Meet The Heavy
I've always been a fan of the game Team Fortress 2. It's a really fun game to play. There is a lot of strategy involved and a good bit of humor too. Ever since I saw this model of the pyro I've been wanting to get a hold of one ever since. We'll that wait will soon be over. Gaming Heads has announced they will be creating 12 inch tall replicas of all the Team Fortress 2 characters. If you are one of those obsessed individuals you can run over to their site and get your grubby hands on a brand new 12 inch tall Heavy. Check out the crazy cool pictures of this guy.
Missing in action
It's been a while since my last post on this blog. Believe it or not, I actually have a good reason this time. During the past few months I've been contemplating the idea of switching jobs to find something that I thought would be more stable and be able to fit with my interests. That last part is usually the hard part. Getting a job at any place isn't really hard. But to get a job at a place that you actually are interested in is at times more difficult.
So today I'm pleased to announce that I have finally moved on from Move Networks. Move was a great place to work and I learned a lot there. Their technology was revolutionary and changed the way of how we watch TV online. I hope their switch to IPTV is successful for them. I loved working with their technology and playing with video streaming. It always looked great.
But as time went on I decided it was time for a change in pace and to go to another place that would be able to challenge me in different ways. So now I've been at Control4 working with home automation technology. Home automation is very cool. it's been a secret desire of mine to be able to come home and say, "Ziggy, turn on the lights" and the lights come on.
I've done some cool thinks with home automation before Control4. Such as taking a iBook. Adding a touch screen to it and sticking it in the wall as way to control the house. I hope to be able to post more fun home automation projects online in the future and still post lots about video too.
So here is to a future of automation and video editing, streaming, quality and anything else I find entertaining and amazing. Cheers!
A Digitally Engaged Lifestyle
I wonder how long it'll be until our lives are constantly connected in a digital way such as presented in this video.
I would love to be able to help develop parts of this system in the future. But i have to say, even with all this connectivity. Their is something nice about being disconnected from it all at the same time.
Google Fiber for Communities
This came as a nice surprise today.
Google is planning to launch an experiment that we hope will make Internet access better and faster for everyone. We plan to test ultra-high speed broadband networks in one or more trial locations across the country. Our networks will deliver Internet speeds more than 100 times faster than what most Americans have access to today over 1 gigabit per second, fiber-to-the-home connections. We'll offer service at a competitive price to at least 50,000 and potentially up to 500,000 people.
Manage your AS3 Libs in Eclipse / Flash Builder
One of the things I hate doing is managing all the different libraries I may use in a project. Luckily Dennis @ rozengain.com has made a plugin for Eclipse / Flash builder that works like a charm called the ActionScript Framework Downloader. All you need to make it work is:
- Eclipse 3.2 or greater
- SVN Command line tool
Once you have SVN all setup you can download the JAR file and place it in your Eclipse plugin folder and restart Eclipse .
To use it up first go to Preferences > ActionScript Framework Downloader and add the libraries you want to use. Then close the preferences window and navigate to the folder you want to download the libraries to. Right click on the folder and click download ActionScript framework here. Select the libs you want to download and then click finish.
That's it. A very easy and slick plugin to manage all your library files. I've used it with the latest Beta of Flash Builder and it works great!
RedRocket Server
The other day while searching for a video streaming solution for flash I came across this great project called RedRocket Server. The creator, Campbell Anderson is working on creating an AS3 server. The idea is you can code up your site using basic AS3 while taking full advantage of a MySql database. Very cool stuff! you can find more details here.