Marine Corps Birthday!
This is an HTML jpg file with java audio background. November birthday celebrations almost here.
Animated Sea Battles
Using Empire Total War numerous skillful gamesmen give us a hint of tactical maneuvering under sail at sea during the 18th and 19th Centuries. These scenarios-I assume based on actual battle data, are so good, I'm tempted to buy the software and set up some port scenes in Philadelphia 1775. Stay tuned but enjoy these, really nice.
Continental Navy Ship Alfred,Philadelphia December 1775-CAST OFF ALL LINES, MR.NICHOLAS!
Here is a book with flipping pages. SCRIBD and ISSUU both now feature a flipping page option. This is an earlier program which also works nicely. The writers of this program even included the sound of flipping pages. A few pages of Tun Tavern are presented as an example. See PDFs below for the full developing story.
The Search For Tun Tavern SAMPLE CHAPTER Philadelphia of mid 1700s, Tun Tavern and Samuel Nicholas and the back drop of in-town Philadelphia during events of 1774 and 1775. Research and writing is going nicely. I'm looking for the finish line sometime late 2011.
The Search For Tun Tavern Sample Chapter in SCRIBD
In this version, the document is embedded in the HTML (web page) code. This scribd version adds reading page turning ease for the viewer. The scribd site format is designed to enhance the viewer reading experience compared to other document web presentations. The simple PDF file above or this scribd view, your choice. With some additional web design work in this site- this SCRIBD process allows a really dynamic reader experience
Carpenter's Wharf...THESE SWF AND WMV VIDEO FILES ARE BEING UPDATED TO A LIGHTBOX FORMAT..This one minute video featuring a pan of the Delaware River at Penn's Landing. It is a wmv file created on an RCA Small Wonder. Carpenter's Wharf,long since decayed, was one of the first docks built in Philadelphia in the late 1600s. Due to fill that made room for a major highway (I-95) plus the Penn's Landing concrete complex, the waterline is much further out into the river compared to 1600.
Fall comes to Valley Forge...and Sleet and winter to come... and Snow at Valley Forge... and... Valley Forge Spring... and.... Mid Summer at Valley Forge... THESE SWF AND WMV VIDEO FILES ARE BEING UPDATED TO A LIGHTBOX FORMAT...These videos feature the changing seasons along the valley creek area approaching the Isaac Potts Farm and Forge, which became Washington's Headquarters during the winter of 1777-1778. Valley Forge. The fine 18th Century house in now the VF Library and was the headquarters of one of Washington's staff generals. (minimize video player, select back to return to web lab page and next video.)
Philadelphia Map 1750s...This famous map appeared in a gentleman's magazine in mid 1700. Created by Scull & Heap it is a whose who of Philadelphia Society of that period. Properties of middling and lower sorts are few. The names of founders Humphreys, Wharton, Morris and the Colony at Schuylkill populate the map. This map will feature hyperlink image map spots at the various properties generating quick videos or still shots of that location today. At present there are no links embedded in the map.
Animation Project 101 Various object and shape renderings. This is the first step in building the object to be animated.