Living In Minnesota

Reduce jumpiness in your Flash with some Actionscript

As I saw many sites begin to integrate flash elements into their site, I decided to make one too.  I wanted to make one that included navigational elements with rollover effects. As I was building the flash, I noticed that the rollover effects were too “jumpy” or happened too fast. I thought by having a delay of a half-second would make it easier to navigate, and make it a bit more “professional-looking”. I attached this little bit of Actionscript to  the navigational “symbols” in the Flash file. Read the rest of this entry »

Best albums of 2006

1. P.O.S. - The Audition
Stunning. Punk rock meets rap meets emo meets stunningly original lyrics

2. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not
Fast moving, chest-thumping punk + “Riot Van”

3. The Rapture - Pieces of The People We Love
A fun album full of dance music, I guess kinda like LCD Soundsystem?

4. The Kooks - Inside In/Inside Out
Hard to explain, but enjoyable to listen to.

5. Ok Go - Oh No
More just plain fun rock music, and of course, don’t miss their great music videos

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