http://bgstaal.net/blog Action speaks louder than words Mon, 03 May 2010 11:00:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [Click photos for full view] I did these photos for a friend of mine who were representing Toni & Guy in the fight for the Norwegian title "Årets Frisør". We were on a very limited budget (If we can use the word budget at all) so we ended up using the ... http://bgstaal.net/blog/?p=432 A while back I was working on a project for a client when I ran into some issues trying to implement a semi 3d design concept. When I did the sketches in photoshop I thought it was gonna be a breeze to implement, ... http://bgstaal.net/blog/?p=57 We just launched a quiz game over at Bleed, as a fun way of promoting Ditt Distrikt's new community information services. The game challenges the user to play against other's from their local area to see who has the most geography skills. While doing so, the players also contribute to ... http://bgstaal.net/blog/?p=365 I guess I'm the latest person to announce this, but nothing is better than hearing it directly from the source right? Anyways, the big news is that I'm going back to work at Bleed! (Well, actually I have been working there for about a month already, but things have been ... http://bgstaal.net/blog/?p=339 Just had the need to format some numbers into different currencies the other day so I made a simple, generic function to do the trick. Example: var dollars:String = "$" + currencyFormat(343769.5); var euro:String = "€ " + currencyFormat(150, 2, ".", ",") var nok:String = currencyFormat(10500, 2, ".", ",") + ",-" trace(dollars) // $343,769.50 trace(euro) // ... http://bgstaal.net/blog/?p=176 I have really had a lot of things going on both at work & at home for the last couple of months, which has resulted in no posts at all since June. Pretty lame stuff! Anyways! One of the projects I have been working on is the Anti Sweden website, ... http://bgstaal.net/blog/?p=189 I just love the cover art for the Joy Division album Unknown Pleasures and I have had this idea for a while to try to create something interactive based on the main illustration. So here is my first attempt: The "Joy Division Equalizer". For now it is just a rough ... http://bgstaal.net/blog/?p=163 http://bgstaal.net/blog/?p=134 We held a name ceremony for my daughter Isa this weekend (as a non-religious alternative to baptism), and I decided it was a great opportunity for me to do some print work for the first time in ages. Not to extensive though, simply a royal-ish kind of symbol made from ... http://bgstaal.net/blog/?p=83 We launched the website for norwegian photography agency Tinagent a couple of months ago and so far the feedback we have gotten is just incredible! We are proud to say that the site was awarded with gold at both Visuelt and Gulltaggen, which is two of the most prestigious awards ... http://bgstaal.net/blog/?p=29