Author: benster

  • Macromedia MX 2004 revealed

    Chris and I attended the local Flash users group tonight, where through a Breeze presentation, the Macromedia product managers gave a walkthrough of the new features in each of the MX Studio products. Here’s Gulfstream’s site, which was built entirely in MX 2004 Studio. The upgrades for Flash and Dreamweaver look excellent, the highlights being…

  • Beautiful Screen Savers

    Fluid ScreenEffects is a beautiful screen saver for the mac that uses live fluid and particle dynamics to render all sorts of liquids and reflections… something to use your processor power while you’re away. Anyone else have a favorite screen saver we can check out?

  • his hamburger aren’t bad, either

    Chances are, you’ve seen a few Wendy’s commercials starring its homey, likable founder Dave Thomas. But did you realize there were over 800 of them made over a decade? Since he died in 2002, Wendy’s corporate created a site that showcases the man’s dedication and inspiration. According to a school essay from 15-year old Dave:…

  • Arabian Artificial Island Living

    Hang a right at the third frond, second house on the left. Thanks to Metafilter, we get to see a sheik and his oil money create an island suburb with it’s own enticing flash site. On reflection, this has some of the most usable navigation ever seen on an all-flash site. Notice how, as you…