http://ripeworks.com fresh web development done right. Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:17:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Lately I've been doing a lot of development in Flash that also involves pulling in and manipulating Flickr photos. The as3flickrlib (http://code.google.com/p/as3flickrlib/) is pretty handy at first glance, but just a fore-warning, there are many things wrong with this library. First off, there is some functionality the Flickr API offers ... http://ripeworks.com/2009/08/18/using-flickr-with-as3/ Lately I have been doing nothing but creating 3D applications with Flash. I started with Papervision3D, and my current library of choice is FIVe3D (). Although it doesn't have a camera object to pan and rotate your scene, it is a very light-weight and very fast library. For one of my ... http://ripeworks.com/2009/08/14/five3d-custom-text-input-component/ Since I bought my first Wacom tablet a few months ago, I drew up some very simple, but cute, designs for a re-design I had planned on doing for mikekruk.com. What I thought would be a few day site build, ended up being drug on for months and months. With work ... http://ripeworks.com/2009/07/18/mikekrukcom-re-design/ In the need of a simple application that could let me easily transfer text snippets or links from my laptop to my work machine, I felt I should write my own application to do it. Even after looking at all the other great services that would more than do what ... http://ripeworks.com/2009/02/20/introducing-clips/ I'm not much of a "blogger". When I want to write, nay, compose a new blog about something that went on in my life, or some great accomplishment, it takes a while to draft something out, find a picture to go with it, make sure it sounds right, etc. A long ... http://ripeworks.com/2009/01/29/blogging-with-twitter/ If you are one of the lucky ones to have a copy of Flash CS4 Professional, and then decide, "AIR 1.5? Sweet! I'm going to upgrade!", you just might kick yourself for doing that! AIR 1.5 utilizes Flash Player 10, which is great for new features such as 3D capabilities and ... http://ripeworks.com/2008/12/12/using-air-11-alongside-air-15/ Over the past few years, I have been using Wordpress for small projects and blogs. As projects go by, I see myself giving more and more projects the Wordpress stamp, then adding various plugins or extensions to suit the project's needs. Even if a site doesn't have a blog, it's ... http://ripeworks.com/2008/11/04/where-theres-a-will-theres-a-plugin/ After a couple weeks of brainstorming, planning, drawing, and coding, we are finally up. We give you, Ripeworks, a small freelance team in southeast Michigan. The team is led by Mike Kruk, followed by a few online teammates to help out with our process. We offer loads of different web ... http://ripeworks.com/2008/08/08/we-are-alive/ Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging! http://ripeworks.com/2008/07/23/hello-world/