For a new project I've been working on, I needed to pull the image attachments from all incoming mail, store them separately. I couldn't find any snippets online for this so I had to create my own. Here's what I came up with. As always, it's a bit rough but is a [...]
I've had a lot of requests to turn some of my Twitter apps into mobile services. Most companies, like Twitter itself, use Short Codes (like 40404) to accept and send txt/sms messages. Short codes are very expensive (the cheapest solution I found started at $500 per month for a randomized short code of [...]
Just to keep my blog semi updated (seems I'm just letting this place collect dust), here's what I'm working on for today. This design won't be used. I liked where it was going, the client didn't. Figured I'd share it before I toss it. Also, I'm working on something new for this blog. It [...]
After a week or so of very hard work, we decided trying to clean everything up and restore the house was a futile attempt. Everything we really wanted to save/couldn't afford to replace immediately was cleaned up, boxed, and stored at my brother's house. After a couple weeks of cleaning and boxing, the [...]
A friend needed to push/send items from an RSS feed to his Twitter account. Here's the code in a nice .zip file. Very simple and rough, but it gets the job done nicely. Feel free to add to/modify. http://kevinsmithdesigns.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/KSDtwitter.zip
Here are the two remaining pieces. I rushed while taking these pics. The first piece is my favorite. It has faults all over it but it helps the character. I put a cone 10 glaze on it but it was only fired to cone 6. I started to refire it but I liked it the more I looked at it -- left somewhat of a grunge effect.
EDIT: Just realized there's one more piece that I didn't take any photos of. Will include photos of it when I get the other pieces back.
Today was the final critique in ceramics. There are still two or three of my pieces that weren't fully cooled from firing so I won't be able to bring those home until Monday, probably. I wasn't sure how to take photos of this stuff so I just threw up two pieces of mat board and dusted off my camera. Results aren't too bad.
Overall, I'm very satisfied with how everything came out (excluding the three remaining pieces which I haven't seen since I glazed them a few days ago). Working with clay is, by no means, as simple as it looks or sounds. I took the class thinking it would be an easy way to fill a requirement...rude awakening LOL. Click to enlarge.
