OK, OK, so I'm behind on Music Reviews...here's a game as an alternative

OK, yes, I'm still not back to a weekly schedule of music offerings, but as said before, work and projects take precedence over things done in my free time. And lately, I've had to get a lot of designs up and running, and update some skills in Flash, Actionscript, Illustrator and PhotoShop...or more like learn Actionscript 3 (not really that difficult, as things turn out, since I spent years and years as a C++ multimedia developer) and apply it to new projects using Flash Video, XML, and some very fractal recursive animations I want to do in a more OOP way.

So as a peace offering to those that miss their weekly fix of MySpace Music pointers...and since this blog is also about Design as well as Artists and also about Humor...here is a link to a recent Flash minigame I wrote. It's backward compatible to Flash 5 and even downloads quickly over a modem...sort of humorous take on an old Flash 5 tutorial called Mosquito, which I dearly loved when I first saw it. This one is much more complicated in logic and behavior, and more designed in that it actually cares about backgrounds and visuals, but not too much more complex...it's still as fun as the original that inspired it.

Have fun!

here is the link:

http://home.myuw.net/cganders/FoodFight.html

and yes, you need the entire path (and it is case sensitive.)

Now back to my studying...and my manga reading...maybe I'll do a minigame/demonstration project with manga as the focus...sort a living manga. hmm.... that would be a good project to keep me interested in learning the ins and outs of Actionscript 3.0 (just looking at code bores the socks off me)...I prefer the design side...but with a twist, I like to find ways to make the stuff come alive in surprising ways...hence, the reason to update to 3.0, and explore the fun of Flash Video. As for Illustrator, well, that's more because I want to get my cartooning skills up to par via electronic means---I can do fine with pencil and paper, or charcoal or whatever, but trying to get a tablet pc to "feel" the same way (esp. since I don't have a pressure sensitive pen device) is a bit more difficult...and I can't just twist the pencil around to use the side, the edge, you know...feel the texture of the paper...

All those things you take for granted as an artist...the feel of the media just isn't there with a computer.

Bye!
CG Anderson

A Bit of Humor About the Government (What are the odds?!)

Which Government? Does it matter? It seems equally applicable!

My sister brought me these two items...the author of the first one, below, is unknown, so if you have any leads, please email me at cganders1@yahoo.com so I can give them their due credit. The second is a link to a live journal entry, so the author is known.

And yes, this weekend, likely Saturday night or Sunday afternoon, I will be posting a music review of a great band (or bands, possibly) so check back if you're interested. And if not, have a great weekend (and for those in the USA, have a great Memorial Day weekend...remember those we've lost, honor those we still have but remember, that being miserable doesn't make things any better for anyone...so enjoy the long weekend.)

CG

--item one

How Government And Business Works
( just about any large corporation these days)

Once upon a time the government had a vast scrap yard in the middle of a desert. Congress said "Someone may steal from it at night."

So they created a night watchman position and hired a person for the job.

Then Congress said, "How does the watchman do his job without instruction?"

So they created a planning department and hired two people, one person to write the instructions, and one person to do time studies.

Then Congress said, "How will we know the night watchman is doing the tasks correctly?"

So they created a Quality Control department and hired two people. One to do the studies and one to write the reports.

Then Congress said, "How are these people going to get paid?"

So they created the following positions, a timekeeper, and a payroll officer, then hired two people.

Then Congress said, "Who will be accountable for all of these people?"

So they created an administrative section and hired three people, an Administrative Officer, Assistant Administrative Officer, and a Legal Secretary.

Then Congress said, "We have had this command in operation for one year and we are $18,000 over budget, we must cutback overall cost."

So they laid off the night watchman.

---item two is a link to a fun entry on dogs

http://littera-abactor.livejournal.com/7748.html

Enjoy!
CG Anderson
Little Dogs Media