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GMap maplet example: Nuke It!

02.26.09 Posted in General by Matt

This is a very cool example of javascript overlay with google maps.

Target someone, something, somewhere, and see (in a fun google map kind of way) what destruction you would cause.
The example and full post can be seen on the authors site: http://www.carloslabs.com/node/16
As Oppenheimer famously quoted from the Bhagavad Gita:
“Now I am become Death, the destroyer [...]


IE6 Alpha PNGs are messing with Google Maps

02.02.09 Posted in General by Matt

I. Am. Having. A. Nightmare.
I’m being owned this evening by IE6 compatability issues. If I had my way, every website in the world would have a badge on it, forcing all users to switch to Firefox.
I’ve been wrestling with a site nearing completion, but trying to fix issues with Alpha Transparency on CSS controlled images [...]


Happy New Year To One And All

12.31.08 Posted in General by Matt Tags:

Blog posts have been slim pickings from me for the past few weeks as I’ve been snowed under tidying up some work before the new year and finishing off a long term contract. January will bring more posts and (hopefully) more interesting topics.
I promise.
2008 has seen so many changes, personally, professionally and globally.
2009 will be [...]


Adobe – clever little bunnies

12.09.08 Posted in General by Matt

Adobe are going from strength to strength. I’m always pretty impressed with new releases of software (CS4 is awesome), and they always seem to be pushing boundaries and trying new things.
I followed a link on Twitter today, and stumbled across two new projects. Amazing stuff.
Interactive Video Object Manipulation

Zoetrope – The “Time Machine for the web”

I [...]


Nokia coming up trumps

12.02.08 Posted in General by Matt Tags: , , ,

Nokia have unveiled the N97, their answer to the iPhone.
All I can say at first glances is this phone is extremely impressive.
Compared to the iPhone, the N97 can handle Flash content, so web browsing on the device is not restricted. I still have no idea why the iPhone doesn’t have Flash capabilities built in. I [...]


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