fireworks, revisited

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"fireworks" 07/05/2004 09:10 PM

Fireworks for free

Fireworks for free 08/07/2004 10:55 PM

Last night I went to see fireworks. There were approximately 22,000 fireworks ignited and an expected turnout of about 320,000 people. You could pay 30,000 yen (around 300 dollars) and get a special seat as a sponsor. Otherwise, you could, like the 320,000 or so other people, find a nice spot and watch the fireworks for free. In fact, there were two other fireworks festivals (Japanese love fireworks) going on within view of the nice spot in the park that we had chosen.

Fireworks shows in Japan are sponsored by companies and local governments. The sponsors usually get the best seats and they are thanked over the PA system for the people watching the show up close. For 99% of the people who watch the fireworks from far away, the sponsors are invisible. These people are, to use Hollywood's favorite word, "stealing" this content. They don't view ads, they don't pay. They do consume a lot of beer, buy stuff in local shops which pay taxes and generally feel good about the "public good" they've just been a part of. Like me, they take pictures and videos of the fireworks and post them to the web and send them to their friends.

I wonder if there is some sort of equivalent business model for other content businesses. Charge a small number of people a large amount of money and give it to 99% of the people for free. Get sponsored by companies and other organizations like local governments that benefit from the secondary consumption increase and follow-on derivative works creation and sharing.

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FreeHand MX and FireWorks MX Updates

FreeHand MX and FireWorks MX Updates 03/06/2004 01:50 AM
Macromedia has updated FreeHand MX to v11.0.2 and FireWorks MX to v7.0.2. Both updates focus on improving performance.

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Building a Navigation Bar with Fireworks

Building a Navigation Bar with Fireworks 07/19/2004 01:31 AM
See how easy it is to add navigation to your sites with Fireworks.

macy's 4th of july fireworks

macy's 4th of july fireworks 07/04/2004 08:07 PM
can't have independenence without explosions

Fireworks Expected at DRM Conference

Fireworks Expected at DRM Conference 04/12/2004 10:14 AM
Internet News Apr 12 2004 2:21PM GMT

Lady Liberty Fireworks

Lady Liberty Fireworks 07/07/2004 04:43 AM
Lady Liberty Fireworks .. Fireworks On Demand! .. some nice fireworks .. Happy July 4th .. Fireworks

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Creating Realistic Objects with
Fireworks

Creating Realistic Objects with
Fireworks 08/22/2004 09:08 PM
Learn how Fireworks is more than just a nav bar and button creator and can help you create complex designs and objects.

Disney Launches Fireworks With
Compressed Air

Disney Launches Fireworks With
Compressed Air 06/28/2004 04:19 PM

CNN.com - Dogs attacked with fireworks
- Jun 29, 2004

CNN.com - Dogs attacked with fireworks
- Jun 29, 2004 07/01/2004 07:08 AM
TULSA, Oklahoma (AP) -- Six puppies were killed, apparently by fireworks placed in their mouths, shortly after teenage boys were seen carrying Roman candles in a north Tulsa neighborhood .. This makes me sick .. Horrible

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CNN.com - Dogs attacked with fireworks -
Jun 29, 2004

CNN.com - Dogs attacked with fireworks -
Jun 29, 2004 07/02/2004 02:51 PM

Men Throwing Fireworks Leave Window Up
(AP)

Men Throwing Fireworks Leave Window Up
(AP) 07/16/2004 12:03 AM
AP - Two men planning to throw lighted fireworks from a car were burned when they forgot to roll down the window.

Fireworks Roar As U.S. Marks
Independence (AP)

Fireworks Roar As U.S. Marks
Independence (AP) 07/04/2004 10:06 PM
AP - Torrential rain washed out the Independence Day parade in the nation's capital Sunday, but fireworks on the National Mall proceeded as planned under cloudy skies. President Bush planned to watch the display from a White House balcony.

Macworld review: Fireworks MX 2004

Macworld review: Fireworks MX 2004 12/23/2003 05:42 PM
Macromedia's Fireworks is the established standard application for creating and optimizing graphics for the Web. The company has given it an overhaul as part of the Studio MX 2004 release, but we were curious as to how much Macromedia would improve the new version with added features and enhancements.

IconBuilder Pro 5.1 adds Fireworks MX
support

IconBuilder Pro 5.1 adds Fireworks MX
support 03/19/2005 02:48 AM
The Iconfactory today announced the release of IconBuilder Pro 5.1, the latest version of its professional icon creation utility for Mac OS X...

Creating a Spinning Graphic in Fireworks

Creating a Spinning Graphic in Fireworks 06/05/2005 10:49 PM
Use animation, symbols, and instances to design a 3-D spinning effect.

Macromedia updates Fireworks MX 2004

Macromedia updates Fireworks MX 2004 11/19/2003 01:02 PM
Macromedia has updated Fireworks MX 2004 to version 7.0.1...

IconBuilder 5.1 adds Fireworks MX
support

IconBuilder 5.1 adds Fireworks MX
support 03/19/2005 03:14 AM
The Iconfactory on Thursday released IconBuilder 5.1, a free update to its icon creation plug-in that adds support for Macromedia Fireworks MX 2004. The software was previously only compatible with Adobe Photoshop 7.0 or higher. IconBuilder can create icons for either the Windows or Macintosh operating system and can convert icons between the two. The full software is US$69 or $349 for a site license. IconBuilder 3.x or 4.x users who bought the software after Oct. 1, 2003 can upgrade to the latest version for free; anyone who bought it before that date can upgrade for $20.

Digital FireworX -- Great indoor
fireworks

Digital FireworX -- Great indoor
fireworks 08/13/2004 10:41 AM
The macosxhints Rating:[Score: 9 out of 10] Developer: Skyrocket Software / Product page Price: Free / $5.00+ / $15.00 This PotW was supposed to run in early July, around the USA's July 4th birthday party. But then ...

Fireworks Give Chance to Blow Up Bin
Laden (AP)

Fireworks Give Chance to Blow Up Bin
Laden (AP) 07/02/2004 10:43 PM
AP - Some Americans this Fourth of July plan to get a bang out of blowing Osama bin Laden's head off. The bin Laden Noggin, a cone-shaped pyrotechnic device with a cartoon of bin Laden's face, has been a hot seller at some fireworks stores around the country. When lit, the bin Laden cone erupts in blood-red flames and screeches for 60 seconds. Two shots blow his head off.

Easter Fireworks Cause Fatal Scooter
Blast (Reuters)

Easter Fireworks Cause Fatal Scooter
Blast (Reuters) 03/28/2005 01:40 PM
Reuters - One person was killed and several others were injured in an explosion in the southern Italian city of Naples Friday, apparently caused by fireworks being carried by two people on a motor scooter.

Games chief's fireworks trigger blaze
(Reuters)

Games chief's fireworks trigger blaze
(Reuters) 08/14/2004 04:41 PM
Reuters - Hundreds of fireworks set off during a reception of heads of state at the home of the Athens Olympics chief in northern Athens set a nearby park on fire, police officials have said.

Athens Games chief in hot water over
fireworks (Reuters)

Athens Games chief in hot water over
fireworks (Reuters) 08/16/2004 12:36 PM
Reuters - Olympics Games chief Gianna Angelopoulos could be sued and also faces a Greek prosecutor's investigation after her fireworks party for foreign dignitaries sparked off a fire in a nearby park.

Fireworks MX 2004: The Standard For
Creating And Optmizing Graphics For The
Web

Fireworks MX 2004: The Standard For
Creating And Optmizing Graphics For The
Web 12/19/2003 11:32 AM
Fireworks MX enjoys a well-deserved reputation as a solid tool for producing Web graphics, but this release maintains, not enhances, that status. It also introduces new features that try to compete with Photoshop in creating bitmapped graphics, but they fall short. By Martin Gittins (Macworld via MyAppleMenu)

Disney Open-Sources Fireworks
Tech...Sort Of

Disney Open-Sources Fireworks
Tech...Sort Of 07/04/2004 12:21 PM

Disney Debuts New Safer, Quieter and More Environmentally Friendly Fireworks Technology: Disney has sort of open-sourced a new way to launch fireworks. The new method uses compressed air instead of black powder. (The quote below is from a press release, so it's a little self-serving.)

As a recognized industry leader and the world's largest producer of fireworks shows, Disney is in the process of donating all seven patents associated with the new air launch technology to a non-profit organization so these patents can be licensed to other pyrotechnic providers.

The bit on CNN said that Disney hopes other companies will use the technology and improve it. sounds a lot like open source, though I don't know if the improvements to the technology need to be donated back to the organization or not.

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Fireworks Spark Blaze in Buenos Aires
Nightclub, Killing 175

Fireworks Spark Blaze in Buenos Aires
Nightclub, Killing 175 01/01/2005 12:43 AM
Fireworks set off during a rock concert ignited the foam ceiling of a nightclub, sparking a deadly fire and stampede.

"AIO G3 revisited"

"AIO G3 revisited" 08/23/2004 10:22 AM

FIleVault Revisited: Yea Or Nea?

FIleVault Revisited: Yea Or Nea? 04/01/2005 09:29 AM

Newsletters Revisited

Newsletters Revisited 03/13/2003 12:53 PM

Python Revisited

Python Revisited 01/01/2004 02:44 PM
Happy New Year! Let's talk shop as usual.

Recently, we've been looking at developing some server software in Python. This is my first serious look at Python since 1999, and I'm impressed with the improvements. It's a couple of years older than PHP, and certainly more mature. Python has a reputation for being more rationally designed than PHP or Perl, and in general that's true; but you can still see Python's age in the fact that there are many APIs that do the same thing (eg. the string functions).

PHP is still a better language for web development because it is a simpler language, easy to teach to Java or Javascript programmers, has more flexible string processing, and designed to work well with templates.

But as a general programming language, Python has its advantages. You can build sophisticated networking software with Python that supports threads and asynchronous connections with reasonable efficiency (though Python doesn't really take advantage of multiple CPU's due to an internal global lock). The Twisted and Dibbler frameworks are testament to that. Python's C API is well documented and Python can be easily embedded into 3rd party apps.

Python is also a good source of design ideas. I have noticed that othe rs have realized that many good Java ideas do not translate well to PHP. There is an impedence mismatch; many things that are hard in Java are easy in PHP. It makes sense to create an elaborate framework in Java to do something that's hard in Java, but to apply the same to PHP suggests more energy than sense. In contrast, I suspect that Python and PHP are more complementary than we all suspect...

PS: We also had a look at developing the same server software using .NET. However .NET doesn't have builtin support for open protocols such as POP3 and IMAP. I continue to be amused at the (intentional?) omissions in the .NET framework.

Entry 1,000 Revisited

Entry 1,000 Revisited 09/09/2004 09:02 AM

Entry Number 1,000: One year ago today we hit 1,000 entries. How quaint.

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MySQL and OS X Revisited

MySQL and OS X Revisited 11/23/2002 10:02 AM
via Apple's Internet Developer: "In this article I'll give you an overview of MySQL's features and drawbacks, show you how...

Using PDF Services, revisited

Using PDF Services, revisited 12/27/2004 10:39 AM
This hint reminded me that PDF Services might not be getting the attention or respect they deserve. So here's a simple yet very effective tip that makes saving PDFs fun! Create a folder on your desktop called "PDFs to Read"...

The CELL revisited

The CELL revisited 03/14/2005 04:51 PM
RWT posts a followup to their CELL article, and I revise my stance on the name "synergistic processing unit."

Eldred Revisited

Eldred Revisited 08/23/2004 10:05 AM
Larry Lessig from time to time flagellates himself about losing the Eldred case in the Supreme Court. He shouldn't; it was unwinnable for a host of reason (the lopsided vote--7-2--is a clue). Yes, Congress can confer copyrights only "for limited Times," but what's "limited" is a matter of perspective. If...

Flash, revisited

Flash, revisited 09/11/2004 02:29 PM
I’ve never liked Macromedia Flash. For longer than I care to remember, I considered Flash nothing more than an annoying tools for advertisers to waste my bandwidth and make me install yet on more piece of software on my computer. The irony of providing “rich content” advertising and leave ...

Strings, revisited

Strings, revisited 06/16/2004 10:49 PM
So, I finally did the last draft of the bytecode/assembly level string design for Parrot. It was a mixed bag--the per-string language tag is gone (darn!) but national character sets stay (yay!) with a set of "It's all Unicode no matter what you say" string ops thrown into the mix. Like any other engineering task with multiple conflicting requirements and strong proponents of different schemes, it's safe to say that everyone's unhappy with the result, but I think everyone can make do with what we have. What ultimately resulted, if you don't feel like going and looking up the post...

OpenBSD revisited

OpenBSD revisited 06/07/2004 03:46 PM

""Hacking" Revisited"

""Hacking" Revisited" 02/13/2004 02:37 PM

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