Cracking the code

The busy times continue at the Media Eden base with my main workload consisting of the wildlife garden, moving on from design and into the world of coding. This world is a familiar one, but one I have not visited for a while, so this was a good chance to dust off the old Actionscript knowledge and really get stuck into it again. So, work began on making the creature filled garden an interactive haven.

However, the inevitable soon happened the dust wasn’t budging  as quickly as I’d have liked and certain coding aspects initially baffled me, simple things but vital none the less. Then again, a simple semi-colon in the wrong place or a lonesome bracket makes Flash throw a hissy and refuse to let you or your computer continue to function. No other work will be allowed to take over and you’re left looking at a frozen screen. Flash can be a rather selfish program.

Nevertheless, the coding continued and after the initial troubles, it came flooding back and the work progressed smoothly producing an enchanting garden filled with tea drinking squirrels and of course, the infamous bees in boots in which to explore and learn about local garden wildlife.

This project continues on and it’s great to see it progressing with knowledge gained before placement being put to use for a client in industry. I’m very much looking forward to seeing this go live in the very near future.

Stepping out of the world of coding and back to reality, one of my latest adventures was to the Silverstone Classic show. This annual event consists of classic cars and motorbikes gathering together and certain groups taking part in races around the Silverstone track. With Cheltenham Motor Sports picking up pace in the past few weeks I had cars on the brain and felt thoroughly in the mood  to see some impressive vehicles in the flesh. The collection of classics was fantastic and they had a real range this year, from the old F1 cars to massive American beasts that look and sound rather mean!

The racing this year, with the addition of some very smoky drag races, was entertaining, yet the lack of one particular race (Group C –Racing from the 1980s) was a disappointment. Overall the trip was well worthwhile, and a top opportunity for some well overdue photography.

There was one car however that made a unique impression. It was a racing Abarth Fiat 500 with striking green and pink panels and a speedy time around the track.
A contender for the new Media Eden company car perhaps?

Tags: Cheltenham Motor Sports, Coding, Flash, Wildlife Garden