Ben Kanizay

Loading an external swf with parameters in the URL

Ben — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 01:35:29 +0000

Recently I needed to load an external swf with parameters in the URL (eg. file.swf?foo=bar). The reason was to prevent loading of any cached version of the swf by adding…

Fifty 50s

Ben — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:07:02 +0000

Fifty50s is my little Happy 50th Birthday wish to McCann. It’s an interactive gallery of fifty images that have the number 50 in them. They’re sourced from Flickr and each…

AS3 Drawing Utility Class

Ben — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:49:36 +0000

Trying to work as much in pure AS3 as I can on projects, I’m often dynamically drawing simple shapes like squares, rectangles and circles. Rather than re-writing the drawing methods…

AS3 Bandwidth Checker

Ben — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:25:41 +0000

A while back I worked on an FLV player where it gave the user a choice between viewing the high or low quality version of each video. But because the…

AS3 version of PHP’s empty() function

Ben — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:29:47 +0000

When working in PHP I often find the empty() function handy for checking whether a variable is empty or has a zero value. It’s great because I can use it to…

Create Dynamic XML With PHP’s DOMDocument Class and Use It In Your Flash App

Ben — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:44:43 +0000

I was reading up on PHP’s DOMDocument Class recently and it’s really handly if you want to dynamically create HTML or XML files from PHP.

One practical application would be to create…

Calling all Melbourne Flash developers

Ben — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 05:28:24 +0000

I have created The Melbourne Flash Developers Happy Hour – a regular social event for Flash Developers in Melbourne. Just a chilled out event where you can come and meet…

Cannonballz Augmented Reality Game

Ben — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 01:36:14 +0000

This is cool. Zugara have just launched a new Augmented Reality Game called CannonBallz. It’s the first AR game to use ZugMo Motion Capture Technology, Flash and Facebook making both you…

Execute dynamic javascript from Flash with ExternalInterface

Ben — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 07:21:22 +0000

So I was playing around with the ExternalInterface class earlier today and wondered if I could call dynamic javascript with it, as opposed to the standard approach of calling an…

75 Ways to Encourage Children

Ben — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 06:22:45 +0000

As parents there’s really no excuse for not encouraging and building up your children. Where else will they get it from? But if for some reason you’re stuck for what…

Movies On The Coke Side Of Life

Ben — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 05:21:10 +0000

Some nice little claymation here. These three ads were created by Saatchi & Saatchi in Denmark for Coca-Cola as cinema intro spots asking the audience to consider other guests and…

Maybelline Colossal Volum’ Express microsite

Ben — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 07:00:23 +0000

Development of a product microsite for Maybelline’s Colossal Volum’ Express Mascara. I’d received assets from both the USA and France agencies but basically redeveloped the whole thing in bringing them…

10 Games in 10 Hours

Ben — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 15:17:18 +0000

Game developer Mark Cooke set himself a challenge to make 10 games in 10 hours. He actually completed the challenge in 9 hours and 27 minutes (Say what!). Mark presented the…

Running the Numbers by Chris Jordan

Ben — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 07:54:55 +0000

This set of images by Chris Jordan is just amazing. Each image shows a specific statistic/quantity (two million plastic beverage bottles for example – the number used in the US…

The Deep Font Challenge

Ben — Mon, 25 May 2009 07:41:38 +0000

Call yourself a designer? Think you know your VAG from your Bembo? There’s only one way to find out….

Play the Deep Font Challenge

P.S. Post your score here in the comments…