Web Design and Life

Fun with Drupal, travelling

Adam S — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:57:29 +0000

I was assigned lead coder/webmaster in yet another school project. This site is intended to serve as a hub for all Seneca student’s portfolios.

Sphub

I am seriously impressed with Drupal. The simple template system works great, and the file structure makes a lot of sense - there is much less hunting around for the right file to edit than with some other CMSs. My favourite thing is that much like my own CMS, the admin tools are inline with the site. There is no separate administration area. This makes small updates to the site go so much faster. I can browse to the page I want, click ‘Edit’, and tools to modify the page are right there.

One more day of school, then I’m heading to Canmore for a week. Sunshine and Lake Louise are still open and getting snow. Woo!!!

Free Domain Name Appraisal - hahaha

Adam S — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 03:30:48 +0000

http://www.leapfish.com/ says imakewebsites.ca is worth $12.00
http://www.leapfish.com/ says arcwd.com is worth $11,952.00

Ok. Thanks for the link John.

4 Domains says imakewebsites.ca is worth $990.00
4 Domains says arcwd.com is worth $1738.00

Right. Found that one on webhosting.info

Bah, I can’t find any other free ones to mess with. Wacky results though.

Little Big Planet Music

Adam S — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 02:16:27 +0000

The song is Get it Together by The Go! Team

Little Big Planet

Adam S — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 04:32:17 +0000

Somebody made a game for me

This looks as cool as Spore and Portal, and so far the only game that really interests me on the PS3. Everything in these videos has me smiling. The character design, the levels, the music and sounds, the co-op gameplay, the level building and sharing. Great granola cola!

This game is my new obsession for the next hour.. at least.

More?

Little Big Planet article and screenshots on ShackNews.
Brucie’s got some more Little Big Planet Info
18 minute video at wonderlandblog.com
Digi-Gamer has the Little Big Planet Press Release

Falling Ice

Adam S — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 16:42:44 +0000

I caught a cold over the weekend, and had to email in sick for work/internship at Organic today. And now I find out the area around the CN Tower is closed because huge sheets of ice are falling off of it, damaging cars and buildings.

I think this video shows a chunk of ice crashing right on the route I take from St Andrew Subway Station to the office. Check out the second shot of ice hitting the ground with the dude yelling ‘Heads up you guys’. Scarrrrrry stuff. I can’t believe how far they are fluttering away from the tower.

Someone else sees it too.

Portfolio Update

Adam S — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 03:05:54 +0000

Two more sites are up in the web design portfolio.

Bayview Fairways Public School’s new site is up. Being paid in free skiing is a treat.

xSound Audio’s custom Zen Cart template has been up since November. I’m proud of how similar it looks to the original store.

School keeps chugging along… actually it feels like is going by really fast.

Spiffy animation

Adam S — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 01:32:28 +0000

YAY BEEP

Holy crap, this is fresh

When student films go right

AllAdvantage all over again: Agloco

Adam S — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 03:01:06 +0000

I made aboot $50 last time. Lets see if works any better this decade.

It looks like it is possible to put in fake info when you sign up, and correct it later if you choose. Yay a little bit of privacy!

No time for blogging!

Adam S — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 03:03:46 +0000

Flash is fun.

Spiffy Stop Motion Film

Adam S — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 06:47:47 +0000

Does this count as animation?

Amazing short film by Tony Fiandaca and Paul Cummings, stop animating themselves. I’m amazed by how well they are able to duplicate some poses. Being able to go through walls looks like fun too.