Elliott's blog

SVN Free

Elliott — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:07:06 -0500

A free automator app for stripping out svn data.

Added in the interactive section here

lolcat drupal module

Elliott — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 11:12:04 -0500

For fun, I wrote a little Drupal 6 module that will take the body of any node and when viewed, translate it's contents to lolspeak.

It operates on the nodeapis alter operation, so it doesn't actually store or alter any of your data, it runs when a page is viewed.

Fun for, well, I guess maybe April fool's day?

Anyway, it's not supported, so use as is. Oh, also, it relies on speaklolcat.com so if that site goes down, this module will no longer work.

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Drupal's Unstoppable Atomic Paradigm Shift

Elliott — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:47:35 -0500

Ever since I was asked to "build a site we can update ourselves", I began the move from web designer to web developer, and started my hunt for the best tools for the job. This was around 2003. At that time PHP and MySQL were really taking hold as *the* web scripting and database combination, driving a nail into the coffin of technologies such as Cold Fusion, and making the web an exciting place to do stuff. You may recall this is also around the time Facebook started taking off, built on this foundation, and in my opinion, doing everything right that MySpace did wrong.

New Daily Sketch Project

Elliott — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:39:41 -0500

Recently, I got the Brushes iPhone app, which allows you to make images that look like paintings using an iPhone, or iPod touch, and started a new website, www.iphonepaintingaday.com where I have been, and will continue to be doing daily sketches for, well, as long as I feel like it :)

New 3D Work

Elliott — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 00:06:40 -0600

I'm on a daily 3D sketch streak three days strong. New images on the 3D Images page.

Saving Image Data from Flash into Drupal

Elliott — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 14:24:09 -0500

A new Drupal School video on saving Image Data from Flash to Drupal, as promised, here are the sample files for you to work with.

WARNING!!!!
These are not official releases!!

They are for demonstrating what is possible with Flash, AMFPHP, Services & Drupal, use at your own risk!

These examples were built with guidance from:
Drupal Services Documentation

New Interactive Projects

Elliott — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:28:45 -0500

I have two small announcements to make here about some side projects I've started. The first is a new Flash based platform game I've started working on with a friend. We'll be putting up a blog for that project in the next week or so.

The other is a project called Tumblhog which is a silly Flash visualization of some of the wonderful things you can find on Tumblr. This will probably go live at the end of the month.

That's all for now, I've been really busy lately, but am finding some small cracks to fit in some creative stuff again.

Twitter Helps Atlanta Citizens Find Gas

Elliott — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:33:34 -0500

Twitter helped Atlanta residents locate which gas stations had gas when and how long the lines were. Who knew what a useful tool twitter could become in a situation like this. I have a car myself and was on E just looking for a place to fill up and decided I would head home with what I had left until I heard some news. Luckily the AJC website had a link to a Twitter search with the phrase "#atlgas".

Can't Run MAMP From Different Mac Account?

Elliott — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:53:46 -0500

MAMP only runs for the user who installed it.

The fix:
Fire up Terminal and change the ownership by typing:
sudo chown -R new_owner /Applications/MAMP

Do it again to change back on the other account.

1 Week with iPhone 2.0

Elliott — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:32:18 -0500

It's not what it does, it's how you use it that counts. We all know about the app store and the new iPhone 3G, so I'll skip past what everyone else has already said about the device and describe how I'm using the original iPhone with the 2.0 software update.

Killer App? The App store. The applications available for the device from day 1 have been amazing. Sure, you can put an image of a cow on your phone that moos every once in awhile and fill your phone up with iBeer, but there are a few standout apps I feel are worth mentioning.