Cool Web Gallery Tool... all in DHTML!

So I stumbled upon a really cool photo gallery tool built by this guy named Gerard Ferrandez. The whole thing is done in Javascript with DHTML and is really nicely implimented. Of course the code, which he gives away for free, is incredible and graceful as one would expect. Photos move around in relation to where you mouse is located on the screen. Transparency is used to overlap them. You can click on a photo to to zoom in and get a closer look and click on it again to move out. This is really a nice alternative to flash and is just a beautiful implementation. Love it.

Reality Rejects!... Our Latest Video Project

From my friend Clyde's blog:

Optiem recently launched a new online video series for our client Insurance.com.

The concept behind this series, Reality Rejects, is a send-up of the reality TV genre, shot and edited in the style of mock-umentary shows like The Office and The Larry Sanders Show.

The premise behind the show is that each of our contestants has had a failed attempt to get onto another popular reality show, be it Survivor, The Biggest Loser, Beauty & the Geek, Americas Next Top Model, Dancing with the Stars, etc. and have now all come together to compete in a Bachelorette-style competition to win the affection and company of Jessica, as she and the final remaining houseguest will go on a weeks vacation together once the competition has concluded and a winner is chosen.

Jessica will be eliminating one houseguest each week, based on her judging of the outcome of that weeks competition.

The first episode, Meet the Contestants introduces the cast members, Rick, Barry, Hank, Danny, Candi and our host, Jessica, as we see them move into the Reality Rejects house and interact for the first time.


You can view the video at any of the following sites:

The May The Best Win blog

Our YouTube Channel

AOL Video

Danny's MySpace Page

Enjoy!

Cool New Viral Video Service

From the wonderful people at YouTube comes the YouTube Remixer that allows you to put graphics, text and other really swell things right into your videos. Got a cool video from your phone that you uploaded to YouTube? Need a title screen on your most recent viral masterpeice? Try this remixer... it is pretty sweet!

I am really liking the way the internet is evolving recently. Lots of those tools that we were promised years ago are finally starting to turn up online. So exciting to see our little baby growing up.