UPDATE: Twitter modified their crossdomain policy, which put an end to the flash fun. In other words, this doesn't work anymore. *sigh*

I wanted a Twitter badge for my site and Twitter is so easy to work with that I decided to whip one up that anyone can use.

The myTweets flash badge displays up to twenty of your public timeline tweets and offers a few customization options via flashVars.

var so = new SWFObject("myTweets.swf", "myTweets", "100%", "100%", "8", "#333333");

so.addVariable("userID", "1905521");

so.addVariable("total", "10");

so.addVariable("timer", "8");

so.addVariable("dateHex", "0xEAEAEA");

so.write("flashcontent");

bgcolor - via the embed

userID - mine is 1905521

total - total number of tweets you want to display, up to 20

timer - time between tweets in seconds

dateHex - color of the date Twittered text

The example above is at http://davecurry.net/myTweets/.

If you'd like to put myTweets on your site, here's a zip of the example.

Update: I've written an AS3 version too. Check out Talking to Twitter via Actionscript 3.0 for more info and source files.

This entry was written by Dave, posted on October 7, 2007 at 4:57 pm, filed under Articles, Flash. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.

Since the original post I've gotten a whole slew of requests for this file and thankfully a friend of mine found the website that it came from. Without further ado, here are the links to the XLS, its answer key, and a challenging solo artist quiz too.

Group Artists Quiz:

http://mega-quiz.com/quizzes/others/Groups.xls

http://mega-quiz.com/quizzes/others/Groups_Answers.jpg

Solo Artists Quiz:

http://mega-quiz.com/quizzes/others/Solo%20Artists.xls

And the source page, with many other quizzes, is here:

http://mega-quiz.com/quizzes/others/others.php

Enjoy!

This entry was written by Dave, posted on July 7, 2007 at 8:03 am, filed under Notes. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.

Find my Miis on Nintendo's Check Mii Out Channel.

This is just plain awesome. Not only did I get a copy of WarioWare: Smooth Moves for winning Kottke's Celebrity Mii Contest... I also got a one of a kind Zach Braff Celebrity Mii sculpture from Fabjectory.com. Simply awesome!

Many thanks again to Jason Kottke and Mike at Fabjectory.com!

Wouldn't that be neat?

This entry was written by Dave, posted on April 15, 2007 at 6:50 pm, filed under Awards, Design, Miis, Notes. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.