Here is the source .fla file  - (right click.. Save Target as) My friend Greg mentioned that he was working on a flash design that had to incorporate a large number of items falling inside of the movie.  Instead of trying to tween everything by hand, it might work to have a script generate the scene for you.  This was a quick proof of concept.   

I have to get, make one of these.  what a cool vehicle.  I use to have a newer model of the Vanagon, but it wasn't nearly as cool as this. Via:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/bryankennedy/1342796210/in/photostream/  

I had a message on my answering machine from my Mom tonight.  It was kind of late with the time difference but I picked up a certain tone in her voice and I knew I had to call her back right away.  I got a hold of her and we did our usual conversation of "how are the kids, how was the weekend." but more importantly I made sure to ask how she was doing as last week she had an emergency operation where doctors removed almost 2 feet of her digestive track to remove the ...

I got the chance to sneak out and catch a movie with my friend Ronnie a few weekends ago.  We thought we better catch Transformers on the big screen while it was at theatres.  It's not too often lately where either of us have had time to spend a few hours at a movie so we were pretty stoked that our wives would watch the kids and let us go. I walked in high expectations after reading some fairly good reviews in Wired magazine and online.  I walked out of the ...

The concept of "truth" sure has taken a beating in the media lately.  Apparently, you can make up whatever you want and as long as it's issued in a written statement to the press, we're required to believe it. I just watched a NASA press conference on CNN stating that they had no knowledge of any of the shuttle astronauts being under the influence of alcohol during or prior to the launches.  Really?  In the interest of science wouldn't it be a good idea to obtain as many vitals on a human ...