Winter Storm? Give me a break

Only in Atlanta, GA do people freak out about the small chance of a little ice. (laughter)

"The National Weather Service issued a Winter Storm Watch Wednesday that will go into effect at 3 a.m. Thursday and will expire Thursday afternoon. The city of Atlanta, as well as a line from Cedartown to Athens and points north, is included in the watch, which warned of icy conditions that are expected overnight.

"The North Georgia mountains are going to see snow," said 11Alive's Flip Spiceland. "We will see some freezing rain here."

Moisture over the Gulf of Mexico will head northeast and meet up with a cold airmass that will be in place across north the central Georgia, the National Weather Service said. The two combined will bring a mixture of rain, sleet, freezing rain and snow late Wednesday into Thursday. The National Weather Service reported that some areas could see significant snow -- up to 3 inches in higher elevations -- and ice accumulations -- up to a quarter inch on trees and power lines -- before the mix changes over to all rain late Thursday afternoon.

The following counties and cities are included in the Winter Storm Watch:

Dade, Walker, Catoosa, Whitfield, Murray, Fannin, Gilmer, Union, Towns, Chattooga, Gordon, Pickens, Dawson, Lumpkin, White, Floyd, Bartow, Cherokee, Forsyth, Hall, Banks, Jackson, Madison, Polk, Paulding, Cobb, North Fulton, Gwinnett, Barrow, Clarke, Oconee, DeKalb, Walton, including the cities of Calhoun, Dahlonega, Cleveland, Rome, Cartersville, Gainesville, Marietta, Atlanta, Lawrenceville, Athens, and Decatur."

ActionScript, alphaTo, xSlideTo example:

#include "mc_tween2.as"

//Define the vars:
var __alpha:Number = 0;
var __linear:String = "linear"
var __easeOutQuad:String = "easeOutQuad"
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

//Turn things off for now:
master_mc.mediaMenu_mc._alpha = __alpha;
master_mc.media_mc._alpha = __alpha;
master_mc.topBar_mc._alpha = __alpha;
master_mc.catagories_mc._alpha = __alpha;
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

//function for the alpha:
function alphaMc(__mcName,__alphaTo,__alphaTime, __animationType,__delay):Void {
__mcName.alphaTo(__alphaTo,__alphaTime, __animationType,__delay)
}

alphaMc(master_mc.topBar_mc,100,1,__linear,1)
alphaMc(master_mc.catagories_mc,100,1,__linear,2)
alphaMc(master_mc.mediaMenu_mc,100,1,__linear,2.5)
alphaMc(master_mc.media_mc,100,1,__linear,3)

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

//function for the xSlide:
function xSlideMc(__mcName,__xSlideTo,__alphaTime, __animationType,__delay):Void {
__mcName.xSlideTo(__xSlideTo,__alphaTime, __animationType,__delay)
}

xSlideMc(master_mc.mediaMenu_mc,149,1,__easeOutQuad,2.5)
xSlideMc(master_mc.media_mc,349,1,__easeOutQuad,3.5)

Hello World

function traceSomething(traceValue):Void {
trace(traceValue)
}

traceSomething("Hello world")

Going Interactive

My Friends Jason and Doug at Going Interactive put together a pretty funny recruitment video. They are a fun bunch of guys doing some cool stuff; send your work over.

Check out The Going Interactive Recruitment video

A Sunday Breakfast

I remember the dress you wore
We had breakfast
You smiled
I smiled back.

I talked about the future
You talked about your new love
I said “another Coke please”.

We cracked a few jokes
About my childhood, and books you used to read to me
Pink Panther was my favorite.

You said “of course I always will”
The tab was paid with a shiny new $100 bill
It was obvious that you wanted me to notice.

Our time ended with a smile
And a “see you next time”
It’s been almost 5 years.

The Douche Card

"Tired of arguing with complete morons? Tired of getting into bar room brawls? Well now avoid the confrontation with our glorious Douche Card. Simply hand it to the asshole in question and walk away. Problem solved. Package includes 25 cards."

Check out The Douche Card

Better functions

#include "mc_tween2.as"

//
function colorBall(theMc,alphaTo,AlphaTime):Void {
theMc.alphaTo(alphaTo,AlphaTime)
}

//
colorBall(one_mc,50,3)
colorBall(two_mc,0,5)
colorBall(three_mc,2,50)

MosesSupposes :: Fuse Kit

So, I have been playing around with the FuseKit a little. I am curious to hear from other folks out there about this tweenClass. So far, it's not too bad and seems a bit more OOP than mcTween. (Not that I don't love mcTween becuase I do)

Your thoughts?

MosesSupposes :: Fuse Kit

Bounce a ball

#include "mc_tween2.as"

//
var __theEasing:String = "easeOutBounce"

//
theBall_mc.ySlideTo(270,2,__theEasing)

Working for Free

So today I had a conversation with a friend of mine who is about to move further South to take an internship at ___________. When I asked about a little more detail, I was told they were going to be working for free. After an hour of thinking the idea really started to bother me.... Working for free. Then, I started to think even more about lot’s of other people who have been through the same thing.

When I was in college (2002) I did have an internship at a very good shop in town. I too worked for free. Why did I do it? So I could have the name on my resume and the work in my book. Would I do it now if I were in the same boat? I honestly don’t know. And this is why:

Working over the last few years, I have learned there are places out there EVERYONE wants to work; And what’s sad is I believe the Agency’s know that. Does that give them the right to abuse people, burn them out and replace them after 3-6 months with the next eager intern? Do these CD’s sit in a room and think “We don’t have to pay people because we are one of the best. People will work for free”. I simply don’t think it’s fair at all. Students should at least be paid a decent wage for their efforts.

There is something to be said about someone that has a lot of natural talent. Hands down, Art school can only teach you so much. I have seen over the last few year’s some really great students of mine end up getting offers to work internships for FREE. What really gets me is, I have seen students great idea’s get sold to clients. And, what did they give back to the person? That piece in their book? Not always because some end up signing lot’s of NDA’s, etc; so they can’t even showcase the work. I feel they are simply raped of their idea’s and effort.

How do you feel?

Kymco People 50 for Sale!

My Wife and I are selling our great little scooter.

We are selling it as a complete package. You get:

* 2005 Kymco People 50 - in WineBerry (5253km / 3264 mi)
* On Guard lock
* Black helmet (large)
* Black helmet (medium)
* Buddy seat
* Storage box (Givi E450 Monolock - black)
* Scooter cover
* Kymco 2 Yr. limited warranty (transferable and valid until April 2008)
* Moto Bravo Priority Service plan (transferable)

We have all the original receipts for the scooter and everything else mentioned above. The total cost was $3,189.11.

We are selling EVERYTHING for $2,200.00! This is a great deal, seeing what we paid not that long ago. Check out the link below for more info!

Kymco People 50 for Sale!

Super Deluxe

Cool new site from the Folks over at Turner. My friend Jason Drakeford was the hand behind all the wacky illustrations, etc. Nice work man. I am sure there were many other people involved in this site; good job everyone!

superDeluxe.com

Only in Atlanta

I was in the elevator on the way to work the other day. A business man walked in right behind me. We sat in silence for a moment and then he asked, "What's on the 11th floor?" I said, "It's an interactive Agency, I am a designer". The man pauses for a moment, keenly giving me a once over and then says, "Oh, that sounds like fun. They really let you dress like that?"

Keep in mind, I am somewhat into fashion and occasionally dressing nice. This guy really had no idea what I was talking about.

It's something I have never understood. People assume that just because I work in an office I am supposed to wear dress slacks to work and a tie. I don't even know how to put a tie on correctly. Call is sad, but I am very happy to go to work and be the person I am.

The man got off at his floor and I went on about my day.

CapturingLight Photography

My Wife is the great eye behind CapturingLight Photography. She specializes in photojournalistic style portraiture for children and their families. You can view her work and find out more information on the services she offers by visiting her main portfolio site at:

Capturinglight.com

She also just put up a NEW blog:

Capturinglight.com/blog

I can't tell you how proud I am of my Amanda. Photography has been her true passion forever. When you look at her work, you get a true sense of the love she has for what she does.

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10 Reasons You Should Never Get a Job

These are the words of Steve Pavilna. Do you agree? Visit his site at the link below to read the full article.

"1. Income for dummies.

Getting a job and trading your time for money may seem like a good idea. There’s only one problem with it. It’s stupid! It’s the stupidest way you can possibly generate income! This is truly income for dummies.

Why is getting a job so dumb? Because you only get paid when you’re working. Don’t you see a problem with that, or have you been so thoroughly brainwashed into thinking it’s reasonable and intelligent to only earn income when you’re working? Have you never considered that it might be better to be paid even when you’re not working? Who taught you that you could only earn income while working? Some other brainwashed employee perhaps?

Don’t you think your life would be much easier if you got paid while you were eating, sleeping, and playing with the kids too? Why not get paid 24/7? Get paid whether you work or not. Don’t your plants grow even when you aren’t tending to them? Why not your bank account?

Who cares how many hours you work? Only a handful of people on this entire planet care how much time you spend at the office. Most of us won’t even notice whether you work 6 hours a week or 60. But if you have something of value to provide that matters to us, a number of us will be happy to pull out our wallets and pay you for it. We don’t care about your time — we only care enough to pay for the value we receive. Do you really care how long it took me to write this article? Would you pay me twice as much if it took me 6 hours vs. only 3?

Non-dummies often start out on the traditional income for dummies path. So don’t feel bad if you’re just now realizing you’ve been suckered. Non-dummies eventually realize that trading time for money is indeed extremely dumb and that there must be a better way. And of course there is a better way. The key is to de-couple your value from your time.

Smart people build systems that generate income 24/7, especially passive income. This can include starting a business, building a web site, becoming an investor, or generating royalty income from creative work. The system delivers the ongoing value to people and generates income from it, and once it’s in motion, it runs continuously whether you tend to it or not. From that moment on, the bulk of your time can be invested in increasing your income (by refining your system or spawning new ones) instead of merely maintaining your income.

This web site is an example of such a system. At the time of this writing, it generates about $9000 a month in income for me (update: $40,000 a month as of 10/31/06), and it isn’t my only income stream either. I write each article just once (fixed time investment), and people can extract value from them year after year. The web server delivers the value, and other systems (most of which I didn’t even build and don’t even understand) collect income and deposit it automatically into my bank account. It’s not perfectly passive, but I love writing and would do it for free anyway. But of course it cost me a lot of money to launch this business, right? Um, yeah, $9 is an awful lot these days (to register the domain name). Everything after that was profit.

Sure it takes some upfront time and effort to design and implement your own income-generating systems. But you don’t have to reinvent the wheel — feel free to use existing systems like ad networks and affiliate programs. Once you get going, you won’t have to work so many hours to support yourself. Wouldn’t it be nice to be out having dinner with your spouse, knowing that while you’re eating, you’re earning money? If you want to keep working long hours because you enjoy it, go right ahead. If you want to sit around doing nothing, feel free. As long as your system continues delivering value to others, you’ll keep getting paid whether you’re working or not.

Your local bookstore is filled with books containing workable systems others have already designed, tested, and debugged. Nobody is born knowing how to start a business or generate investment income, but you can easily learn it. How long it takes you to figure it out is irrelevant because the time is going to pass anyway. You might as well emerge at some future point as the owner of income-generating systems as opposed to a lifelong wage slave. This isn’t all or nothing. If your system only generates a few hundred dollars a month, that’s a significant step in the right direction."

10 Reasons You Should Never Get a Job, check it out