http://riotriot.net Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:33:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Interwebs, mark today as the beginning of Riot Riot's new adventure of using our framework! Today, we are beginning total development of our framework for any clients that jump on board. Both Phil and I are excited to start implementing any and all features we can imagine to help our clients ... http://riotriot.net/2010/02/riot-riot-client-framework/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=riot-riot-client-framework The other day i was looking to create a simple progress bar for a test application. So this is what i came up with in. Keep in mind this is nothing super intelligent or sophisticated. Lets start by starting creating the function which will be used to create this progress bar. Next ... http://riotriot.net/2010/02/simple-php-progress-bar/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=simple-php-progress-bar I am currently taking a break from my home office in Los Angeles to travel around the state of California. Monday, I drove up 395 with my friend Chelsea, and am now in Tahoe until the weekend, when I am heading to San Francisco. I am taking some time to ... http://riotriot.net/2010/02/riot-riot-in-lake-tahoe/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=riot-riot-in-lake-tahoe Flickr in the past couple years has really turned into a great service. PHP too has been a vital item to internet development! Now lets make them play nice together to grab some of your recent images in your flikr account! The first step to get this working is to ... http://riotriot.net/2010/02/flickr-api-and-php-display-images/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=flickr-api-and-php-display-images ... and there was one mouse to rule them all First Impressions As always when getting a new item, you just want to get it unwrapped and setup as soon as possible! With Apple's new Magic Mouse it does work GREAT with their Macbook Pro series that feature bluetooth! After a quick ... http://riotriot.net/2010/01/apple-magic-mouse/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=apple-magic-mouse The Pen Tool is quickly becoming my favorite Weapon of Choice. Today I doodled up a photo of myself that we might use for our "Who We Are" section. If you decide to create a neat traced image, take your time, and add as much detail as you can! Today's fun ... http://riotriot.net/2010/01/random-illustrator-outlines/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=random-illustrator-outlines CSS3 has a few very useful features, such as: Rounded Corners. If you are using a CSS3 compatible browser, you will notice our current version of our site uses many rounded corners. They are all done with CSS3. The following code works with Safari, Chrome and Firefox 2+. IE... is ... http://riotriot.net/2010/01/css-3-rounded-corners/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=css-3-rounded-corners Static content is dying, but dynamic sites are emerging left and right. Lets focus on using PHP and merge it with mySQL so we can pull some dynamic data! The items needed in-order to make this tutorial work would be: PHP 4+ mySQL 4+ Access to admin in the mySQL database FTP program (if working ... http://riotriot.net/2010/01/php-mysql-query-result-loops/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=php-mysql-query-result-loops Jon and I were trying to make tilt-shift images. This isn't quite there.. but I liked it.. Plus its a small bowling alley in a hotel and that's awesome. Next time I'm yelling, "Strike a pose!" http://riotriot.net/2010/01/random-photoshop-hacknslash-of-the-day/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=random-photoshop-hacknslash-of-the-day The Canon S90 is awesome. I am not going to do a write up telling you what is great and what is not so great about the camera, as there are many more qualified reviews from people who aren't web developers. Attached below are just a few sample pictures from ... http://riotriot.net/2010/01/canon-s90-first-impressions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=canon-s90-first-impressions