Thursday, November 13, 2008

Needlepoint iPod Case


DIY needlepoint iPod case instructions courtesy of CraftyPod!




I think I'll be making some of these for xMas!

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Flash Video Player

Here is a AS 3.0 video player I created for my Masters scripting class.

View it here: Video Player.

Here is the tutorial I built it from: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/video_playlist.html

ENJOY!

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Another Post! and a questionairre!

OK! I like blogging so much I'm going to do it again... plus I got this email forward so you can know a little bit more about me.



1. What time did you get up this morning?
6:09 am

2. Diamonds or pearls?
Diamonds

3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema?
Pineapple Express @ the Drive In

4. What is your favorite TV show?
The Office, Wheel of Forture

5. What do you usually have for breakfast?
Granola Bar, Mug of Coffee

6. What is your middle name?
Marie (real) Naughty (derby)

7. What food do you dislike?
Onions. I wish I didn't but I do.

8. What is your favorite CD at moment?
Vampire Weekend, Cut Copy, my iPod

9. What kind of car do you drive?
Scion Xb

10. Favorite sandwich?
BLT

11. What characteristic do you despise?
Meanness, envy

12. Favorite item of clothing?
Slippers

13. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go?
Anyplace warm and w/ a beach.

14. Favorite brand of clothing?
H&M, Marshalls, TJ Maxx,

15. Where would you retire to?
Someplace warm

16. What was your most recent memorable birthday?
Turning 21 in Australia, hoping something fabulous happens for my 30th.

17. Favorite sport to watch?
Rollerderby, professional football

18. Furthest place you are sending this?
the internet

19. Person you expect to send it back first?
Spam

20. When is your birthday?
7/25/1979

21. Are you a morning person or a night person?
Neither, I'd rather be sleeping

22. What is your shoe size?
8.5

23. Pets?
Sherman and Tootsie Roll (cats)

24. Anything new and exciting you'd like to share with us?
no

25. What did you want to be when you were little?
An artist

26. What are you doing today?
Working till 4 then preparing some food for our Halloween party!

27. What is your favorite candy?
Reeces Pieces, chocolate in general and ICE CREAM!

28. What is your favorite flower?
Big puff ball flowers like hydrangeas or mums and lilies are nice too.

29. What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to?
Tomorrow! HALLOWEEN!!!!

30. What is your full name?
derby = Darling Naughty Nikki:-)

31. What are you listening to right now?
nothing. co-worker near by on the phone. mmm hmmm, mmm hmmm, okay, okay, mmmm hmmm, mmmm!, okay, oh really!, whoa!, okay, okay, yeah!, right, right, sounds good, yea sure ______ bye. Very riveting.

32. What was the last thing you ate?
An orange, yellow and pink starburst

33. Do you wish on stars?
It's been a while I prefer wishing on shooting stars.

34. If you were a crayon, what color would you be?
Orange, duh!

35. How is the weather right now?
Not outside but it looks nice, at least I got a window behind me.

36. The first person you spoke to on the phone today?
Someone at work. Forgot the cell phone @ home. Usually I prefer texting.

37. Favorite soft drink?
not a big soda drinker but I prefer Sprite or Fresca or Sundrop

38. Favorite restaurant?
Culvers and Harvest

39. Real hair color?
mousey grey as my mom once told me b/4 saying we were going to dye it back in 9th grade. Haven't seen it since.

40. What was your favorite toy as a child?
Have to agree w/ Court, my imagination. Also liked my pom-poms and rollerskates.

41. Summer or winter?
Summer, no contest

42. Hugs or kisses?
Skip that, let's get to the action!

43. Chocolate or Vanilla?
Strawberry

44. Coffee or tea?
Coffee, black.

45. Do you want your friends to email you back?
Maybe they'll start a blog like I did and then they only have to fill this out once.

46. When was the last time you cried?
last thursday?

47. What is under your bed?
an empty storage container

48. What did you do last night?
3 hours of derby practice, meeting w/ the VVs, finished my scary themed dessert that I hope to win with @ work tomorrow!

49. What are you afraid of ?
Bio-warfare and worms

52. How many years at your current job?
a little over a year.

53. Favorite day of the week?
The weekend

54. How many towns have you lived in?
3. Belmont, Madison, Melbourne, Australia

55. Do you make friends easily?
Sure, but it takes a long time for close friendships to happen, like a few years:-)

56. How many people will you send this to?
1 so far.

57. How many will respond?
don't care

58. Fun thing you did this month?
Competed in the WFTDA Eastern Regional Roller Derby Tournament!

This is my first blog!

I can't believe I am so late to blog. blog blog blog blog blog. I think for my blog I will write about things I like, things I like to do, and maybe post some stuff that is interesting and not so interesting.

Here's a bit about me.
1. I like fun!!!
2. I like art. I do 2-D mixed media art when I have time. Otherwise I appreciate art. I also like to craft. Sew, Knit, Craft, Jewelry, etc.
3. I play roller derby. My derby name is Darling Nikki. I play for the Vaudeville Vixens and the Dairyland Dolls. It's pretty kickbutt.
4. I am a computer arts new media grad student. i work in eLearing. I do alot w/ flash and webstuff. Maybe I'll post some of my assignments and stuff here. That's be cool.

ok, maybe I'll become a regular, or maybe I'll forgot to blog at all. This could be my last post.