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Getting Inspired with WebGL 5 months ago

Of all the new capabilities offered with HTML5, WebGL is the most fascinating. WebGL is effectively a way for JavaScript to interface with the GPU, effectively allowing for full 3D experiences in the... Labs is the Big Spaceship dev team's playground, where we share ideas and discuss code. Check …

Sharing Flash content on Facebook 9 months ago

One of the most powerful aspects of Facebook is the ability for content to be quickly propagated through people sharing with their friends. In this case we want to allow someone to share some Flash... Labs is the Big Spaceship dev team's playground, where we share ideas and discuss code. Check …
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HTML5 IDE Roundup: First thoughts on Sencha Animator, … 11 months ago

code { font: 13px Consolas, 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; } Standards-based animation has grown leaps and bounds over the last year, but responsibility for it still lives in the land of the... Labs is the Big Spaceship dev team's playground, where we share ideas and discuss code. Check …
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Overcoming shebang (#!) without Javascript last year

Websites are more frequently using shebang (#!) as a method for switching pages using AJAX. Google has a whole spec for how to use this method but also allow your site to be indexable via crawlers.... Labs is the Big Spaceship dev team's playground, where we share ideas and discuss code. Check …
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jQuery Plugin: CodeExplorer v0.1 last year

I've been tinkering around with a million and one different things lately. One of my latest ones is an online code explorer. I have been producing a lot of code and every once in a while I need a... Labs is the Big Spaceship dev team's playground, where we share ideas and discuss code. Check out …
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Installing MongoDB on Mac last year

After we had a Processing workshop with Jer Thorpe he got to talking about Mongo, so we decided to have a gander at this "scalable, high-performance, open source, document-oriented database." Read on... Labs is the Big Spaceship dev team's playground, where we share ideas and discuss code. Check …
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Animation Sprint: easeOut means... "I Love You" last year

Two other designers and I decided to challenge ourselves to a one-day animation sprint. Each of us was given the objective of animating a 15-second motion piece about one of the other designers - I... Labs is the Big Spaceship dev team's playground, where we share ideas and discuss code. Check …
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Photoshop Tip: Organizing Layers last year

For all the designers out there, Photoshop file organization is a real badge of honor, a subtle skill that separates the n00bs from the old guard. Here’s a little tip to keeping it clean. Labs is the Big Spaceship dev team's playground, where we share ideas and discuss code. Check out …
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How to use our Simple Sequencer last year

Imagine: MovieClip A is supposed to play for 87 frames, then stop. MovieClip B then slides in and when it reaches its stopping point, MovieClip C fades up. When all that’s done, we’ll load the user’s... Labs is the Big Spaceship dev team's playground, where we share ideas and discuss code. Check …
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Revisiting the Workshop last year

Over the holidays I spent time at home with my family in Ohio. My dad is a woodworker/craftsman and had just finished refurbishing a planer for which I was helping him clear space. As I walked around... Labs is the Big Spaceship dev team's playground, where we share ideas and discuss code. Check …
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