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Set the way back machine to the late 90's early 2000's I was really into Flash. Like web development it provided a great medium for stretching both my creative and technical muscles. Like many Flash enthusiasts my copy was cracked. I "started" a ton of projects in Flash. Heck, I started a ton of little projects in this time period; animations, games, 3D models, etc ... And the worst part is I don't have any of the working files for any of this stuff! That's the really frustrating part.
http://adftw.jeremyheminger.com/
When I began building websites the idea of viewing it on a mobile device wasn't thought of or even possible. If there was any thought given to various display resolutions it was mostly solved by adding percents to the containing columns of a table and nesting that table within a table set at a maximum width with the most common resolution. I think that was about 1024 x 768 but it might have even been 640 x 480.
In a previous article I noted how we were building simple interfaces to allow the production line and R&D to do certain tasks.
These tasks were affecting I/O to servos and switches etc, to automate or augment some tasks.
Like many programmers right now I am interested in machine learning etc...And, as usual, I like to kind of re-invent the wheel when I'm building things for myself. It's more fun for and I get to learn a bit more about what's actually happening.
Newton's cannonball was a thought experiment Isaac Newton used to hypothesize that the force of gravity was universal...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%27s_cannonball
The cannon fires a ball that falls to earth. The cannon adds some power to the next shot and the cannonball goes a bit farther. Eventually the ball flies with enough velocity to break the planets gravity and falls into orbit. The ball literally falls around the planet indefinitely.
I am currently working on a CRM that will be including a feature to display statistics on a large screen.
A feature I proposed was a nice animated timer to display when each module would update.
This timer should be dynamic and should have the ability to have easy set parameters; update time, color, etc...
So anyways, this is what I came up with: SVG-Preloader GitHub Repo.
Basic usage is quite simple:
I accidentally created a pattern that somewhat resembles a fractal in a bug making Battlezone a few days ago.
I was attempting to add a cracked windshield to the player tank in my Battlezone remake built in Javascript. I wanted to built the crack procedurally and it's "working". But it's not very believable as a cracked windshield just yet. I was able to add a pretty cool effect that shakes the screen but, the cracked windshield currently either resembles fractured rock or in many cases modern art.
Many websites have an animation of some kind running on the homepage. My website is no exception however, I like to experiment with different animations and such and I am sure I will want to regularly swap them out. I could simply dump in a new file whenever I want to make a change but, I like to design things that are a little more elegant. Something that might be used by other people in the real world. So, I built this simple module.