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Thursday
25Jun

Replace an image with a Quicktime movie using jQuery

Include jquery with in the head of the page (get it here) http://jquery.com

Then create 2 divs like this:

<div id="image">
<img id="myImage" src="images/fpo.jpg" width="200" height="200" />
</div>
<div id="qt" style="display:none;" >
<embed src="something.mov" height="200" width="200" autostart="true" ></embed>
</div>

Now Put this script within the head of the page.

<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
$("#myImage").click(function(){
var replaceHtml = $("#qt").html();
$("#image").html(replaceHtml);
return false;
});
});
</script>

 

Monday
15Jun

Spreading Hope

I came across this site the other day while looking at squarespace example sites, http://hoperevo.com/. The idea is simple yet at the same time so powerful. There are people everywhere who lack hope, who feel beaten down, who have lost their desire to live, how does one reach out to these in a genuine way to share love and compassion. Honestly I don't know the answer, however, I have found a starting point.

The way this works is you write a note, something positive and uplifting, you then place that note in random place around your home town or city. At some point someone finds it and for a brief moment in time they see someone cares. Perhaps you are thinking, "they will just dismiss this as silly", true they may, but what if they don't, what if this particular day the words in the note touch a broken heart, save a life, restore a family? Is it worth it to be thought of as silly a thousand times to make a difference once? I think so. Therefore today I am joining the Hope Revoloution.

I know it doesn't stop here, there is more to do, more ways to reach out. At the same time you must start somewhere.

Saturday
13Jun

Looking Back

over the last year or so and the business of life and the draining nature of "stuff" and i miss the calm - the time - the quiet of what once was a simple life, funny that not much has changed on the outside, it's primarily on the inside, there is this worry, this need, this delusion that i must be busy,

so today i sit here looking through the past, old photographs, writing and such, i remember what it felt like to inhale beauty and breathe life, i desire to return to a place where my heart isn't sore, where my eyes aren't glazed over, and my passion for the things i love isn't washed away by the idea of time, measuring life by days, hours, minutes, seconds... achievement, popularity, a job, the list goes on and on. measuring anything only serves to say something is better or worse or unattainable, what would life be like in the absence of measurement, i can honestly say i am no better no worse no anything than anyone else walking about sharing the air - but there is an inner idea, a justification, a search for meaning for something that is possibly meaningless, at the end of the day the only thing that truly matters is "did i enrich the life of someone else?" the truth is most days i'm too selfish to answer yes, but today i am determined to do so

Friday
12Jun

If Your Going to Montgomery, Al

Be sure to read this article http://www.ajc.com/travel/content/travel/southeast/al_stories/2009/06/14/onetank_montgomery.html

If your going to San Francisco be sure to where some flowers in your hair, yup all you need, no article fo you!

Thursday
11Jun

So Wow!

no not the WoW people play through the night while there kids run around neglected as well as there hygiene... no this is the wow of surprise, the wow of excitement. so much going on at work, at home, in life. k first off i don't like correct punctuation so i avoid it unless i choose to use it to accent what i'm trying to say. back to the point - the wow i feel tonight is the creative wow the tingling beneath the skin as excitement builds around the prospect of something great

so work - were working on an ektron site for the montgomery convention center and visitors bureau - good stuff i've learned quite a bit in this process about new programming methods, i must admit though it is a tad frustrating due to ektron being in a .net environment, i'm more accustomed to php, coldfusion, etc. nevertheless i'm impressed with our progress, in a short time we have thrown a multi layered site into a functional aesthetically pleasing venture.

on to play - mindrally is working on some great projects and the excitement of something big is brewing, it's nice to be back in the creative soup with those guys, crazy that we all live a few hundred miles apart, but these days that is like next door i suppose.

Saban We Miss Youat home - sadly my cat disappeared last thursday, my wife woke up knowing something was wrong and when we went to look for him he was gone, i've been real sad about that the last few days, seems like everything i see reminds me of him in some way or another, i don't think we'll be getting another one any time soon there is just too much heartache right now. on a different note we are starting a new small group on friday night with folks from our church, church of the highlands, we're excited about meeting new people and getting closer to God

so wow - all this and more to come i'm sure - think this is the most i've written in a long time - hopefully i can keep it up