Flash CPU load Aug 28, 08, 7:26 a.m.

Hi, FlashSpaz here.

Tips for reducing, please?

I had an X that did all the things that I thought were quite complex, which only put a moderate load on the CPU. Added in some simple text tweening and a couple of really basic png tweens and suddenly the fucker's hiking my test PCs CPU load up to 80-odd%

What gives?

K, I'll admit it - X = banner.

The shame. OH THE SHAME OF IT.

Fla particle generator Aug 25, 08, 5:21 p.m.

Hi.

I'm really crap at Flash.

Does anyone know of an off the shelf 'particle generator' script that I can slip in between logo layer and my background layers - something small in size and not too fancy, kinda like the wee fairy blob effect here (but more so, obviously) ...

I was dicking around with a snow effect from kirupa.com, but it doesn't quite do what I want and I'm too stupid to alter it so it does.

http://www.kirupa.com/developer/…

I want mine to gently waft/radiate out from a central point, then disappear. Like fairies, ya dig me?

If you can help, I thank you!

The Leviathan Aug 21, 08, 1:31 p.m.

http://tor.com/index.php?option=…

TinEye Aug 19, 08, 6:19 p.m.

Clever/scary image search site, in beta stage

http://tineye.com/

Chimp Frog Oral Aug 15, 08, 4:18 p.m.

London youth activities Aug 14, 08, 9:29 a.m.

Any recommendations for 11-14 year olds?

'youth', gadzooks I'm old.

Complex Shit Aug 12, 08, 6 a.m.

...causes chaos as it attacks Switzerland

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/…

'Ink jet spray'? Aug 7, 08, 12:48 p.m.

er... bear with me - is there any kind of 'spray' or 'stuff' I can apply to materials to make them ink-jet print compatible?

Say I have a sheet of plastic, and want to print on it somewhere, I'd like to add 'something' to it, so that when I stick it through the printer, the ink sticks like paper and doesn't run.

There must be something, either an official product, or a bodge - as you can get that shit to print on, to iron onto T-shirts, which is kind of the same deal..

Mozilla Aurora Aug 6, 08, 7:40 a.m.

New Web Browser concept..

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/2168…

http://labs.mozilla.com/2008/08/…

Looks like it could be a useful information aggregating tool... but what implications might these kind of data-centric platforms have for web design? Sure, there'll always be a need for purty lookin' marketing pieces, but what about designs for shops or information sources? As a user, I know I'd happily cut out half the guff I have to trawl through on the web.. but as a designer.. well, I might end up less keen.

QBN Status Aug 4, 08, 3:27 p.m.

is giddy with despair

Inspiration of the day Aug 4, 08, 5:17 a.m.

Please share in here examples of the fruits of your daily internet trawling - one, or perhaps a couple of images each day from fields relevant to the original spirit of QBN.

Please, no..
..funny ha ha pictures
..scrapings from Reddit/Digg/[insert alternate link aggregator here]
..beguiling anthropomorphic forms / soft porn / porn / scat

There are other threads for that ( http://www.qbn.com/topics/441052… )

Please, yes..
..design
..art / photography
..architecture
..lifestyle
..that kind of thing.

If you find a treasure trove of images somewhere, then please post one or two of the best examples, then add a link - please, no flooding. This isn't competition to post the most - take it as an opportunity to edit out the superfluous.

Thankyou!
x

Writing's on the wall Jul 31, 08, 6:55 p.m.

Get a message spray-painted onto the separation 'fence' between Palestine and Israel for a mere €30.

http://www.sendamessage.nl/

New NASA image archive Jul 26, 08, 6:16 a.m.

The combination of 21 previously distinct image archives into one easily-searchable location.

Googlepaedia Jul 24, 08, 3:41 a.m.

Meet 'Knol', http://knol.google.com/

Google's response to Wikipedia, but with named authors, rather than complete anonymity.

House Abuse Jul 21, 08, 11:31 a.m.

One of my best chums is going to Italy with his bord for a few days and has left me with his house keys so I can pop 'round and water his plants*.

In the vein of office pranks involving silver-foiling everything in a cubicle, what can I do to make his return home more memorable than his crappy holiday?

Actually, the silver foil example was crap - I'll only want to spend a minimum of time abusing his house/trust/sense of privacy - what pranks can I pull with 15 minutes of effort?

1) Shit in the fridge.
2) Don't water the plants... ha ha ha!

* yes, I am that old.

Barcode Guidelines? Jul 8, 08, 7:48 a.m.

EAN 8 specifically here.

Does anyone here have a link or any advice on restrictions and examples of barcode employment? Specifically, how deep/high they can be (/what the minimum scale proportions)?

ta!

Vector Halftones Jul 7, 08, 10:03 a.m.

So, what's the best, most fluid way of creating halftone patterns within Illustrator specifically on the PC?
[ so no Vectoraster.. http://www.lostminds.com/content… , sadly ]

I'm reduced to using rasterbator to generate clean-looking halftones, but this requires quite a lot of cleaning work after using the already non-native to Illustrator application, which is a pain the arse where 'workflow' is concerned.
[ http://homokaasu.org/rasterbator… ]

However, it is still better than doing it within Illustrator, using the technique of rasterizing a gradient, half-tone filtering, then LiveTracing, which leads to messy and, frankly, crap results.

I'm having problems getting Scriptographer working (I appear to be getting quite stupid in my old age), so that's out
[ http://www.scriptographer.com/Sc… ]

So how do the pros do it? Surely there's an easier way? I mean, this is quite basic stuff - why's Illy so crap here?

(and yes, I've filtered - some of the above is from previous threads - just looking for alternative ideas and methodologies.)

Hapless fleshies Jul 7, 08, 6:13 a.m.

WE'RE DOOMED!

Moar pls.

"It's the moon, over" Jul 4, 08, 2:28 p.m.

Bloody Welsh.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_ne…

TED Sphere Jul 3, 08, 12:49 p.m.

Processing-based system for visualising the network of TED movies and their inter-connections in 3D space.