November « 2011 «

That is a tough question to answer, but the simplest of answers is simply, to communicate with your peers, and give them the ability to freely communicate back to the rest of the world.

At this link: Internet and democratic change – Main session, there are several videos of great importance to everyone. It applies to everyone. They discuss the basic rights of any people, in any nation, in every far reaching corner of the world. Two of the videos that caught my attention the most, were the Jacob Appelbaum and Stephan Urbach talks. They go into detail, the need for freedom of speech, the right to privacy, and the need to be free from oppression by our own governments.

At a minimum, watch those two videos. If you value your voice, your opinion, and your right to voice that opinion in the opposition of anyone, with the right to keep those opinions private and among your own peers, then watch those two videos.

Battlefield 3 is a great game. One of the new features though, requires you to install a plug-in for your web browser, which ties in with the Battlelog. The Battlelog is where you will search for available servers, launch the game, chat with friends, view stats, profiles, and much more. The core of the game revolves around the browsers usage, which allows you to see your stats from anywhere, reply to messages on your profile or friends battle logs, etc. I personally use it on both my main machine to launch the game, and my HP Touchpad to keep another window open while playing on the desktop. The Tablet allows me to see whats going on, (Read More…)

Designed some badges and shirts for B-sides Delaware, 2011. Here is a shot of the finished badges. Came out pretty awesome if I do say so myself!

Derbycon 2011 hasn’t even cooled off from dinner yet, and Derbycon 2012 is already in the pot cooking. If you didn’t have the chance to be at the first ever Derbycon, well, don’t fret. The gang is going to make it an annual thing, and with next year’s conference, a new site dedicated to everything Derbycon is now up. (Read More…)

Was looking at some J-Query sliders for a site I am working on, and came across some effects boxes for images. Turns out, they were done purely in CSS3. Or so the page said, but I never bothered to look at the actual code. I then decided to whip some up just to see what I could come up with, based on the look of the other sites demo. You can check out the results by clicking here.

Credit to http://tympanus.net/Tutorials/OriginalHoverEffects/ for the inspiration. Mind you, mine look very similar, but the code was done on the fly and all my own. Post a comment if you find it useful or incorporate it into your work. I’d like to take a look.