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Flash, AS3, Papervision, SwfAddress, content-managed crazinesshttp://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=republik.xmlNeed to modify instance names for more than one frame or layer in the Flash timeline? This JSFL script will save hours.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=findAndReplaceInstanceNames.xmla little experiment during last week's vacation. 'Still life' watercolor renderings of max temperature data from weatherunderground.comhttp://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=weatherwatercolor.xmlthe latest little addition to the householdhttp://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=honor.xmllate, I know, but we had a ton of fun.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=easter2007my odometer last night as I pulled onto franklin st to see ThatOneGuy at Local 506http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=odometer.xmlnew digs, mere blocks from the governor's!http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=323WMartin.xmlbluebarnhouse helped make these for my new year giftshttp://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=2007Calendar.xmldownload the pdf free. Send some dollars and I'll send you a signed copy.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=backtalk_reposted.xmladded a ton of projects from last year to the portfolio http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=portfolio2006.xmlpeace on earth ... or ... pinko commies uber alles http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=holiday_decorations2006.xmlThis was Ion's first year trick-or-treating. He had a great time right up until the blue body paint had to come off :( http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=halloween2006.xmltimelapse movies never get old!http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=beachFall2006.xmlIon can walk, but he doesn't like to get caught on film.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=ion_walks_oct_beach.xmlsimply put...http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=pluto_is_planet.xmlnew trick!http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=ion_spins.xmlA gaggle of middle-school students participating in a program with RedHat stopped by the studio and made this movie last week. Can you tell where the kids took over? Too bad we didn't have much time. This was a blast!http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=redhat_kids.xmlIon can crawl. Life as we know it is over.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=crawling_ion.xmlyou will be missed by a multitudehttp://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=rip_sean.xmlOuter Banks Beach Timelapse #3 http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=obx_06_3.xmlOuter Banks Beach Timelapse #2 http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=obx_06_2.xmlOuter Banks Beach Timelapse #1 http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=obx_06_1.xmlIon discovers the joy of wrapping paper...and silly outfitshttp://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=easterIon.xmlfuture soccer-star traininghttp://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=jumpUp.xmleight months old and already a perfect indie rocker.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=chHillDance.xmlit is clear that all posts from here on will be video of the baby. apologies.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=ion_blankie.xmlFlash 8's advanced gradient tools weren't able to do this. These are code-generated individual slices.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=spectrumGradient.xmlPlease tell us why you are unsubscribing http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=democratsDotOrgUnsub.xmlWho are *your* heros?http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=heros_p1.xmlStrategies for maintaining enthusiasm past the one year marker.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=2006update.xmlThis year, a large icosohedron with holiday lights. The dodecahedron failed spectacularlyhttp://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=xmas2005something the cat drug in... http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=feather.xml*sigh* http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=neworleans.xmlIon's Feet! 7lbs 15oz 21in 8/27/2005 1:47pm ESThttp://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=ion.xmlit's been awhile since i've written anything, let alone poetry.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=unborn_poem.xmlcounter-productivehttp://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=londonBombing.xmlin betahttp://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=CSI_viewer.xmlhappy spring!http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=spring2005.xmlThe ultrasound picked up external genetalia. It's a Boy!http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=itsaboy.xmlGuess who's going to be a daddy?http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=ultrasound1.xmlself employed baby http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=free2005.xmlHappy Birthday to my website!http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=6years.xmlI haven't forgotten about ODE / Flash integration. Just busy.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=ode2005.xmlKat's beautiful shot of red maple leaves on a pool of water. http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=kat_maple_2004.xmlThis explains everythinghttp://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=map_nowvsthen.xmlI need a green cardhttp://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=election2004over.xmlrob made this one.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=vote2004rob.xmlpart of our decorations this year included this projection http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=halloween2004.xmlIt's high time I started dealing with my mounting karma deficit - a bit of volunteer work can't hurt.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=volunteer_ncssm.xmlfucking suitshttp://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=demotion.xmlFootage of the pool table during Rob Ruckte's batchelor party get-together at the Jackpot.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=pool_video.xmlBravo! http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=war_corporatism.xmlEveryone should have to do use public transport -- at least once a year or so. http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=public_xport.xmlnot dead.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=mid_september_update.xmlright on schedulehttp://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=disillusioned_mckinney.xmlI've been looking forward to this little project for two years. One picture every 20 seconds over two days of hiking about 14 miles of trails up and down Mount Le Conte. I miss it already. Map coming soon.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=leconte2004.xmlFlash and Java source available under this license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=ode_demoderby_download.xmlStill several kinks to work out with the controls, and quaternions are still kicking my ass, but you get the gist. Use the ENTER key to reset your car.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=ode_racing_demo.xmlFirst field test of the Coolpix 4500 with DigiSnaphttp://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=greenway_timelapse.xmlthanks Colin!http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=ff2k4_moock.xmlAre you kidding? Of *course* i'm not packed yet.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=ff2k4.xmlGo easy on the server. Don't hold down the keys, eh?http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=odedemo.xmlOpen Dynamics Engine has a new disciple.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=odejava.xmlOne of these days, I'm going to get sniped...http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=911commision-openletter.xmlI've added a set of grid-based mask routines to the Timeline 2.0 behavior set. Use any library asset as the cell mask, set some parameters and the engine handles the gritty details. It cannot be overlooked that I stole this effect from the barbarian group's GTI 20th anniversary site. Source will be included in the next ActionScript Timeline download to be released during Flash Forward 2004.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=gridmask.xmlwow. wow. wow. and wow.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=emogame.xmlit never failshttp://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=back_boston.xmlThis will be harder than I thought. http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=sell_out.xmla poem, work in progresshttp://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=apology_poem_2004.xmlNow ActionScript 2.0 classed-based with updated docs, new features. Free download inside includes example Flash files.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=timeline_v2_beta.xmlThe race is on! Who'll win? A Bonesman of course!http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=skull_and_bones_2004.xmlThis is one of the best sites I've seen in a long time.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=landdesign.xmlhello Spring 2004http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=snowmelt.xmlBig deal? What big deal? We think we know...http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=gay_marriage.xmlBeta Launch of public.shovemedia.comhttp://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=public.xmlWalter better watch out. ;)http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=walter_jon_williams.xmlThere are several Flash libraries available for ActionScript based dynamic tweening. They offer a wide range of features, performance, and technique. Here are just a few thoughts on making meaningful comparisons.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=tweening_engines.xmlCBS rejected MoveOn.org's advertisement (the winning entry in their bush-in-30-seconds contest). A few words.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=open_letter_to_cbs.xmlAfter much tweaking and worrying and procrastination, I've added a comments module. Abuse it and loose it.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=comments_added.xmlToday marks the 5th anniversary of shovemedia.comhttp://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=happy_birthday_5.xmlI love seeing pedestrian (no pun intended) art forms elevated to fine art status.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=chalkart.xmlIt's rare that shovemedia gets linked up by any of the design portals (eye candy being neither my forte nor focus), so NewWebPick's link was special. Thanks for the love. http://www.newwebpick.comhttp://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=new_web_pick.xmlWe got our Atari hooked up to the projector last night! Just took a few weeks to find a demodulator on eBay. Over 20 years old, and it's still fun as hell. Snowy yes, but playing Centipede five feet wide rules!http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=atari.xmlGrokker attempts to categorize search results -- it doesn't work perfectly yet, but it's interesting to watch it try.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=grokker.xmlI just read this book in two gulps.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=catcher_in_the_rye.xmlwatch this moviehttp://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=spanish_apartment.xmlSunup to sunset timelapse with our christmas cactushttp://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=christmas_cactus.xmlVirtual timelapse of shovemedia.com - this version maps one frame to one day. The map shows approximately 60 days at once. Flash, FlashAnts.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=subwaylapse2.xmlVirtual timelapse of shovemedia.com - over a year and a half in 30 seconds. Flash, FlashAnts, AfterEffects.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=subwaylapse1.xmlhttp://www.bushin30seconds.org/ opens voting for MoveOn's political ad contest.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=bush_in_30_seconds.xmlThis animation was created with Flash's drawing API as extra credit for my calculus III class. The original swf taxes the CPU pretty hard, so it's rendered to video with Flashants and AfterEffects.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=dodecahedron_movie.xmlGood heros are hard to find.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=that_one_guy.xmlThe site now remembers your preferred interface.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=interface_preference.xmlView from the living room.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=xmas_2003_3.xmlA closer shot for scale.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=xmas_2003_2.xmlKat and I spent the long weekend getting crafty with the Christmas decorationshttp://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=xmas_2003_1.xmlBush Gives Speech. Tells Truth!http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=bush_wacked_2.xmlI added a page to allow visitors to choose their interface.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=interface_select.xmlSometimes you have to upgrade whether you want to or not.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=xml_hw_upgrade.xmlIt's not fully functional, but I couldn't resist showing off a preview of the next generation shovemedia.com interface.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=subway_interface_preview.xmlImagine my suprise when I found someone selling gently used "rare" "hard-to-find" copies of my book "Back Talk" on Amazon.com for $193.99 Now if I could only unload the 400 remaining copies in my attic.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=backtalk_used.xmlFiguring out bezier paths was step-one towards the next shovemedia interface. Flash and Actionscript download inside. Stay tuned.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=route_following.xmlWe only wish our propaganda was this good. North Korea is so punk!http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=fucking_usa.xmlThe local paper put Senator Dole on the front page, rewarding her racially charged notion that China's to blame for the loss of textile jobs in North Carolina.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=trade_deficit_spin.xmlComing soon to google.com, find items in the same category as your search terms. Feed it a few examples, and Google wil automatically create a set of items in believes are in the same category.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=google_sets.xmlAnd I thought the first version was a pain in the ass. I'm now controlling my tweens with my Timeline object. Spent all last week just getting the mathematic basis for finding line-segment intersections. Rolled it into this today. More coming soon...http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=digital_origami_v2.xmlJust a bumper-sticker thought I had this morning. This might explain our major partys' choice of maskots.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=political_axiom_1.xmlWe don't teach people how to think anymore - just to emulate. Here's a convienient list of 42 ways to detect fallacies in "logical" reasoning.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=fallacies.xmlSample track from Sekou Sundiata - The Blue Oneness of Dreams #1http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=sekou_shout_out.xmlSample track from Sekou Sundiata - The Blue Oneness of Dreams #12 - This piece is decidedly less coherent, in keeping with "Space," Sundiata's shell-shocked character.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=sekou_space_monologue.xmlExcellent read at New York Timeshttp://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=futile_happiness.xmlNote the brand-new search interface.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=search_added.xmlNow you can easily create your own custom RSS and RDF feeds for shovemedia.com The URLs are search engine friendly thanks to Cocoon. Details inside.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=custom_feeds.xmlDownload source and links from my multiuser session. Flash, ActionScript, Cocoon, etc.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=fk2003_files.xmlI'm off to San Jose. Presentation files coming soon.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=flashkit2003.xmlIn the web-design industry, your own site is always bottom priority. Ulanguzi finally launch our new design; Flash if you've got it, PHP if you don't.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=ulanguzi2003.xmlLoad spirographs from XML repository here.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=load_spiro.xmlSave spirographs to XML repository here.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=save_spiro.xmlI love this stuff! Link via Veronique Brossier.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=flashadventure.xmlWho says art or toys are bad investments?http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=etoyvalue.xmlNot only is the new player faster, but there're new features as well.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=flash7beta.xmlxml queries should be a great deal faster. paging implemented on all interfaces.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=upgrade_7_27_2003.xmlKinesiss Software has just dropped some dope Flash science. Transform SWF files to XML, edit it, and transform back to a SWF. Wicked. Not only does it work, it's free.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=kinetic_fusion.xmlmomentfactory.com will blow your mind, it'll also clog your pipe.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=moment_factory.xmlThese were taken by John Felds on a 1950s era Kodak.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=wedding_pics_2.xmlThese were taken by John Felds on a 1950s era Kodak.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=wedding_pics_1.xmlIt's about time. Finally, you can tell telemarketers to fuck off before they actually call you.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=donotcall.xmlI'm getting married Saturday and will disappear for a few weeks. Here's something to read while I'm away.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=wedding_vacation.xmlWhat you see is not what you get. Especially if it comes in a completely opaque container. Harris Teeter sucks.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=ht_cheat_cookies.xmlGeoURL lets you search for sites based on longitude and latitude.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=geourl.xmlJust some thoughts on subversive media I've been ingesting.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=ak_press.xmlAfter creating a Unity 2 application, I'm entitled to an opinion. Thanks to numerous emails with Colin Moock, that opinion is somewhat informed.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=unity_2_review.xmlHere's my very first Unity (see moock.org) app. Unity handles all the multiuser bit sharing, and Flash's drawing API takes care of the rest. You'll see the spirographs being created by other users currently online, and they'll see yours.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=unity_spiro1.xmlFound this fodder today. Circa 1994 apparently, but still fresh and funny.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=godzilla_12step.xmlJust downloaded the latest science from Moock.org Looks tight.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=harmony.xmlOops. I forgot to say "thank you".http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=mt.xmlThis is so much fun, I'm going to run out of server space ... http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=spiro_video_2.xmlWhat do you get when you cross Flash with Director's export Quicktime and Squeeze?http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=spiro_video.xmlWhat luck! Kat caught a walking stick enjoying the clematis at the same time!http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=clematis_2.xmlOur clematis has been going crazy!http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=clematis_1.xmlshovemedia, for the kids.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=kaleidescope_installation_2.xmlKaleidescope 2.0 debut installation at the North Carolina Contemporary Art Museum (CAM), downtown Raleigh.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=kaleidescope_installation_1.xmlThis Photoshop action (download inside) correctly adjusts the levels in your Photoshop file before exporting a PNG that, when imported into Flash, looks like the original. This is a follow-up to a previous action for exporting PICT (Mac only) files.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=png_export_action.xmlClick for info and links.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=saul_williams_info.xmlIonly wish I (Jon Williams) was related to Saul Williams. *sigh* Anyhow... here's a video of Saul "making it real".http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=saul_williams_nion.xmlThese were aquired in a plant rescue last year (cut and fill development still ragin' strong). They only bloom after they're at least seven yearsold.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=trillium.xml... wonderland ...http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=front.xmlAnd the dogwoods...http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=dogwood.xmlHere come the azaleas! Spring officially hits NC.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=azborder.xmlThis test consists of one multiple-choice question(so you better get it right!).http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=us_bomb_test.xmlActionScript's loadMovie command causes the contents of your movieClip to be erased. This results in your callback handlers being erased. I've come up with a nice, clean, working solution. Download inside...http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=onload_fix.xmlNow with fewer bugs, documentation, and a simple example. Download inside...http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=timeline_object_v2.xmlHow long till I give up trying to change other people's minds?http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=waste_of_time.xmlI'm trying to roll my server to eXist 0.9...http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=exist_upgrade_09.xmlthe ISP switch is complete -- only took four weekshttp://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=revived.xmlshovemedia.com will be down while we transition to Speakeasy.net DSLhttp://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=outage.xmlI've been meaning to chase this rabbit since ioLib 1.0-- a completely code-based Timeline object. Merry Christmas from Shovemedia, the code's right here...http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=timeline_object.xmlThe Remedi Project never fails to amaze. It's been a great pleasure to be involved in my small way. Alas, this is the final show, but fans take heart -- there's a CD in the works.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=remedi_rip.xmlThis is so very very bad.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=directtvdsl.xmlI dove into creating a real-time textfield editor and got more than I bargained for...http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=textfield_rant.xmlSamuel Clemens was such a badass. Thought I'd post this clever quote today:http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=twain.xmlSpot On! "Technical Difficulties" (via k10k.net)http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=dubya.xmlThe default index page view now supports sorting by date, rank, and title.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=interface_upgrade_v2.xmlI've added a few lines of code to make it easier to see what you've visited and what you haven't. HTML sites have beenable to do this since the very beginning, and thanks to MX's Shared Objects, Flash can do it too. Click for the code...http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=visited_links.xmlThe trees in the area are used to having toasty houses warming their toes. When the power drops, apparently so do their branches. Never under-estimate the power of water and gravity. After snuggling our way through three nights to get electricity (and therefore DSL) back, xml.shovemedia.com is once-again back online.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=icestorm.xmlHaving skipped a great deal of basic trigonometry on my way to calculus, it's been difficult to get a handle on the matrix math required to manipulate points in 3D space. Here's a test run at digital paper-folding.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=digital_origami.xmlJust a little thought I've been thinking -- might become a poem eventually ...http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=star_thieves.xmlBush tapped Henry Kissinger to chair a try-saying-it-with-a-straight-face *independent* commission to investegate September 11.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=kissinger.xmlI took a look at Macromedia Contribute this morning. Here are my thoughts so far...http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=contribute.xmlHoly Fuck! I thought I was cynical. But apparently, I'm not cynical enough.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=unansweredquestions.xmlTrick-or-treater's eye view...http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=halloween1.xmlBeen wanting to do this for awhile... Click to set a new refraction level. Try turning on some music and/or low quality. Download coming...http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=k-scope1.xmlAstute readers will note that my name is "Jon Alan Williams" not "John Allen Williams". Allah is in the details.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=sniper.xmlI finally got around to finishing up this spiral mask effect. It's a lot cleaner, smoother, faster, etc. thanks to bits-and-pieces from lifaros, robert penner, and ric ewing. And now there's a zip download too. Enjoy.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=spiral_6.xmlCurrently available for download, two actions for extremely detail-conscious Photoshop / Flash designers. Details inside.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=export_pict_actions.xmlGot the math and the mask working. For some reason it's a real pain to create non-uniform curves. Perhaps later...http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=spiral_v2.xmlJust getting started on what will hopefully become a spiral mask effect. These things sometimes take on a life of their own.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=spiral1.xmlFurther exploration of the origami trip. Money and violence. Are they related? You decide.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=moneyviolence.xmlJust in case I haven't made myself clear...http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=fuckwar.xmlA little wine, some paper, and masking tape ... next thing you know, it's a stop-motion party!http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=origami_dragon.xmlChilled at Cup-a-Joe making this yesterday afternoon.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=origami_buddah.xmlOut with the PC, in with the Mac...http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=switch.xmlGifts from Korea are cool. Thanks Paul!http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=package.xmlAnother iterative project; I'm working on a timeline module. Read all about it...http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=timeline.xmlThis quote from "A Pattern Language" found its way onto page 1 of a fresh sketchbook, and has been following me around...http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=pattern191.xmlThis time, instead of tracing out a boring rectangle, we'll use invisible dots to demark an arbitrary shape -- in this example, a five-pointed star.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=spirograph5.xmlThis is actually the same file as v4.0, but with a squashed rectangle, you get a line.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=spirograph45.xmlSame general spirograph formula, with additional perimiter-walking transform. Voila! Instamatic-borders.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=spirograph4.xmlDoor "F" at MudWomen studios in Oakland.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=f_mov.xmlNot alot to see, but there's always something mystical about train rides.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=caltrain_mov.xmlMarcus' closeup.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=marcus2.xmlMarcus is another in John Murphy's fantastic "Beasties" series.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=marcus1.xmlGeorge's closeup.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=george2.xmlGeorge with John Murphy, his creator. Mr. Murphy is a supa-talented designer from North Carolina. He helped design my tattoo several years ago. These days he's sculpting at the MudWomen studio in Oakland. NOTE: George is a work in progress.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=george1.xmlIndustrial Signage opposite the King's Street Stationhttp://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=caltrain_sf.xmlThis cartoony one was really cool.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=caltrain_graphito1.xmlSupposedly, that's not smog, but smoke from the Oregon fires.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=caltrain_sky2.xmlEn route to San Franciscohttp://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=caltrain_sky1.xmlOpposite side of the platform.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=sanjose_caltrain2.xmlCaltrain is dope. Raleigh's regional rail so needs to happen.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=sanjose_caltrain1.xmlBurning time at Dallas Fort Worth during a layover. Read a few hundred pages while this blew over.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=dfw_clouds.xmlA maintenance guy told me I couldn't take this, so naturally I ignored him and shot it all stealthy-like with the backlight off. Probably would've been a better shot if I could've watched what I was doing.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=el.xmlPart of the Chicago Cultural Center's "MyReality" exhibition. Close-uphttp://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=art_vend2.xmlPart of the Chicago Cultural Center's "MyReality" exhibition. No Photos Please.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=art_vend1.xmlChicago kids playing the tourists. Sweet.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=bucket_hiphop1.xmlHere's the recipe for Kat and I's favorite summer drink. Tasty. Drinkable. Mother-fucking Dangerous.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=drink.xmlDownload and Enjoyhttp://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=spirograph3.xmlCurve Fitting added. Hat Tip to Robert Penner for dynamic drawing functionshttp://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=spirograph2.xmlMX Drawing Methods meet Spirograph. I'd like to clean up some of the curves as soon as I can figure out how to properly join them end-to-endhttp://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=spirograph1.xmlThe US Navy deployed a massive active sonar system on July 16, and now there's a whole lot of dead shit washing ashore. No relation.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=sea_death.xmlMap Navigation Module available for downloadhttp://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=map_module.xmlI can let out my political frustrations in the real world, or on paper...http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=sketchbook1.xmlpoem composed for Lisa McCool's CD release partyhttp://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=more_words.xmlIn the interest of giving myself the means to update more frequently, and to push the envelope of shovemedia's content management framework, I've added a textfield modulehttp://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=textObj1.xmlKat's shrine with the freaky shot glass.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=evil.xmlThe Raleigh crew decends upon refreshing river waters. McMahon annual throwdown 2002.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=friends.xmlHome Sweet Tenthttp://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=tent.xmlRiver, Sun, Toes, and Chainsaw (sound)http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=river-1.xmlVideo + color transform experimenthttp://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=light_cell.xmlDoes your mother know you're a terrorist? Americans unwittingly belong to the leading terrorist network on the planet. Noam Chomsky side-steps the rhetoric and delivers some much needed education. Pay attention; this will be on the test.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=chomsky.xmlQ: How much can a symbol be distorted before it becomes meaningless? Further experimentation with MX drawing methodshttp://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=flag2.xmlPlaying around with the new drawing methods -- simple star shapeshttp://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=star1.xmlFunky organism a la mikworks fonthttp://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=glyph_tree.xmlIf you want the world to be a non-violent place, your only option is to act non-violently.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=peace1.xmlThis installation at the Dallas Museum of art by (a Japaneese(?) artist whose name I've been searching for for 2 years now...sorry)http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=matrix.xmlhome sweet home -- a GPS experimenthttp://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=home.xml'inclines and wires'http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=sf_05.xmlnight ride homehttp://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=sf_04.xmlnight *sigh*http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=sf_03.xmlFrom Atlas coffee to ioResearch studios...http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=sf_02.xmlFrom ioResearch to my appartment...http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=sf_01.xml*sigh* a survivor? time will tell.http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=hail3.xmlthis falls under "acts of god" doesn't it...http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=hail2.xmlmy poor poor babies -- survival rate -- approximately 2%http://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=hail1.xmlgood morning sunshine wake up tomatoshttp://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=timelapse2.xml24hrs outside the apartmenthttp://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=timelapse1.xmlbeta launch of new content management systemhttp://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=sprouts.xmlKat Jon and John climb an awesome 'interactive' fountainhttp://www.shovemedia.com/chooser/index.php?xml_file=water.xml