Archive for July, 2008

Sculpted stone labyrinth sphere   2 comments

Posted at 7:59 am in Art

Well, in an effort to wash that ActionScript out of my hair I’ve been doing a stone carving course every wednesday evening for the last 6 months. After much hammering, finally, my first sculture is complete. It’s based on a ancient stone spheroid that was found in the superstition Mountains, Arizona in 1933. It’s carved out of Bath sandstone (which, lets face it, is the most pathetic excuse for stone you can find). I’ll be graduating onto Marble next…

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Written by paddy on July 25th, 2008

Example: How to make a Flex Divider Box Snap   2 comments

Posted at 12:57 pm in Flash/Flex

Here’s an example of how to make a HDividerBox snap to 2 different positions:

(right click for source)

http://www.darklump.co.uk/examples/flex/3/HDividerSnapping/

Written by paddy on July 10th, 2008

Man on Wire   no comments

Posted at 1:56 pm in Art

When to the London premier of this film last night:

http://www.manonwire.com/

Philippe Petit (the star of the film) was there for a Q&A session with the director. He’s totally mad, very French, with a typically flawed artistic character. Love it ;) go see ;)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7482973.stm

Written by paddy on July 1st, 2008