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Can Google predict the future?
Posted on Sunday the 17th of June, 2007
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Multiple File Uploads using Javascript and cloneNode()
Posted on Wednesday the 7th of February, 2007
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Autodesk announce Maya 8.5
Posted on Wednesday the 10th of January, 2007
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Javascript, XHTML and External Links
Posted on Wednesday the 6th of December, 2006
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The Benefits of SEO
Posted on Friday the 14th of April, 2006
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Maya, mentalRay and HDR, Part 2
Posted on Saturday the 18th of February, 2006
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The Mech Collection
Posted on Sunday the 29th of January, 2006
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Abstract your Database Connection
Posted on Wednesday the 25th of January, 2006
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AJAX: Nice and Easy
Posted on Tuesday the 24th of January, 2006
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Web Accessibility: Why Bother?
Posted on Saturday the 21st of January, 2006
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Maya, MentalRay and HDR
Posted on Thursday the 19th of January, 2006
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annsummers.com
Posted on Thursday the 19th of January, 2006
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savannah-salonspa.com
Posted on Sunday the 15th of January, 2006
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"W3C standards are totally useless"
Posted on Thursday the 8th of December, 2005
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Rhino NURBS to Maya
Posted on Friday the 2nd of December, 2005
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Google posted an AdSense blog entry in March stating that most mis-clicks by AdSense vendors were automatically discounted. But this draws to light a bigger issue - how does Google know who you are?
Forms with multiple file upload boxes are a nuisance. You're stuck with hard-coding a defined number of uploads or using PHP or ASP to decide how many upload fields to have. Or are you? Here's a way to dynamically add File Upload inputs on the fly using Javascript.
Autodesk have announced Maya 8.5. It hasn't been long since Maya 8; just what new functionality have they added?
The Mech Collection is a group of three models built in early 2003. They are designed to be low-poly, fully animatiable models and were built using traditional polygon-modeling techniques in Maya.
Obviously, the first thing you need in a dynamically-driven site is a database connection. You could use PHP's mysql_* functions, but this ties you to a MySQL database. A much better idea is to abstract common functions. If the site moves to a new database, these can be rewritten without altering the rest of your code.
AJAX was the buzzword of last year, and looks to continue to be the Big Thing in 2006, highly touted as an integral part of the 'Web 2.0' framework. Although AJAX is just an old idea with a new name, it's certainly a valuable tool in your arsenal.
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If I'm NURBS modeling I'll use Rhino3D because I find it incredibly quick and simple to make complex structures. But I render in Maya, which won't read Rhino files natively. Here's one way to bridge the gap.