http://www.michaelpstone.net/RSS/ Recent blog entries en-us <p>I ran into a problem where I wasn't able to get my PNG images to properly render in Internet Explorer 7 or 8. I was using the jquery cycle plugin, <a rel='external' title='http://jquery.malsup.com/cycle/' href='http://jquery.malsup.com/cycle/'>jquery.malsup.com/cycle/</a>, and I was trying to display the images on an already transparent background, but little did I know, it was an option in the plugin.</p> <p> </p> <p>The plugin's option page clearly shows this, but I was unable to see where it was documented to make it easier for people with this problem. The <a href='http://jquery.malsup.com/cycle/options.html' title='http://jquery.malsup.com/cycle/options.html' rel='external'>jquery cycle options</a> shows that it has many different features. One of which either applies the background to the PNG images or removes it. </p> <p> </p> <p>Just apply this option to where you are referencng the plugin:</p> <p> </p> <pre class='prettyprint'><code><span class='pln'>cleartypeNoBg</span><span class='pun'>:</span><span class='pln'> </span><span class='kwd'>true</span><span class='pln'><br /></span></code></pre> <p>This should instantly resolve your problem.</p> <p> </p> <p>Note: This isn't a fix for Internet Explorer 6. </p> http://michaelpstone.net/blog.cfm?entry=28 http://michaelpstone.net/blog.cfm?entry=28 Sat, 03 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EST <p>While continuing development of a Java application, I tried opening my GUI classes and I couldn't get either of them to open up correcty with the Visual Editor. After a few times of restarting Eclipse, nothing was working so I did some exploring on the web and found some forums. A lot of which were not helpful, but I did manage to find the fix within one. Now, I do not know what caused my error, there seems to be nothing wrong with my code and it's never behaved like this before, but for some odd reason today, the product of attempting to do some Java development was an error,<code> Visual Editor java.lang.NullPointerException</code>     </p> <p>and the by-product was knowing the fix and having the opportunity to share it with others. </p> <p> </p> <p>Now I did see in some cases that this didn't work as the fix, but for my project, it worked perfectly and very fast!</p> <p> </p> <p>The Eclipse version I'm using is:</p> <ul> <li>Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers: 1.2.2.20100217-2310</li> <li>Visual Editor: 1.4.0.v20090826-1446-57F-9xKEUXK5__GAVDlmFRiymDdO</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p>To fix this error follow these steps:</p> <ul> <li>Go to Project. Select Clean...</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p style='text-align: center;'><img height='272' width='320' alt='javaError' src='/userfiles/image/javaError1Fix.gif' /></p> <p style='text-align: center;'> </p> <ul> <li>You should see a screen like this now.</li> </ul> <p style='text-align: center;'><br /> <img height='285' width='380' alt='' src='/userfiles/image/javaError2Fix.gif' /></p> <p style='text-align: center;'> </p> <p style='text-align: left;'>Simply select the project(s) you'll want to clean and then press ok. Once the project(s) have been successfully cleaned, restart Eclipse and try it again.</p> <p style='text-align: left;'> </p> <p style='text-align: left;'>If this fix doesn't work, you may have another issue that may be related to some part of your code or package dependencies.</p> <p style='text-align: left;'> </p> <p style='text-align: left;'>Feel free to post any other ideas or comments.</p> <p style='text-align: left;'> </p> <p style='text-align: left;'>Thanks.</p> http://michaelpstone.net/blog.cfm?entry=27 http://michaelpstone.net/blog.cfm?entry=27 Wed, 05 May 2010 00:00:00 EST <p>Prior to our spring break, MSCEI held another workshop on Jquery. The topics involved plugins, Jquery UI, and loading external pages. The purpose of the workshop was to show others how to turn a lackluster website into a more interactive and professional experience for the users. The Jquery UI allows developers to easily apply date pickers, dialog boxes, and other essential and very useful elements to a webpage. Dynamically loading external pages can also be useful for displaying dynamic data. It gives you the ability to create a refresh effect with a button or do it every so many seconds with JavaScript's <code>setInterval()</code> method.</p> <p> </p> <p>With that being said, I'd say the workshop went over very well and it seemed like everyone got something they can take from the workshop.</p> <p> </p> <p>Here are some resources we used during the workshop:</p> <ol> <li><a title='malsup.com/jquery/cycle/' href='http://malsup.com/jquery/cycle/' rel='external'>malsup.com/jquery/cycle/</a></li> <li><a title='www.jqueryui.com' href='http://www.jqueryui.com' rel='external'>www.jqueryui.com</a></li> <li><a title='api.jquery.com/category/ajax/' href='http://api.jquery.com/category/ajax/' rel='external'>api.jquery.com/category/ajax/<span style='display: none;' id='1269830504435E'> </span></a></li> </ol> <p>This one I didn't mention during the workshop, but I think some of you will find it very useful.</p> <p><a title='www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/03/12/45-fresh-useful-javascript-and-jquery-techniques-and-tools/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter' href='http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/03/12/45-fresh-useful-javascript-and-jquery-techniques-and-tools/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter' rel='external'>45 Fresh Useful JavaScript and jQuery Techniques and Tools</a></p> <p> </p> <p>If you're interested in coming to another workshop, please let us know in a comment below. As of right now, we are planning on a Jquery and PHP workshop in the coming weeks. Details are not yet thought up, but you'll be notified once it is set.</p> <p> </p> <p>Any other suggestions or questions on how to develop something you've seen, feel free to ask.</p> <p> </p> <p>Thank you to everyone who came out.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>The files from the workshop can be found <a href='http://michaelpstone.net/msceiws-part2.zip'>here</a>.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> http://michaelpstone.net/blog.cfm?entry=26 http://michaelpstone.net/blog.cfm?entry=26 Sun, 28 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST <p>MSCEI presented another successful workshop tonight. This time discussing the basics of JavaScript and entering the world of Jquery. The presenters were myself and Jason Kaczmarksy, <a href='http://www.dev-port.com/' title='http://www.dev-port.com/' rel='external'>http://www.dev-port.com/</a>. Seemed like we got a lot of positive reactions for introducing Jquery the first time, in a class or a workshop.</p> <p> </p> <p>I've gathered a list of sites to help with your DHTML and Jquery development learning:</p> <ul> <li><a rel='external' href='http://w3schools.com/js/default.asp' title='http://w3schools.com/js/default.asp'>http://w3schools.com/js/default.asp</a></li> <li><a rel='external' href='http://w3schools.com/js/js_examples.asp' title='http://w3schools.com/js/js_examples.asp'>http://w3schools.com/js/js_examples.asp</a></li> <li><a rel='external' href='http://w3schools.com/dhtml/default.asp' title='http://w3schools.com/dhtml/default.asp'>http://w3schools.com/dhtml/default.asp</a></li> <li><a rel='external' href='http://www.jquery.com/' title='http://www.jquery.com'>http://www.jquery.com</a></li> <li><a rel='external' href='http://jqueryui.com/' title='http://www.jqueryui.com'>http://www.jqueryui.com</a></li> <li><a rel='external' href='http://www.no-margin-for-errors.com/projects/prettyphoto-jquery-lightbox-clone/documentation/'>PrettyPhoto Documentation</a></li> <li><a rel='external' title='http://spyrestudios.com/jquery-tutorials-plugins-impress-your-friends/' href='http://spyrestudios.com/jquery-tutorials-plugins-impress-your-friends/'>http://spyrestudios.com/jquery-tutorials-plugins-impress-your-friends/</a></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p>Thank you all for coming out and please let us know what you thought of the workshop and how we could make it a more enjoyable experience for you. I hope the zipped folder with the HTML files and Jquery included helped.</p> <p> </p> <p>Also, if you're interested in another workshop, please let us know what you'd like to learn.</p> <p> </p> <p>The lastest files can be found <a href='http://michaelpstone.net/msceiws-jquery-final.zip' title='MSCEI Jquery Workshop Files' rel='external'>here</a></p> http://michaelpstone.net/blog.cfm?entry=25 http://michaelpstone.net/blog.cfm?entry=25 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST Please fill out your feedback in the comments below and leave your emails for responses. Thanks, Michael Stone http://michaelpstone.net/blog.cfm?entry=24 http://michaelpstone.net/blog.cfm?entry=24 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST <p>Here is a flash beach scene I made for a flash class at Morrisville State College.</p> <p>I used Adobe Photoshop CS4 to create all the images myself. I know, I'm no graphic designer :).</p> <p>Then I used ActionScript 3.0 for the water's ripple animation.</p> <p> </p> <p><embed menu='true' loop='true' play='true' src='/userfiles/flash/MStone_Beach.swf' pluginspage='http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer' type='application/x-shockwave-flash'></embed></p> http://michaelpstone.net/blog.cfm?entry=23 http://michaelpstone.net/blog.cfm?entry=23 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST <p>Over the past few months I've been obsessed about Search Engine Optimization (SEO). I've found articles online, I've read a few books, and mostly, I've done some personal research.</p> <p> </p> <p>I'd like to provide you with a small, but hopefully valuable list of information which should definitely increase your rank in time.</p> <p> </p> <ol> <li>Content, content and content! I see so many sites go live with barely any content and expect to be seen. Search engine bots like for valid and valuable content on pages, the more valuable your content and abundant, the better chance of being seen.</li> <li>You can't have content without structure. With this being true, you should minimize your structure, HTML code, and maximize your content. Also, with today's HTML and CSS standards, you should write your code as clean as possible. External style sheets, classes and ids, no deprecated inline styling or tags, and try to use more CSS for design than images. </li> <li>"I see the ref, but I don't know the name of the game!" <br /> <code><a href="http://michaelpstone.net">My Site</a></code>, what's missing? The title! Every link you have should always have a title attribute, the same goes for the alt attribute with the img tag. It's not rocket science, you just need to remember these two very simple details about these elements.</li> <li>Staying on the topic of links, it's also a good idea to have a few on your page. It's also a good idea to have link backs too. An example of this would be sharing with delicious or digg. You're making that distinct page available from another source. It creates credibility for your site.</li> <li>Meta information, or data about your data, is also essential for SEO. I put this further down because for the most parts, I usually always see something for the keywords and description of a site. Although this is true, the content may not be well thought out.  <br /> <ol style='margin-left: 30px;'> <li>Keywords need to be well thought out and kept to a minimum. Think of your site as a niche and you're on google searching for that niche. What would you type in expecting to see results?</li> <li>Descriptions can be a bit more flexible than keywords. Description is a summary of the content on your page. If you have a lot of content on the page you should be concise and limit your description to 140-160 characters. Less content, smaller descriptions.</li> </ol> </li> <li>Sitemaps are also important for SEO. They allow those search bots to read that file full of links and get some more information from your site. Sitemaps can be very powerful, especially if you're blogging or using a CMS and have many sub pages that need to be indexed.</li> </ol> <p> </p> <p>Not much, but I hope it hope it helps you understand SEO a bit more and maybe even get a better rank on Google.</p> <p> </p> <p>If you have any further information on SEO you'd like to share, but sure to comment!</p> <p> </p> http://michaelpstone.net/blog.cfm?entry=22 http://michaelpstone.net/blog.cfm?entry=22 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST <p>After taking a look at David Walsh's persistent header post, <a href='http://davidwalsh.name/persistent-header-opacity' title='http://davidwalsh.name/persistent-header-opacity' rel='external'>http://davidwalsh.name/persistent-header-opacity</a>, I decided to change it up a bit. Now I probably won't use this anytime soon in a big project or a smaller more personal one, but it's still convenient technique to know, just in case I ever need to perform something to this sort.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Update:</strong> <strike>Tested in FireFox and works perfectly. IE, not so much. I'll look into later and make additional edits where they need be.  </strike>Tested successfully in:</p> <div style='margin: 0pt auto; height: 64px; width: 450px;'> <p><img height='64' align='left' width='64' alt='' src='/userfiles/image/safari.png' /></p> <p><img height='64' align='left' width='64' alt='FireFox Icon' src='/userfiles/image/mfirefox.png' style='padding-left: 20px;' /></p> <p> <img height='64' width='64' src='/userfiles/image/ie7.png' style='padding-left: 20px;' alt='' /><img height='64' width='64' src='/userfiles/image/google-chrome-icon.png' style='padding-left: 20px;' alt='' /></p> </div> <p> </p> <p>I like the idea of a persistent top menu bar, but the way I read most material online is from top to bottom and then left to right. Taking that into consideration, I decided I would need that top, stationary menu bar to move to the bottom.</p> <p> </p> <p>Let's take a look at the CSS and HTML.</p> <hr /> <p> </p> <p><code>     <div id="topbar">         <br /> </code></p> <p><code>        <a href="#top" class="link">Top of Page</a></code></p> <p><code>         <a href="#bottom" class="bottom">Bottom of Page</a><br />     </div></code></p> <p><code><br /> </code></p> <p><code>    <div id="top"><br />         <p>filler content should go in here.. just use lipsum.org</p></code></p> <p><code>        </div></code></p> <p><code>        <p id="bottom"></p></code></p> <p><code><style type="text/css"><br /> #topbar    { <br />     border-bottom:1px solid #eb7429; <br />     background:#F90; <br />     padding:10px 20px; <br />     position:fixed; <br />     left:0; <br />     z-index:2000; <br />     width:100%;<br /> }<br /> <br /> .top{<br />     top:0;<br /> }<br /> <br /> .notop{<br />     bottom:0;    <br /> }<br /> <br /> #top{<br />     width:700px;<br />     float:left;<br /> }<br /> </style></code></p> <p> </p> <p>Now the jQuery / JavsScript:</p> <p>Keep in mind I am using the code from David's tutorial also in mine, but I just made some changes to make it my own.</p> <p>Also, you have to have the jQuery framework included too. If you get that little error saying "$ is undefined.", you're not including jQuery.</p> <p>To start, here is David's code for the fade in and fade out of the bar:</p> <p> </p> <p><code>$(document).ready(function() {<br />     (function() {<br />         //settings<br />         var fadeSpeed = 200, fadeTo = 0.5, topDistance = 30;<br />         var topbarME = function() { $('#topbar').fadeTo(fadeSpeed,3); }, topbarML = function() { $('#topbar').fadeTo(fadeSpeed,fadeTo); };<br />         var inside = false;<br /> </code></p> <p><code>        $(window).scroll(function() {<br />             position = $(window).scrollTop();<br />             if(position > topDistance && !inside) {<br />                 //add events<br />                 topbarML();<br />                 $('#topbar').bind('mouseenter',topbarME);<br />                 $('#topbar').bind('mouseleave',topbarML);<br />                 inside = true;<br />             }<br />             else if (position < topDistance){<br />                 topbarME();<br />                 $('#topbar').unbind('mouseenter',topbarME);<br />                 $('#topbar').unbind('mouseleave',topbarML);<br />                 inside = false;<br />             }<br />         });</code></p> <p> </p> <p>You'll see that with only this, it performs with just the fade out if you're not at the top.</p> <p>Next we're going to have to setup cookies using JavaScript to store the positions values of the bar.</p> <p>I took examples from w3schools.com and altered them.</p> <p> </p> <p><code>        //function to create a new cookie<br />         function setCookie(name,position,expires){<br />             var date=new Date();<br />             date.setDate(date.getDate()+expires);<br />             document.cookie=name+ "=" +escape(position)+ ((expires==null) ? "" : ";expires="+date.toGMTString());<br />         }        <br />         //function to get the cookie<br />         function getCookie(cookie_name){<br />             if (document.cookie) {<br />                 index = document.cookie.indexOf(cookie_name);<br />                 if (index != -1) {<br />                     namestart = (document.cookie.indexOf("=", index) + 1);<br />                     nameend = document.cookie.indexOf(';', index);<br />                     if (nameend == -1) {<br />                         nameend = 0;<br />                     }<br />                     YouWrote = document.cookie.substring(namestart, nameend);<br />                     return YouWrote;<br />                 }<br />             }<br />         }</code></p> <p>The function setCookie creates a new cookie with the name, position would be the value, and the time to expire as parameters. The getCookie function gets the value of the cookie from the cookie name. This may need to be altered in some cases where you aren't storing any other cookies. </p> <p> </p> <p>Next will be the click events for the links. These will ultimately create the basis for the cookies and animation and positioning.</p> <p><code>        //click event to go to the top<br />         $('.link').click(function(){<br />             $('html, body').animate({scrollTop:$('#top').offset().top}, 1500);<br />             $('#topbar').removeClass('notop').addClass('top');<br />             setCookie('position','top',2);<br />             var newCookie = getCookie('position');<br />            <br />         });<br />         //click event to go the bottom<br />         $('.bottom').click(function(){            <br />             $('html, body').animate({scrollTop:$('#bottom').offset().top}, 1500);<br />             $('#topbar').removeClass('top').addClass('notop');<br />             setCookie('position','bottom',2);<br />             var newCookie = getCookie('position');<br />             <br />         });</code></p> <p> </p> <p>The events and methods that are taking place are pretty much self explanatory, with the console.log() for error checking.</p> <p> </p> <p>Finally, we have to check the value of the cookie on page load/refresh and perform the needed code.</p> <p> </p> <p><code>        //for refreshing of the page, check to see if the cookie is set<br />         var Cookie = getCookie('position');<br />         <br />         if(Cookie=='top'){<br />             $('#topbar').removeClass('notop').addClass('top');<br />         }<br />         else if(Cookie=='bottom'){<br />             $('#topbar').removeClass('top').addClass('notop');<br />             $('html, body').animate({scrollTop:$('#bottom').offset().top}, 1500);<br />         }<br />         if(typeof(Cookie)=="undefined"){<br />             $('#topbar').removeClass('notop').addClass('top');    <br />         }</code></p> <p> </p> <p>Again, pretty basic events occuring here. With mine, if the cooke equals bottom, I'm actually scrolling to the bottom of the page.</p> <p> </p> <p>If you're wondering what you could use this for, I've come up with a couple of good examples.</p> <ul> <li>Smooth scrolling through long content documents. This could be really useful and creative for an online resume. You could have the topics on the toolbar and just click to go to that topic.</li> <li>The same could go for a small community where you can loop through the unique members or data and display them as links on the toolbar. Then you could use those ids from the db and throw them in the id of the div and you've got yourself an extra DHTML feature.</li> </ul> <p>It's also not necessary to change the position of the toolbar from top to bottom, so if you like it just on the top, keep it on the top.</p> <p> </p> <p>You can see the live demo here:</p> <p> </p> <p style='text-align: center;'><a href='http://develop.michaelpstone.net/development/demos/jquery/top-bar.html' title='develop.michaelpstone.net/development/demos/jquery/top-bar.html'><img height='140' align='middle' width='509' src='/userfiles/image/jquery-animate-demo2.png' alt='jquery-animate-demo2.png' /></a></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> http://michaelpstone.net/blog.cfm?entry=21 http://michaelpstone.net/blog.cfm?entry=21 Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST <p>Just thought I'd share with everyone what I've been working on this week and until next friday when I'm done with my internship at Hamilton College : - (.</p> <p> </p> <p>So, while browsing for future potential Coldfusion developer positions, I've noticed some of the better positions have a requirement of "understanding and implementation of object oriented programming". Well.. I've only used OOP in Vb.net and have barely broken the barrier in PHP with it, so I got to work!</p> <p> </p> <p>I began reading past presentations by <a href='http://www.petefreitag.com/' title='http://www.petefreitag.com/' rel='external'>Pete Freitag</a> and Brian Love (they can both be found at <a href='http://www.cfugcny.org' title='Coldfusion User Group Central New York' rel='external'>cfugcny.org</a>). After flying through Pete's great presentation on Introduction to CFCs, I realized I knew more than what I thought, which is good for me! Then I moved on to Brian's OOP presentation and at first i took it nice and slow, carefully reading specific details, but then I just decided to start developing my own CF OOP app! That's where I'm at right now, developing an application. It's going quite well too, and I should have a demo link for you soon!</p> <p> </p> <p>Resources:</p> <ul type='square'> <li><a title='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object-oriented_programming' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object-oriented_programming' rel='external'>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object-oriented_programming</a></li> <li><a title='http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/' href='http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/' rel='external'>http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/</a></li> </ul> <hr /> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p style='text-align: center;'><img width='253' height='250' alt='/userfiles/image/cficon.jpg' src='/userfiles/image/cficon.jpg' /></p> <p> </p> <p>It's Friday and work has been over for 3 minutes now, I'm going home!</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> http://michaelpstone.net/blog.cfm?entry=20 http://michaelpstone.net/blog.cfm?entry=20 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST <p>Finally I found time to get this new design at least somewhat ready to be launced. It's finished as you can see from exploring the site, but it's a work in progress!</p> <p>I especially like this new design because of the more simple approach I took.</p> <p>A lot of which had to deal with reading the book "Don't Make Me Think" by Steve Krug. Also, from some really good articles at <a rel='external' title='web design from scratch' href='http://webdesignfromscratch.com'>http://webdesignfromscratch.com</a></p> <p>Feel free to test out the new custom search and the new posting of comments.</p> <p>Until next time, enjoy and happy error searching (I'm sure there are a few.)!</p> <p> </p> <p style='text-align: center;'><img width='200' height='247' align='middle' src='/userfiles/image/stevekrug-dmt.jpg' alt='' /></p> http://michaelpstone.net/blog.cfm?entry=19 http://michaelpstone.net/blog.cfm?entry=19 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST <p>So the semester is over.. Wow.. What a semester it has been. I did everything from creating a custom PHP CMS from scratch to developing Twitter applicatons and interfaces using the Twitter API. Began development and design of a marketing application that will display IT student's projects and experience at Morrisville State College (Where I attend college).</p> <p> </p> <p>I'm heading into my last semester of college (at least until I decide to get a masters) and it's a mixture of excitement and nerves. The exciting thing is no homework after this semester, but the nervous part is trying to find a job/internship relevant to web development after May. I'll develop in PHP or Coldfusion, but I don't think I'd lower my standards to ASP.net. Sorry ASP.net developers, I just don't consider you real web developers(I have my reasons). </p> <p> </p> <p>Alright, well enough about my semester and future! The web site... oh the web site.. Is currently going through a redesign and I must say, it's pretty nice, and simple! I used to major in design, so I've got some sense of direction when designing a web site. The site will continue to be a darker site, but with a different color scheme. The banner is completely different, I like it a lot.</p> <p> </p> <p>You know what, I'm not saying anymore! It's going to be asurprise.</p> <p> </p> <p>Keep an eyeout and hopefully I'll get to some nice coldfusion, php and jquery demos during the winter break.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> http://michaelpstone.net/blog.cfm?entry=18 http://michaelpstone.net/blog.cfm?entry=18 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:44:02 EST <h1 style='text-align: center;'><ins>The Quest</ins></h1> <p> </p> <p style='text-align: center;'><a name='prettyPhoto' border='0' href='/userfiles/image/sourrow-films-thequest.gif'><img height='435' width='159' src='/userfiles/image/sourrow-films-thequest.gif' alt='Sourrow Films: The Quest' /></a></p> <p style='text-align: center;'><span style='font-size: larger;'><em><var>The sequel to the Mission. <br /> </var></em></span></p> <p style='text-align: center;'><em><span style='font-size: larger;'><var>The team takes on a Werewolf!</var></span></em></p> <p style='text-align: center;'>Rated <strong>R</strong> for explicit language.</p> <p style='text-align: center;'><strong>Length: Approx 11minutes</strong></p> <p style='text-align: center;'>Genre: Comedy</p> <h1 style='text-align: center;'><embed height='344' width='425' src='http://www.youtube.com/v/Cgr8aBmETSc%26hl=en%26fs=1%26rel=0%26ap=%2526fmt=18' pluginspage='http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer' type='application/x-shockwave-flash'></embed></h1> <p style='text-align: center;'> </p> <p style='text-align: center;'>Comments are appreciated!</p> <p style='text-align: center;'>Find Sourrow Films on <a href='http://www.youtube.com/user/SourrowFilms' target='_blank'>YouTube!</a></p> <p style='text-align: center;'> </p> <p style='text-align: center;'> </p> <p style='text-align: center;'> </p> <p style='text-align: center;'> </p> http://michaelpstone.net/blog.cfm?entry=16 http://michaelpstone.net/blog.cfm?entry=16 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:26:34 EST <p>Anyone that is a movie/music buff, has go to be asking the same question I'm about to ask..</p> <p> </p> <p>The other day I got into a conversation about past movies and music and their remakes and covers.</p> <p> </p> <p>Batman, Superman, The Hulk, Kink Kong, just some examples of movies that have been recently recreated.</p> <p> </p> <p>With music it's the same thing. You've got Zombies being covered by Miser, Numerous amounts of Clapton songs, Free Fallin' recently covered by John Mayer.</p> <p> </p> <p>You're probably asking yourself, why is he providing all of this useless information.. Take in consideration all of the covers and remakes and then how long music and movies have been around. Are you ready?</p> <p> </p> <p>The question:</p> <p> </p> <p>10 years from now, what do you think movies and music will consist of? There are only so many movies you can come up with. There are only so many books that are different enough to make movies about. In the last decade there has been a big transition to computer animated sound effects and keyboards in music, how many more sounds can be created to create something new, something unique that will blow everyone out of the water.</p> <p> </p> <p>I'm curious to see what some of you think will come of movies and music in the next decade. Who will be the main actors/actresses. What bands or genres will be at the top of the charts.</p> <p> </p> <p>Time to get creative!</p> <p> </p> <p><a name='prettyPhoto' rel='prettyPhoto' href='/userfiles/movie-music-entry.gif'><img height='350' width='350' alt='Picture for Past Present Future post.' src='/userfiles/movie-music-entry.gif' /></a></p> <p> </p> http://michaelpstone.net/blog.cfm?entry=14 http://michaelpstone.net/blog.cfm?entry=14 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:17:15 EST <p>You can find 60+ useful JQuery tools here.</p> <p><a contenteditable='false' unselectable='on' href='http://www.tripwiremagazine.com/tools/developer-toolbox/60-must-have-jquery-toolbox.html' title='http://www.tripwiremagazine.com/tools/developer-toolbox/60-must-have-jquery-toolbox.html' target='_blank'><font face='Arial' size='2'>http://www.tripwiremagazine.com/tools/developer-toolbox/60-must-have-jquery-toolbox.html</font></a></p> <p> </p> <p><font face='Arial' size='2'>I'm a fan of JQuery Cycle, Validation, and am attempting to use JQuery Calculation. </font></p> <p> </p> <p><font face='Arial' size='2'>Take a look and start writing less and doing more!</font></p> <p> </p> <p style='text-align: center;'><a name='prettyPhoto' href='/userfiles/jquery.jpg' rel='prettyPhoto'><font face='Arial' size='2'><img height='174' align='middle' width='246' alt='jQuery Write Less, Do More' src='/userfiles/jquery.jpg' /></font></a></p> http://michaelpstone.net/blog.cfm?entry=12 http://michaelpstone.net/blog.cfm?entry=12 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:37:13 EST <p>Alright everyone.</p> <p> </p> <p>Time to join in and help improve the logo. Criticism, thoughts, likes, dislikes or whatever you'd like to say about my freelancing logo, feel free to!</p> <p>If you'd to try and create a better one and I like it. I'll give a shout out to your website, company, or name for a week on my site, and others that I blog on.</p> <p style='text-align: center;'> <a name='prettyPhoto' href='/userfiles/image/stone_logo.gif'><img height='200' align='middle' width='200' alt='Stone Development Logo' src='/userfiles/image/stone_logo.gif' /></a></p> http://michaelpstone.net/blog.cfm?entry=11 http://michaelpstone.net/blog.cfm?entry=11 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:52:51 EST <p>Ok.</p> <div>So, I came up with this idea of being able to control your comments. I've been posting comments on other bloggers websites, and sometimes I just get lost at how many comments I leave and what people are talking about when they are replying to something I wrote. Thus... was born my comments system! Almost...</div> <div> </div> <div>What is it you ask? Well if you must know ;-) !</div> <div> </div> <div>When you go to comment something on my blog, you'll notice a checkbox. It's there if you want to register an account with the site. When you register, an e-mail is sent to the e-mail you posted (You should probably use a real e-mail that you check.. ). It contains your username and password and link to where you can access the comments and your user information.</div> <div> </div> <div>My comment system will make life easier for the busy people constantly on other blogs, like myself :)! Once you login, all of your information is stored and automatically recorded, saving you some typing and time!</div> <div> </div> <div>Well..  Though I'd share what I've been up to lately.</div> <div> </div> <div>When everything is completely finished, you will certainly see! Plus, I'll tell you :-)!</div> <div> </div> <div>Enoy!</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> http://michaelpstone.net/blog.cfm?entry=4 http://michaelpstone.net/blog.cfm?entry=4 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:09:18 EST <p>Not only is this my personal blog, but it's a big learning experience. I've been developing websites for a little over 3 months. I will continue to rapidly broaden my knowledge and at the same time, try and help people like myself. Who knows.. Might even find something some experts are interested in!</p> http://michaelpstone.net/blog.cfm?entry=2 http://michaelpstone.net/blog.cfm?entry=2 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:40:31 EST