GissiSim.com » Video http://www.gissisim.com Gissur Simonarson Online Sun, 20 Jun 2010 18:36:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Smart Crow http://www.gissisim.com/2009/03/26/smart-crow/ http://www.gissisim.com/2009/03/26/smart-crow/#comments Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:56:13 +0000 GissiSim http://www.gissisim.com/?p=402 Check out this amazingly smart crow. Shows that these birds use critical thinking to solve problems. Really makes you question what else they can do.

]]> http://www.gissisim.com/2009/03/26/smart-crow/feed/ 6 Best Medley Guy Around http://www.gissisim.com/2009/03/10/best-medley-guy-around/ http://www.gissisim.com/2009/03/10/best-medley-guy-around/#comments Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:29:34 +0000 GissiSim http://www.gissisim.com/?p=247 Check out this kid do 32 songs in 8 minutes. Very well done! Some very geeky songs as well =) Gotta love him bringing back chocolate rain as well!

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]]> http://www.gissisim.com/2009/03/09/hack-your-vcr/feed/ 0 Learn jQuery from scratch. 16 Videos. http://www.gissisim.com/2009/03/08/learn-jquery-from-scratch-16-videos/ http://www.gissisim.com/2009/03/08/learn-jquery-from-scratch-16-videos/#comments Sun, 08 Mar 2009 01:38:37 +0000 GissiSim http://www.gissisim.com/?p=207 I’m a big fan of jQuery. I’ve started using the javascript framework in almost all of my projects these days. I know there are a lot of you out there that really want to learn this powerful language, so I present to you the best tutorial I have found. I used this myself to learn it. So I know it works. It is brought to us by our friends at Theme Forest so they get all the glory for this.

Day 1 – First Function

Day 2 – Fade, Slide and Show

Day 3 – Animate Method

Source – Here you get the code already made for you. Just keep it for error checking!

Day 4 – Advanced Selectors

Source Code – Here you get the code already made for you. Just keep it for error checking!

Day 5 – Creating and Removing Elements

Source Code – Here you get the code already made for you. Just keep it for error checking!

Day 6 – The toggle() and toggleClass() Methods

Source Code – Here you get the code already made for you. Just keep it for error checking!

Day 7 – The hover() Methods

Source Code – Here you get the code already made for you. Just keep it for error checking!

Day 8 – User Request – Image Slides.

Source Code – Here you get the code already made for you. Just keep it for error checking!

Day 9 – Resizing Text

Demo- See it in action.

Source Code – Here you get the code already made for you. Just keep it for error checking!

Day 10 – Intro to AJAX: Using the Load Method

Demo – See it in action.

Source Code – Here you get the code already made for you. Just keep it for error checking!

Day 11 – Fun Image Hovering

Demo – See it in action.

Source Code – Here you get the code already made for you. Just keep it for error checking!

Day 12 – Advanced tooltips

Demo – See it in action.

Source Code – Here you get the code already made for you. Just keep it for error checking!

Day 13 – Submitting data into database Asynchronously

Source Code – Here you get the code already made for you. Just keep it for error checking!

Day 14 – Implementing first plugin

Demo – See it in action.

Source Code – Here you get the code already made for you. Just keep it for error checking!

Day 15 – Building jQuery Style Switcher

Part 1

Demo

Source Code – Here you get the code already made for you. Just keep it for error checking!

Part 2

Demo

Source Code – Here you get the code already made for you. Just keep it for error checking!

]]> http://www.gissisim.com/2009/03/08/learn-jquery-from-scratch-16-videos/feed/ 4 Vanilla Ice says he’s sorry http://www.gissisim.com/2009/03/05/vanilla-ice-says-hes-sorry/ http://www.gissisim.com/2009/03/05/vanilla-ice-says-hes-sorry/#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:07:19 +0000 GissiSim http://www.gissisim.com/?p=179

This is by for the most interesting video I saw today. Vanilla Ice himself coming out to tell the world that he’s sorry fo that horrible song he released on the world in the 80s. I’ll give him props for coming out and saying that though!

]]> http://www.gissisim.com/2009/03/05/vanilla-ice-says-hes-sorry/feed/ 0 Very cool interactive website! http://www.gissisim.com/2009/03/05/very-cool-interactive-website/ http://www.gissisim.com/2009/03/05/very-cool-interactive-website/#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2009 11:54:58 +0000 GissiSim http://www.gissisim.com/?p=175

Video showing off a new interactive webcam creative concept from GE. I do believe that the BBC did something similar first. But I haven’t seen a video of that. Check it out your self here!

]]> http://www.gissisim.com/2009/03/05/very-cool-interactive-website/feed/ 0 Are your kids ready for post apocalypse! http://www.gissisim.com/2009/03/05/are-your-kids-ready-for-post-apocalypse/ http://www.gissisim.com/2009/03/05/are-your-kids-ready-for-post-apocalypse/#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2009 11:09:03 +0000 GissiSim http://www.gissisim.com/?p=171

You need to love the Onion News Network. They know exactly how to make nerds like myself laugh out loud!

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The GOP chairman responds to Stephen’s rap-off challenge by saying, “bring it on,” but then doesn’t show up. Stephen breaks down the rules with a PowerPoint presentation.

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]]> http://www.gissisim.com/2009/03/04/corn-starch-and-speaker/feed/ 0 Rick Roll explained… if you can understand =) http://www.gissisim.com/2009/03/03/rick-roll-explained-if-you-can-understand/ http://www.gissisim.com/2009/03/03/rick-roll-explained-if-you-can-understand/#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:49:17 +0000 GissiSim http://www.gissisim.com/?p=149

I’ve often wondered where the whole Rick Rolling craze started. I knew that it came from 4 chan. The place where almost all internet memes come from. Yet I had no idea how it came about on the 4 chan forums. Here we have some girl explain it to us =)

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