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View Flickr Images Fullscreen

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admin
on December 29, 2007
in flash, flickr, internet, panorama, photo, photography, programming and view fullscreen
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Snowdon panorama

After uploading a few panoramic photos to Flickr, I found that I really wasn’t too fond of the small image it displays. Asking a user to click all sizes > original just doesn’t cut it for me either.
I found myself thinking “Wouldn’t it be good if i could just click on a link to a fullscreen, panning image?” Well, what with Flickr’s API, and Flash’s StageDisplayState.FULL_SCREEN, I did just that..

This is only something i knocked up in the last couple of hours, so don’t be too harsh, it’s just alpha :D

Here’s a link directly to my app

Here’s a bookmarklet: View Fullscreen (add this to your favourites or drag and drop to your toolbar)

Here’s a link to an image of mine on Flickr

Of course, adding that bookmarklet to your toolbar means you can view anyone’s (public) image fullscreen. Just browse to their image and hit the bookmarklet :)

Best use of Flash award

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on December 9, 2007
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Best use of Flash award, originally uploaded by yezzer.

I’ve been far too busy to blog anything recently, so while i’ve got a spare 10 minutes, I thought i’d just write something about us winning the ‘Best use of Flash’ award at the Brighton web awards.

Yey :)

Respect to Fritz Solares!

Slingbox + n95 + TV out

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on November 13, 2007
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Slingbox + n95 + TV out, originally uploaded by yezzer.

Crazy. I’ve got my n95 and the Slingbox working, which is quite cool. i can control it remotely so I could watch stuff i’ve recorded, which is pretty neat.

Anyway, this goes like this:

Satellite > My satellite dish > sky+ box > Slingbox > router > interwebs > 3 > n95 > TV

I think it’s crazy that a mobile phone has TV out. Nokia really did pack then95 *full* of features.
Shame one of those features wasn’t a better battery :D

No iPhone for me!

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on November 9, 2007
in internet, iphone, mobile, n95 and phones
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Oh how flippant I am. I could be a politician with my U-turn on policy overnight. Or perhaps I just found a better deal.. Well, i spent all last night asking people opinions, reading reviews, looking at providers and tariffs, and talking to customer services. And spamming twitter.

I currently spend £40-50pm with o2.

In the end the choice was:
1. Stay with o2 and get an iPhone. £269 plus £35pm tariff for 18 months. That gets you 200 minutes, 200 texts, and unlimited data.

2. Change to Three and get an n95. The deal there is:

  • N95 @ £15pm
  • Contract @ £15pm for 18 months.
  • Add-on X-series gold including Slingbox @ £10pm
  • £50 of accessory vouchers
  • £30 off my bill using the refer-a-friend thing.

That gives me: 1GB data transfer pm, free calls to skype users, a FREE slingbox, free viewing of recorded stuff on my slingbox, Orb (to access files on my home PC), mobilemail so i can have IMAP Gmail , free windows live messenger, 300 anytime anynetwork texts or minutes, 300 3 to 3 minutes, and 150 mins of video calls a month. Oh, and some free yahoo and ebay things that I haven’t really looked at yet.

The n95 also supprts 3G and other faster-than-edge technologies. Oh it has GPS too. And a 5MP camera with carl zeiss lens. I can transfer my number over too. Did i mention it supports SDHC, so can use up to 8GB cards?

Oh, and it’s not all locked down like the iPhone, which is the real killer for me.

I’d be crazy to go for the iPhone while deals like this are out there. So i went for the n95 last night. Yeah, the battery life is awful if you don’t turn off wifi scanning, but i had the same problem with my N80.


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If by any chance you want to join Three, I can get you £30 off on the recommend a friend thing - so do let me know, as i get £30 off too! :D

Update: A 16GB iPod touch is £254. So for the cost of a 8GB iPhone, you could get an n95 on three AND a 16GB iPod touch. Who in their right mind would buy an iPhone?

iPhone to have ‘unlimited’ unlimited data transfer rates

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on November 5, 2007
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Wow, this is great, and has sealed the fact that i’ll be (attempting) to get an iPhone on Friday.

o2 were going to cap data transfer at 200MB per month, but it’s now going to be unlimited:

”So we’ve taken the decision to remove the fair usage cap so that ‘unlimited’ really does mean ‘unlimited’ – this is a market first.”

Data accessed must be for personal, not commercial, use and the phone must not be used as a modem.

Sounds great to me! :) And to think i used to be a very vocal anti-mac fanboy ;)

Cyriak animation

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admin
on November 3, 2007
in Uncategorized, flashforward and life
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Cyriak is a Brighton animator whose work is absolutely crazy. And also *extremely* good.
I love his new animation:

There’s a better video on his site, and a load more videos here.

This weeks random event?

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on September 20, 2007
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What is this bird of prey? (Boston, MA), originally uploaded by yezzer.

Walking around Boston at lunch, I wandered down to the river to take some photos and try out my new 18-200mm lens.
To my suprise, i saw this bird of prey sitting in the shade, dismemberng a squirrel.
It let me get very close, about 8 feet away, then when i moved a little suddenly, it flew off and perched in a tree about 10ft off the ground, above a path. Naturally I had to go over and take some more photos, and a small crowd gathered round to watch. I asked if this was a common sight, and none of the locals had seen this before.. it was quite amazing actually :)

Boston rocks!:D

Welcome to Boston - Flashforward

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on September 19, 2007
in actionscript, boston, flashforward, internet, life and photography
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Well we’re here! And Boston really is a lovely place. Thanks again to D+D for sending us!

I’ll upload pictures to Flickr throughout the week, and i’ll blog whether we win the award tonight!

Shoreham Airshow crash photo

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on September 17, 2007
in airshow, brighton, crash, life, photo, photography, shoreham and worthing
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UPDATE: The Worthing Herald replies! See below..

When I heard a plane had crashed round the corner from my house, I had to go take a look, although I did feel like I was ‘rubbernecking’ :( I took a few photos of the crash site while I was there.

I just had a comment from someone on Flickr saying that the Worthing Herald is using my photo (it’s the last one in the series) and attributing it to a “Jay Kay Kappa”. You can see the original picture above, or see the flickr page here.

Massive co-incidence? They look identical to me, even the individuals postures and the position of the smoke.

If my photo is wrongly attributed, I wonder any of these photos are actually by “Jay Kay Kappa”?

UPDATE: The Worthing Herald replies!

Jon from The Worthing Herald has been in contact with both Nic and myself, to let us know that they received these photographs through press channels, and they then discussed a fee with Jay.

I can’t believe this guy has been going around collecting photos from the public, then passing them off as his own, thereby profiting from someone’s death!
It’s worth noting that I have been offered a fee, which I will donate to a relevant charity, most likely the Royal Air Forces Association

I’d like to thank The Worthing Herald for helping sort this out quickly and fairly, thanks guys!

We’re going to Flashforward in Boston!

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on September 16, 2007
in actionscript, boston, brighton, flashforward, internet and life
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Littleloud are sending Paul and me to Flashforward in Boston, where we’ve been nominated for the Game award! Yey! Fingers crossed.

Last time we were nominated for an award we won it!

I’ll post a few updates on here while i’m over there, and also i’ll update Twitter

Wonder what good things there are to do in Boston?