Dennis Egen - November 6th, 2009 | Category: Development, Technology
Dennis Egen
So, in my first post in a millennium I'll try to help clear up some confusion about the difference between Random Number Generators and  Pseudo-random Number Generators, as one is simply not a 'fake' or artificial version of the other (as the prefix pseudo implies). Pseudo-random number generators (PRNG) are completely deterministic. At...

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LeRhone Walker - June 30th, 2009 | Category: Development
LeRhone Walker
Here at Archer, we pride ourselves on the strength of our teams. Not only do we have strong designers, but solid technology, strategy, production, and leadership teams. Having these skills under one roof gives us many advantages over other interactive marketing firms. One such advantage is within the realm of...

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Brian Williams - June 23rd, 2009 | Category: Development
Brian Williams
There’s more to Wawa’s Hoagiefest than just enjoying delicious hoagies. On, June 1st, The Archer Group launched the micro-site for Wawa’s second annual Hoagiefest campaign. In the end this micro-site turned out to be not so “micro” after all. The site is designed around a contest where...

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David Wallin - April 27th, 2009 | Category: Development, Flash
David Wallin
dybhome A couple weeks ago we launched a flash microsite for Wawa's cold beverage promotion named dressyourbottle.com. The site features the ability to browse a selection of Wawa drinks, dress up a bottle in silly clothes (and enter it into a contest), and see other user's dress-up creations. We've done...

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David Wallin - April 24th, 2009 | Category: Development, Technology
David Wallin
CS4 introduces a lot of exciting improvements for coding, animation, and general usability. In no particular order: New IK animation system. Flash animators finally get the tools that 3D artists have been using for years. IK allows you to assign 'bones' to your characters and pose them. IK works with...

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Dennis Egen - February 18th, 2009 | Category: Development
Dennis Egen
Our client has a need for a CMS for the public facing portion of their website. Our production/design team just started carving up the template for the homepage while we scramble to find a solution that meets our needs: 1. JDK 1.5 or above 2. ...

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Dennis Egen - January 8th, 2009 | Category: Development
Dennis Egen
So, I’ve successfully installed MOSS 2007 on our development server. The installation has one web application (I kept the default) with two sites underneath: Technology - this is a team site for the development/IT team to collaborate. We will create one of these for each department. Executive - I want to use...

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