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Views from the Chavannes

Submitted by darksnow on Fri, 02/12/2010 - 12:44

These are numerous views I found published from the top of the Chavannes chair lift in Les Gets, France, where I did a season in the winter of 2007 - 2008.

The majority of these images are not published anywhere else, it seems they set up a large number of views, mainly from the same panning camera, but only use the best ones. A simple script here loops over the numbered views and pulls them all in.

Be warned though, these are the full sized images, scaled for this summary page, so it might take a while to load in.

Loads of Smilies

Submitted by darksnow on Fri, 02/12/2010 - 12:24

A lot of smilies that I've gathered over the years or running my forum.

Lots of Little Flags

Submitted by darksnow on Fri, 02/12/2010 - 12:18

A lot of world flags, for use on websites for internationisation purposes, or, as I've used them, to put a nationality next to a user.

A clean version of this file, with all the images, can be found at http://www.darksnow.net/downloads/images/flags/.

Canvas Big Ben

Submitted by darksnow on Fri, 02/12/2010 - 12:09

My latest exploration of the canvas tag was a sort of extension of the canvas clocks I already made but the scope was far greater.

Canvas Clocks

Submitted by darksnow on Fri, 02/12/2010 - 12:04

Following on from my initial work with the canvas tag to create the canvas site logo generator, I worked on the dynamic aspects of the canvas tag, to prove to myself it could be used to create the sort of animations Flash and Silverlight are designed for.

This example is obviously relatively trivial but does go to show what can be achieved.

Canvas Logo Generator

Submitted by darksnow on Fri, 02/12/2010 - 11:54

A while ago I discovered the canvas tag and thought I would have a play around with it. This page is the first result of that exploration and has been used to quickly create bitmaps of the site logo.

The canvas tag, and libraries built on it, could become a real contender on the web. The ability to script and dynamically manipulate resolution independent vector graphics on a web page makes this potentially a viable alternative to Flash, even if the tools are not yet there.

But, as usual, certain popular browser have done their own thing and don't support it. Maybe some day, when this is more widely supported, we'll see it everywhere as a light weight replacement to anything requiring a browser plugin.

Web Safe Colour Palette

Submitted by darksnow on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 13:54

I'm not convinced that this is relevant any more, but I find it handy to see the web safe colours all together like this when making sites. The web safe palette also limits your options which makes it a little easier to make a decision about which particular green you're looking for.

The Code

Submitted by darksnow on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 13:53

This section of the site, which I'm loath to call a blog, is intended to showcase and explore the various small code libraries and projects that I have created.

My intention is to publish revisions of libraries here so everyone can benefit from the techniques and ideas I have come up with, or found and adapted, to make my life easier.