal/2008/03/no-freakin-way.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (discorax)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17884133.post-6683029049736351158Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:27:00 +00002008-03-05T12:01:08.243-08:00KeynoteSilverlight 2.0Mix08 I wasn't able to attend MIX08 this year, but I was really interested in hearing the keynote especially about Silverlight 2. Lucky for me the MIX Online Blog team had a live stream that I could watch. Scott Guthrie came on and started talking just about the time I showed up. He announced the Silverlight 2 Beta 1 which will be available later today. I caught the tail end of the Internet Explorer http://www.ryancdavidson.com/personal/2008/03/mix08-keynote-online-silverlight-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (discorax)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17884133.post-3664579512094301338Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:24:00 +00002008-02-29T16:05:05.775-08:00Windows LiveSilverlight StreamingSilverlight 1.0 I'm using an iframe above to display the Silverlight. I got the code from Tim Sneath's Blog This is using the new beta service Silverlight Streaming by Windows Live. It offers a free streaming and application hosting solution for delivering high-quality, cross-platform, cross-browser, media-enabled rich interactive applications (RIAs). With the ability to author content in Microsoft http://www.ryancdavidson.com/personal/2008/02/testing-silverlight-in-blogger-take2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (discorax)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17884133.post-4246439676596699097Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:59:00 +00002008-02-25T16:11:03.664-08:00I've been doing a little searching for on the best way to post code snippets on Blogger because it's kind of a pain in the ***. Blogger strips out all the brackets and doesn't display them, even inside pre tags. Kinda annoying, and I wish Blogger would fix that. My searching, however, yielded some results. I found this gPowered: By the Power of Google...: HOWTO: post code. I installed all the http://www.ryancdavidson.com/personal/2008/02/trying-out-code-posting-on-blogger.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (discorax)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17884133.post-5944702455240436178Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:42:00 +00002008-02-27T11:13:49.120-08:00The Code TripJavascriptSilverlight 2.0Silverlight 1.0PBJSSilverlightMix08I've been working hard the past few weeks on a Silverlight Rich Media Expandable Ad project at PBJS. The task at hand was to really push the Silverlight 1.0 plug-in to do things it wasn't really designed to do. The project was generally a success. What I'm planning on doing is putting up some code snippets that I used to create this project to hopefully shed some light on Silverlight 1.0 for http://www.ryancdavidson.com/personal/2008/02/why-is-it-such-pain-to-publish-code-no.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (discorax)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17884133.post-4790927876799197671Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:12:00 +00002008-02-18T09:12:07.954-08:00 TreesInFog_2_021808 Originally uploaded by discorax Got a new Nikon D40 for Christmas and up until today have only used it to take pictures of Rogan. There was some cool morning fog today so I went out, camera in hand and came back with this and a few other gems.This picture was taken from my back yard in Sammamish, WA.http://www.ryancdavidson.com/personal/2008/02/trees-in-fog.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (discorax)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17884133.post-4887475179949077902Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:22:00 +00002008-02-11T13:35:39.587-08:00MoleskineArtist MinddesignArt It's not everyday that you can get a glimpse inside the mind of an artist. You can visit a gallery and see a snapshot, or look at a bunch of their pieces and get a good idea about that period of time. Then there is the artist sketch/notebook. Di Vinci's notebook is a traveling exhibit of it's own. The sketches and thoughts draw millions of visitors a year. Picasso, Monet, Degas have pages http://www.ryancdavidson.com/personal/2008/02/detour-city-notebook-experience.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (discorax)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17884133.post-3606051528234147202Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:53:00 +00002008-02-11T11:00:13.467-08:00SingularityFlashSeattle This little interview with Aral Balkan really shows you how excited Aral is about this cool project. Still don't know what Singularity is, find out. I completely agree with Aral that the time is right for something like this. I'm very excited for it, and hoping to take up some of the "grass roots" organization in my area. I know there are lots of flash developers around, but there really http://www.ryancdavidson.com/personal/2008/02/singularity-interview-with-aral.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (discorax)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17884133.post-5736319220921181943Fri, 08 Feb 2008 19:43:00 +00002008-02-08T11:46:31.063-08:00will.i.am of the Black Eyes Peas produced (with others) this little video. Regardless of your politics, it's worth watching. You can also visit dipdive.com to see more information about the video.http://www.ryancdavidson.com/personal/2008/02/dipdivecom-obama-video.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (discorax)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17884133.post-1354717051532739222Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:58:00 +00002008-02-08T11:42:43.311-08:00creativehumorlogicWhat 'begs the question' explained in a way that will not only make your head spin, but make perfect sense. Here's a small excerpt from The Morning News: Structurally, the above argument(Circular Reasoning) would look something like this: * x implies y * Assume x * Therefore, y Make a little more sense? Good. Let's move on to a slightly more complex version of this type of http://www.ryancdavidson.com/personal/2008/02/what-begs-question.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (discorax)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17884133.post-371851219385416768Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:10:00 +00002008-02-04T14:50:48.818-08:00Besides the Patriots? My Silverlight travels have brought me to an interesting place. I've been tasked with creating a narrative around the word pwned. Now while I was a competitive gamer I still used the word 0wned and it wasn't until my career was nearing it's end that pwned started popping up with frequency. As such, I take this task with a sense of nostalgia. What did it mean to get pwned http://www.ryancdavidson.com/personal/2008/02/who-got-pwned.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (discorax)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17884133.post-1200664148488963922Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:25:00 +00002008-01-29T08:40:44.309-08:00MCTweenFusePBJSminisiteFlashSeattle Symphony At PBJS, I recently worked on a slick minisite to promote the Seattle Symphony Popular culture series starting in Feb 2008. The shows feature Bela Fleck, Los Lobos, and Herbie Hancock. Check it out, it's well done and if you're into any of the bands click on the buy now links. I'm totally stoked to see Los Lobos! See you there! http://www.popularcultureseattle.com The site was built using http://www.ryancdavidson.com/personal/2008/01/seattle-symphony-popular-culture-series.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (discorax)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17884133.post-7242315185722014605Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:45:00 +00002008-01-28T10:46:59.963-08:00In yet another installment of our "Real Men Love" movie series, we examine The Fifth Element, the sci-fi action-adventure that celebrates its tenth anniversary this year. What makes this film so memorable? So entertaining? So balls-out awesome? Read on to find out.read more | digg storyhttp://www.ryancdavidson.com/personal/2008/01/real-men-love-fifth-element.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (discorax)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17884133.post-3962078928084061235Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:11:00 +00002008-01-28T10:19:53.267-08:00Bitmap to VectorVectorMagicFlashOnline ServicesI ran across the VectorMagic website today and gave it a whirl. Very impressive service. Not only is it free, but it does a hell of a job. I uploaded this little gif: and the service returned a very precise .eps file: download. I just wanted to share this cool service with my loyal readers. Another very cool aspect of this service is it's Flash based. You'll notice that it has a Flex http://www.ryancdavidson.com/personal/2008/01/vectorizeing-bitmaps-just-got-easier.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (discorax)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17884133.post-3619410660497791996Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:52:00 +00002008-01-18T09:01:50.153-08:00Top Pot DoughnutsPBJSoffice stories Pat making his tummy happy, with a little morning pick-me-up. At PBJS, where I work, we occasionally throw out our diets for some tasty treats. This usually happens when the "Red Box of Happiness" is seen floating around the kitchen. The Red Box refers to a dozen of Top Pot's freshly made doughnuts. The bakery is only a few blocks away. It's amazing that there isn't a Red Box of Happiness http://www.ryancdavidson.com/personal/2008/01/multimedia-message_18.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (discorax)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17884133.post-668075733432926810Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:04:00 +00002008-01-10T19:50:04.862-08:00what could be so interesting?http://www.ryancdavidson.com/personal/2008/01/multimedia-message.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (discorax)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17884133.post-1926213175177188164Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:28:00 +00002008-01-03T08:46:15.953-08:00file sharingAdobe SHARE betaOn more than one occasion I've been tasked with creating a way for clients to upload and share files to members of a team. I typically create a resource site and FTP all my files up. The problem is that as the project grows, I have to constantly go back and upload and add more links. I've automated a few solutions in past months, but I really like how Adobe SHARE beta is looking. And at the http://www.ryancdavidson.com/personal/2008/01/taking-adobe-share-beta-for-test-drive.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (discorax)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17884133.post-3861124778678113695Fri, 21 Dec 2007 17:20:00 +00002008-02-25T13:13:35.804-08:00WPFSilverlight 1.0SilverlightFlashSilverlight is the ugly stepchild of WPF (Windows Presentation Format). Nearly all of the things that are not yet implemented and/or I need/would like as tools for building Silverlight projects work in WPF in some way. WPF appears to have been designed to create the ultimate interactive kiosk. It allows developers to make visually pleasing interfaces for their applications easily. It appears to http://www.ryancdavidson.com/personal/2007/12/silverlight-is-ugly-stepchild-of-wpf.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (discorax)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17884133.post-7139918849250102958Wed, 19 Dec 2007 15:13:00 +00002007-12-19T07:13:18.597-08:00So cute. :)http://www.ryancdavidson.com/personal/2007/12/my-son-rogan.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (discorax)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17884133.post-990348353492062171Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:58:00 +00002007-12-18T20:27:57.393-08:00SilverlightAfter three days of installing, uninstalling and fighting with my OS I was finally able to build a silverlight app today. We'll it's not actually an app because it doesn't do anything yet. I found myself cheering when I refreshed my browser and the rounded rectangle showed up. It's a little daunting to think that i'll be building an fully interactive experience in less than two months. So far, http://www.ryancdavidson.com/personal/2007/12/multimedia-message_18.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (discorax)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17884133.post-4089660466309026007Wed, 12 Dec 2007 20:01:00 +00002007-12-12T12:09:24.332-08:00graphic designdesignlogo Make My Logo Bigger Cream has changed the lives of so many clients. Will you be next? Agency Fusion did this clever little self-marketing campaign. Very well done, and it really does showcase how easily a design can go wrong. Trust your designer, they're not just delivering you those 3 comps, they're also NOT delivering you the other 3000 they ruled out because they don't work for you and yourhttp://www.ryancdavidson.com/personal/2007/12/youve-got-logo-ive-got-cream.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (discorax)