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Feb

11

Keeping Session Alive with jQuery

By Jonathan Volks

A while ago I wrote a Coldfusion application that essentially was just a multi-page form. A scenario popped up where users might sit on a page for a long time to answer questions. Specifically more than 20 minutes. Unfortunately, I was unable to change the session timeout within the Application.cfc file due to other conflicts it may cause. Read more »

Jan

21

Lost Crash Edited in Sequence

By Jonathan Volks

pyram1dhead on YouTube edited the events of the Oceanic Flight 815 to sync up with one another. Its a well edited video and interesting to watch if your a Lost fan.

Jan

8

Torpedo Fail

By Jonathan Volks

Torpedo doesn’t quite launch as planned.

Dec

29

AZO Showreel 2009

By Jonathan Volks

A friend of mine posted this on his Facebook profile. I thought it was really interesting how in incorporated juggling, stunts and tricks all into one segment.

Aug

13

Hubble Deep Space Images

By Jonathan Volks

Pretty cool video of the Hubble Space Telescope and some deep space images it took.

Jul

31

Less Than 10 ET Civilizations In Our Galaxy

By Jonathan Volks

I came across this posting in Slashdot this morning about according to mathematics that there are less than 10 alien civilizations in our galaxy. I thought it was pretty interesting. Here is the the link.

http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/07/31/1244235/Fewer-Than-10-ET-Civilizations-In-Our-Galaxy

Jul

30

Stargate: Universe Trailer

By Jonathan Volks

I’M SO EXCITED!

Jul

12

Tom Clancy’s End War

By Jonathan Volks

Jon’s Review: Purchasing this game I didn’t know a lot about what the story entailed or how it was going to play out. I had downloaded the demo and played through one of the boards and immediately I realized it was a game worth buying at full initial price. What draw me to it was how the game played which was similar to the Total War series except with some RPG elements and modern weaponry. Read more »

Jul

9

Rainbow Six: Vegas 2

By Jonathan Volks

Jon’s Initial Review: I haven’t played a Rainbow Six game since Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear. A lot has changed since those days. Not just the graphics and AI, but the feel of a first person shooter has changed. What I noticed most about the advancement of Rainbow Six series was how more real it has become. When running you feel like your actually running, with heavy breathing and gun movement.  When shot the screen blurs just enough where you feel stunned and something really happened to you. The realism is pretty intense.

I’m finding the story a little difficult to follow, perhaps its because I’ll play for a few hours and then come back to it a week later so I forget who the different characters are and who I’m hunting. But the customization of your character is extremely detailed. With advancement you can gain new body armor, new weapons and new clothing. Its not just a choice between 4 or 5 pieces, there is a lot to choose from. More Review to come after I beat the game. Read more »

Jun

28

Les Stroud — Best Story Ever

By Jonathan Volks

Les Stroud, ‘Survivorman’, gives us his Best Story Ever about being stalked by a 1500 pound bull moose.