Inspired by Conway’s game of life (to which I was a late comer but now a devotee!), I decided to program a 2 dimensional Cellular Automaton in Actionscript 3.

I had been reading up on complexity theory for a recent project and the Cellular Automata just kept on rearing its head. Of course it displays the fundamental qualities of complexity; starting with an object following a set of simple rules and then creating multiple instances to form complex and unpredictable patterns. // Read More

If you’ve been here before, you will have noticed I have not only moved servers but also overhauled this whole site as well as giving it a swanky new look. Apart from the simple fact that change is good, I have a few key reasons for the update: // Read More

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Ok, so there’s not much to say here! // Read More

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Look at them go! Stupid primates.
Click ‘Spawn Platforms’ for a new layout, or play with the Platform and APE count steppers!

I finally found some time to play around with the AS3 physics engine, APE; something I have been meaning to do for a while now. // Read More

I just got back from Flash on the Beach 07; A Flash conference in Brighton. It would be an impossible task so sum up what a fantastic 3 days it turned out to be, suffice to say the speaker line-up was near perfect, and I left feeling inspired to play more, create more and dig out some of those old ideas from the back of my hard drive and see where they take me. // Read More

What happens when you let vista install drivers for you? Shit happens. But in this case, good shit. // Read More

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Welcome to the latest instalment of the Group 94 style scrolling menu tutorial! (With downloadable source files of course) // Read More

Screenshot taken from Sharing My Pigeonhole

Disabled Algebra is a showcase for the incredible music of Jason kerley, aka Blackpepper. // Read More

Download Group94 style scrolling menu

I built this circular version of the group94 style scrolling menu for a flash website awards showcase called I was asked to work on. The original design was based around circles, but we ended up redesigning as parts of the interface (not this menu!) were to processor intensive.

Ok, so part two of my tribute to Group 94’s menu system! This is again inspired by the Group 94 (at least they are most famous for it) shuffle menu in Flash, which pushes items off the top and bottom as the menu shuffles into place. // Read More

I have just been checking out Asual’s SWFAddress.

If you haven’t come across it yet, SWF Address is a tool for deep linking in Flash. It is a JavaScript based code which will set hash (anchor) link path from your Flash content. Not only does this mean users can now use their back buttons, but it also means permalinks can be created to content deep inside the Flash movie. For example http://www.yoursite.com/#/projects/project-name/ // Read More