a quick note to thank everyone who took some time to vote for me to be part of the next FOTB.
it meant a lot to me, I did all I could and asked you (reader/followers) a lot.
it wasn’t enough though, I didn’t make it.
I’m glad, Tom, Tomek & Andreas are back for more next year ! I’ll be there, front row.
just wanted to thank you all for your support.

now back to work!
Nicolas
EDIT(20101014)
the official videos have been updated today :
and this would be me :)

my speech goes from fake self-confidence to approximate explanations and ends up in an unclear gooey mess.
note to self: “prepare a text and stick to it asshole.”

other videos can be seen there:
http://vimeo.com/channels/flashonthebeach
and on the official website:
http://www.flashonthebeach.com/#movies
some really cool shit inside \o/

or the bullets that you’ve dodged.
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my first Flash on The Beach is over, it was one of the best times I’ve had in a long while.
spending 4 days with talented flashers/designers/creatives/devs from around the world is really a unique experience. I had a chance to attend sessions by people I consider to be the best digital artists but also to find myself new heroes.

[update]an implementation of the incremental convex hull algorithm is available here

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today frank twitted a link: the sound of sorting algorithms

simply brillant.

so I’ve quickly put together a sample file to read the sound a of a 3D object.

you can slide or click the slidebar to seek some vertices, the panning is done according to the vertex’s X position, the frequency of the Sound is based on its Y & Z values.
there are funny sequences like the wheels or the seat.
I can’t remember where I found the forklift’s model :/

as I’m really not into sound or music, I’ve used Keith Peters’ Tone class pretty neat piece of code. some enhancement would include a better sound generation like the excellent as3fxr by my fellow elevator pitch sibling Thomas Vian or some effects.

anyway it is a proof of concept, I still can’t understand how to control the sound generation and anyway I suck at sound…
enjoy :)