Is 3D here to stay? Easy answer is yes, but the bigger question is why? And what caused the sudden interest in 3D?

If you want to save yourself from reading this blog in its entirety all you need to know is, its about money. If you care to know the finer points, then read on...

3D is not something new. 3D has been around in film and movies since the 1950's. It has been through many different phases of how to let you see the moving picture in three dimensions, but the basic concept has always been the same.

If you want to know more about the different approaches or how they work check out this wiki page: 3-D Film. This blog is focused on where we are to day and what caused the re-interest in 3D.

The Movie Theater : ...Read more

My Windows 7 Launch Party Pack arrived today from UPS. Here is a simple unboxing of the package.

Package Arrives:

Box Open:

Windows 7 Puzzle:

Streamers:

Balloons:

Deck of Cards - Front:

Deck of Cards - Back:

Windows 7 Napkins:

Free Copy of Windows 7 Ultimate Signature Edition - 32bit and 64bit: ...Read more

Rustic Red Studio is a wedding videography business that I actually started with my wife a few months ago. It is a simple site that hosts a multitude of web features with a very heavy image based design.

There are a few things that I did with this site that I don't normally do with websites. The first being the inclusion of a number of transparent png files. Normally I can work around transparent png's with a handful of tricks to get the same effect, but in this case there was no way around it.

That decision along with a few other points lead me to not do a full compatibility check in Internet Explorer 6. I'm tired of supporting a dying browser, and I felt with the clients that I'll be targeting with the site, that there would be a very low percentage of people actually using IE6. ...Read more

Podmaster.com is a podcasting service website that makes sure your podcast audio sounds the best it can.

Podmastr.com is the second website that I design and built. It is actually my own idea and company. I needed a website to build to practice so I thought of an idea and went with it. Needless to say it wasn't very successful because I didn't put much effort into the company itself.

This particular site was actually hand coded by myself. It is not a Drupal install. Of course it is really only a three page website, but to me it was a major accomplishment. ...Read more

The Battalion-The Series is an online fire fighter reality show that can be found at www.thebattalion.tv. Tule Fog Productions, LLC follows the men and women fire fighters across the nation. Currently The Battalion has filmed in San Francisco, Washington D.C., Kentland, Prince George's County, National Institute of Health, and Milwaukee.

I decided to add a section to my blog devoted to the websites that I design or build. And where better to start than from the beginning. ...Read more

Php arguments in Views for Drupal can be the answer you need to getting your views to output correctly. Follow along as I go through a handful of very useful php arguments for Views.

I don't claim to fully understand Php and php arguments. I'm still learning, but what I do know I'm glad to share with those willing to listen.

I use php arguments mostly to get a view block to only show up on certain dynamic url pages. The first time I really used this technique was in one of my previous posts: Related Content with Views 2 in Drupal

Here are a few others with some explanations:

Similar Node Title:

To use CCK Field Argument:

if (arg(0) == 'node' && is_numeric(arg(1))) {
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Making a custom module in Drupal can be as easy or difficult as you would like it to be. For the purpose of the post we will be making a simple module in Drupal that you can use to alter forms.

Step 1
Make an info file for your module call it mymodule.info and rename the "mymodule" to whatever you will be calling your module.
In the info file you can put various items, but the only thing you will need is the following:

Drupal 5.x

Drupal 6.x

If you plan on publishing this module you can put additional information in the file.

Step 2
Make a module file called mymodule.module and once again rename "mymodule" to your module name.
This module is going to be to alter forms so we will put the following code in.

Drupal 5.x
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Show related or similar content in a block with Views 2 in Drupal. Here is a step by step tutorial on how to accomplish this.

I first found this method over at Drupal Easy: Using Views 2 and Drupal 6 to Create a Related Pages Block. I'm going to show you a similar method with a few minor adjustments.

As of this writing this is accomplished with Views 2 and Drupal 6. ...Read more

• Make a new view and call it whatever you want.
• Add a Block Display
• Add a new argument - Taxonomy: Term ID
• Set up the argument with these options:
• Provide Default Argument
• Php Code:
• $node=node_load(arg(1));
if($node){
foreach($node->taxonomy as $term){$terms[]=$term->tid;}
return implode('+',$terms);
}else {return;}
• Check Allow Multiple Terms per Argument

Including an image with your RSS feed just got a whole lot easier. By using these easy steps you'll be on your way to stepping up your RSS feed.

Things you will need:

• Drupal
• Views
• CCK
• Filefield
• ImageAPI
• Imagefield
• ImageCache
• MediaRSS

The Setup:
Follow the instructions for each module on how to install each one. ...Read more

Use simple e-mailing aliasing to speed up your work flow while testing user registrations.

GMail Aliases for Testing Multiple Drupal User Registrations was a recent article I read that change my work flow with testing Drupal user registration. E-mail Aliasing as defined by Gmail: Using an address alias.

I use a slightly different technique than the one in the mentioned articles. Both technique can be used with any CMS including Wordpress and Joomla.

The Basics:

Your e-mail address is example@domain.com, you simply add a dot or period anywhere in your e-mail name. Example: e.xample@domain.com or exampl.e@domain.com. ...Read more