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Hey guys. Quite often with image galleries powered by jQuery, we're presented with a very similar layout – one which contains the images or items presented inside a rectangle. This is great for providing an experience users are used to, but there are a few interesting alternatives that you may like to hear about – how about displaying your images or items around a shape like a circle or an ellipse instead?. In today's post I'll be showing you how to do just that with a brand new plugin I've written called jQuery Roundrr.
Before we get started, here are some demos of Roundrr in action. Remember you can also use the left and right keys on your keyboard to control the interface.
Today's post is broken up into two parts. In part 1, I'm going to introduce you to some of the concepts involved in getting the coordinates we need to plot our image galleries around a shape and in part 2 I'll introduce you to jQuery Roundrr plugin I wrote that will allow you to easily create interactive event-based galleries using jQuery and a little CSS.
Part 1 – Getting started with Shape-based coordinates
Understanding Coordinate-Based Positioning
In most programming languages that work with a visual window or canvas, you're provided with a means for positioning content using the concept of X and Y coordinates. These allow you to tell the presentation layer or interpreter (in the case of the browser, CSS) where it is on the screen that you would like your content to be displayed.
Example 1. When you create a div container, center it and then fill it with a list of images without specific positions, what you're allowing the browser to do is calculate these positions for you.
Example 2. If you tell the browser that each image in your list should be specifically positioned (using margin-left and margin-top) you're taking control of exactly where you would like the content to be positioned. We're going to leverage these two CSS attributes for today's project.
How To Position Items Around A Cirlcle
A lot of the math that goes into basic shape-based positioning is relatively straight-forward. Chances are you probably already covered it in highschool, so much of this will seem familiar. Consider that a circle has a center (j,k) and a radius r. The x and y positions for any point that occurs on the circle's path is then
x(t) = r cos (t) + j, y(t) = r sin(t) + k. A more generic way of writing this which can be used for our first attempt at coordinate-based positioning is:
x = centerX + Math.cos(radians) * radius; y = centerY + Math.sin(radians) * radius;
where radians = (angle_of_the_circle/180) * Math.PI. centerX is the X center of the circle on our page and centerY is the Y center of the circle.
In a moment I'm going to show you how to get through this math in JavaScript and output the positions you need to display content around a circle.If we were to implement the above equations using jQuery (with vanilla JavaScript intact for the equations) this would look like:
/* drawCircle() selector : a jQuery selector defining an element or array of elements center : the center of the circle radius : the radius of the circle angle: the angle of the circle x: the left offset of all points on the circle y: the top offset of all points on the circle Sample usage: CSS: .box { background-color:red; height:90px; width:90px; position:absolute; margin:5px;} JS:drawCircle('.box', 50, 200, 90, 310, 220); */ function drawCircle(selector, center, radius, angle, x, y) { var total = $(selector).length; var alpha = Math.PI * 2 / total; $(selector).each(function(index) { var theta = alpha * index; var pointx = Math.floor(Math.cos( theta ) * radius); var pointy = Math.floor(Math.sin( theta ) * radius ); // here is where we're outputting the necessary //X and Y coordinates $(this).css('margin-left', pointx + x + 'px'); $(this).css('margin-top', pointy + y + 'px'); }); }
Understanding The Equation Of An Ellipse
Now that we've covered circles lets move onto a slightly more advanced shape – the ellipse. Ellipses are two dimension-closed curves and one of the many in-the-wild examples of a common ellipse is the oval. The parametric form of an ellipse rotated by an angle k is:
x = p + a * cos(t) * cos(k) – b * sin(t) * sin(k) y = q + b * sin(t) * cos(k) + a * cos(t) * sin(k)
Where a and b are two lengths which describe the curve and p and q define the center/offset of the ellipse relative to the page. Here is my version of the JavaScript code that draws the content of a selector around an Ellipse.
/* drawEllipse() selector : a jQuery selector defining an element or array of elements x: the left offset of all points on the ellipse y: the top offset of all points on the ellipse a: the height of the ellipse b: the width of the ellipse angle: the angle of the ellipse Sample usage: CSS: .box { background-color:red; height:60px; width:60px; position:absolute; margin:5px;} JS:drawEllipse(".box", 230,300, 200, 350, 360); */ function drawEllipse(selector, x, y, a, b, angle) { var steps = $(selector).length; var i = 0; var beta = -angle * (Math.PI / 180); var sinbeta = Math.sin(beta); var cosbeta = Math.cos(beta); $(selector).each(function(index) { i+= (360/steps); var alpha = i * (Math.PI / 180) ; var sinalpha = Math.sin(alpha); var cosalpha = Math.cos(alpha); var X = x + (a * cosalpha * cosbeta - b * sinalpha * sinbeta); var Y = y + (a * cosalpha * sinbeta + b * sinalpha * cosbeta); X = Math.floor(X); Y = Math.floor(Y); //again, here's where the important X and Y coordinates //are being output $(this).css('margin-top', X + 'px'); $(this).css('margin-left', Y + 'px'); }); }
Demos Set 1: Positioning Images Around A Circle or Ellipse
For the purposes of this section, I've written a very minimalist library called jsShapeLib which you can download or fork on Github here. It's purpose is to provide you with raw coordinate positions using formulae for both circles and ellipses, such as the one I've mentioned above. To use jsShapeLib, all you need to do is call the drawCircle() or drawEllipse() functions with their relevant parameters.
jsShapeLib Demo 1: Drawing A Circle Of Images
jsShapeLib Demo 2: Drawing An Ellipse Of Images
jsShapeLib Demo 3: Drawing A Permutated Circle With LightBox Functionality
I hope to extend jsShapeLib in the future to support much more complex shapes including parallelograms and triangles amongst others.
Part 2 – jQuery Roundrr
Now that we've gone through how to plot images around a circle, how about we take this further?. When you move outside of the concept of using a rectangle for your content, you open up a whole new world of user interface possibilities.
How about automatically animating your circle, spinning it or turning it into a content gallery with a central area of focus?. I decided to take jsShapeLib further to provide all of these things in a jQuery plugin. I wanted to make sure that the plugin would be able to offer enough flexibility to do three things:
- Allow users to create interesting interfaces that go beyond just plotting
- Allow users the flexibility to add as many images as they wanted and easily configure the radius of the circle
- Offer a complete events model for interacting with the content circle with configuration options
Looking around I saw that there was already a plugin out there that did a little of what I wanted called RadMenu by Nirvana Tikku, so I decided to take the existing codebase, strip it down a little and then extend it to offer a better events model, more configuration options, autoplay features, 'pick' mode (which I will show you soon), keyboard event support and a few other extras.
How Does Roundrr Work?
Much like any other image gallery plugin, Roundrr works with normal lists of images and transforms them accordingly. It supports two modes which you can use depending on what you want to do – for most people the 'standard' mode should be fine but if you want to use 'pick' mode instead (see below) you can also take advantage of that.
To keep Roundrr compact, it encourages the idea of extending functionality through your front-end code using the events model. What this means is that Roundrr will provide you with the ability to plot, and animate in either direction your wheel/circle of images but more custom interaction features (such as displaying a larger image of a thumbnail in the center of the screen or displaying a tweet relevant to the thumbnail) are done outside of the plugin. This allows it to be relatively customizable.
To demonstrate how to get setup with Roundrr, let's take a look at the 'Pick' demo and how you can recreate it.
How To Get Started With 'Pick' Mode
Step 1: Include Dependancies
< script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js"> < script type='text/javascript' src='scripts/ui/jQuery.roundrr.js'>
Step 2: HTML/CSS
- etc.
Step 3: JavaScript
Here's the part where we initialize the Roundrr plugin through .roundrrwheel() and supply the configuration options we'd like to use. For further details on how to configure the plugin, please see the documentation section of this post.
var currentImage = ""; var interfaceLock = false; jQuery("#roundrr_container").roundrrwheel( { mode: 'pick', //mode can be pick or standard autoplay: false, autoplayDirection: 'anticlockwise', autoplayDuration: 4000, centerClass: 'roundrr_center', listClass: 'list', itemClass: 'item', radius: 220, animSpeed:400, centerX: 29, centerY: 60, animationEffect: 1, //(1:off, 5:light,10:heavy, 15:subtle) selectEvent: "click", centerImageSrc: "images/placeholder2.png", //function called when selecting an item onSelect: function($selected) { showLargeImage($selected, 'noanim'); }, //function called before animating the circle clockwise onNextBegin: function($m) { interfaceLock = true; }, //fuction called before animating the circle anticlockwise onPrevBegin: function($m) { interfaceLock = true; }, //function called once an image has moved under the 'pick' onImageFocus: function($item) { showLargeImage($item, 'none'); }, //function called once an image/image set is no longer under the 'pick' onImageBlur: function($item) { }, //function called once the animation has completed onAnimationComplete: function($menu) { jQuery('.centerImage').attr('src', currentImage); jQuery('.centerImage').load(function() { interfaceLock = false; }); }, angleOffset: Math.PI, //function called once the items have been displayed on screen onShow: function($menuitems) { $menuitems.each(function(i) { var $this = jQuery(this); $this.delay(i*100).fadeIn(500); }); } });
Additional Functions
Here is an example of additional functions that are called during different events in the plugin setup. Here you'll see how I call for a larger image to be displayed based on the thumbnail's URL or how the clockwise/anticlockwise animations are called through next() and prev(). The keyboard events can also be seen below.
Query("#roundrr_container").roundrrwheel("show"); //initialize roundrrwheel $('#next').bind('click', spinMenuRight); $('#prev').bind('click', spinMenuLeft); function showLargeImage($i, mode) { interfaceLock = true; var thisImage = $i.find('img'); var focusedImage = thisImage.attr('src'); var largerImage = focusedImage.replace('_bigger', ''); var imageCaption = thisImage.attr('alt'); var speechBubble = jQuery('.roundrr_speech'); speechBubble.fadeIn(); currentImage = largerImage; jQuery('#roundrr_caption').fadeIn(); jQuery('#roundrr_caption').html(imageCaption); if(mode=='noanim') { jQuery('.centerImage').attr('src', currentImage); jQuery('.centerImage').load(function() { interfaceLock = false; }); } } /*Spin the menu to the left*/ function spinMenuLeft() { if(!(interfaceLock)) { jQuery("#roundrr_container").roundrrwheel("prev"); } } /*Spin the menu to the right*/ function spinMenuRight() { if(!(interfaceLock)) { jQuery("#roundrr_container").roundrrwheel("next"); } } /*Keydown events*/ $(window).keydown(function(event) { var keycode = event.keyCode; switch(keycode) { case 39: spinMenuLeft(); break; case 37: spinMenuRight(); break; } }); });
If you would like to read more about the different configuration options available in Roundrr as well as find out what each of the plugin parameters do, you can find additional documentation on the Github page for the project here.
Demos And Downloads
Demo Set 2 – jQuery Roundrr
Demo 2: 'Standard' demo with more images and LightBox support
Demo 4: (User requested) An Autoplay demo in the clockwise direction
Thats it! I hope you find Roundrr useful. If you liked it, please feel free to share it with your friends and colleagues by clicking the retweet button. Until next time, good luck with your projects!.


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I fail to see how lerking early does damage. If a non-Gorge player has gotten 33 resources, it would seem the gorge has gotten roughly 99... 3/1 ratio for Gorge to non-Gorge... While it's argueable that the 33 RPs could be better spent elsewhere (morph to Gorge, RT, and later back to skulk), a Lerk has quite a few decent early capabilities - the least of which is being able to spike a turret or factory from out of range... I don't think you are wrong, Revenge. I just don't understand how that works. -Saturn |
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The one thing missing from this is... what happens when an alien is dead? You don't collect resources when you're dead; are your resources distributed amongst the rest of the team? Not an issue other than the fact that post-skulk/marine rush, there can be a respawn pool a minute deep and I'm clueless as to whether they're not counted, their resources disappear into the ether or they're spread out amongst the survivors. |
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Lana is a one page, responsive, WordPress theme, based fully on the bootstrap 3 grid.A simple yet highly configurable WordPress Theme with multiple logos to choose from, 2 menus (one with icons and one simple) and a blog section with and withouth sidebar. It also has 2 parallax sections, a unique price section, a fullwidht gallery and last but not least a clean contact section. The design is meant to be simple and as flat as it can be. The colors used come exclusively from a flat color palette, the icons are font-awesome icons in the menu and on the content where are icons, the form etc. Overall it's built on a bootstrap 3 grid and a 22px baseline. The form in the contact section is made with the help of Contact Form 7 Plugin, The map in the contact section is a google map. The product package also includes the psd Files used to build this theme. The design is very well organized in PSD in Groups and smart objects that are very easy to identify and manage. There are 3 main PSD files (home,blog and post).
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- Post menu disappeared in certain conditions. It was because of a widget query was not ended properly. Fixed now. - The map in the contact section was not showing because the nav query was messing the query up.Fixed. - Latest posts H4 title had a top margin that was not supposed to be there and was not looking good. Fixed. - Latest posts widget link bug ( the menu was not returning links properly. Fixed now. - Menu bug (on anything other than the home page, on any other pages it was not linking/going home) - it's fixed properly now. - Home menu item is no longer selected if not home (it was selected on certain pages. Fixed.
- v1.0.2 – 16 Oct 2013
- Simple menu type version had a bug, it was not linking properly, fixed now - Implemented Smooth scroll - Small Menu Opacity for mobile fix - Mobile version (device or tablet) does not scroll, it just jumps to the menu section it was highlighted. Scrolling was problematic and flickering menu. Plus it does not make much sense to see the content scroll on a mobile device rather than just jump to the section you need.
- v1.0.3 – 17 Oct 2013
- Disabled scrollwheel on Google map - Footer link was not echo-ing the variable value, link was blank. Fixed - Styled the comment fields Adding placeholders instead of labels. It's much cleaner and nicer now. - Added a new field in the appearance>theme options > blog section For larger columns & Implemented the large columns in the front end - Styled the calendar widget - Fixed an ipad menu portrait bug, it was sticking out of the side before. Fixed. - Fixed Profile container over map bug - Contact section Profile picture container did not allow you to move the map in certain areas. It does now. - Updated documentation
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- Fixed Archive page Large columns bug. It was not displaying properly. It is now. - Fixed a Google map issue. The google map was not loading under certain weird conditions. It was a is_home/is_front_page issue. Fixed now
- v1.1.0 – 21 Oct 2013
- Theme Now supports drop down menu. 5 levels deep. - Theme sections are now pages, you can create as many as you want, in what order you want. - Each page template has it's own custom meta box for settings - Menu links automatically to the section - Select Font-Awesome icon from drop down box (361 options) - Select icon from dropdown inside menu - map works now with embed code - fixed a map bug, map was not working properly. - changed the documentation for the new version - fixed large column bug for blog
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- Removed option tree functionality/files completely and replaced it with custom built admin panel pages - Created a One click demo button, to generate content automatically. - Fixed a profile responsiveness bug. It had a fixed width in the mobile version. - Fixed a Contact Form 7 Notification Responsive issue. - Fixed a bug (the menu space is padded only for the home section - minor css fixes for the general layout (some margin problems) - Opera bug - The line-height css declaration is not supported by opera - contact form textarea problem there - Fixed - Added 4 more social media buttons to the contact section (linkedin, flickr, dribble, dropbox) - Added a warning for one click demo button (dummy content button). - Parallax background was not stretching accordingly in width depending on the resolution - Fixed - Added a new field to the blog section meta box settings where you can specify the number of posts to view. If left empty, you use the wp defaults - Fixed a CSS background sub-menu bug for the mobile menu (there was an extra background showing white) - Added a warning in the admin area that the page sections custom page templates that they are not pages that they can't be viewed in wordpress - Replaced ini_set function with set_time_limit in the generate dummy content script. - Added a loading loading graphic for the dummy content button. - input and textarea placeholder vs actual text positions didn't match. Fixed. - mobile menu background is full width now. - Some elements had double borders (in the mobile icons menu). (because of the hierarchy in the menu) Fixed -border css problem on desktop hover - Fixed
- v126.96.36.199 – 28 Oct 2013
- Fixed a home section css padding top issue for mobile -fixed a css menu border for submenus issue on desktop - border css problem on desktop hover - Fixed
- v126.96.36.199 – 29 Oct 2013
-Added an extra section - a default page section, to add all the content you want as a section. You have the option to show the sidebar or not and to show the title and subtitle content or not.
- v1.2.2 – 1 Nov 2013
- Menus with children now have a > arrow to evidentiate the hierarchy - Removed the need for the contact form 7 plugin and integrated the contact form from the contact section in the theme with it's own code. - Removed the need for the prime strategy page navi plugin. Now the plugin functionality is included in the theme and works on it's own, no further action required.
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- Blog section navigation is linked to the id of the section, automatically jumps the page to the beginning of the section on page change - Added icons for the admin menu logo default radio buttons, so you get a exact look of the default logo you are choosing - Added a drop down menu icon for menu elements that have children if hovered. Submenu elements got a litle "polished" now work better on hover and if selected and top level elements added the down retina ready font-awesome icon.
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- Cleaned up the code just a little - The buy now buttons and their outer container half-border where not round in firefox. - fixed - Fixed a few wp-debug small bugs - Added images to the logo default radio buttons in admin - Feature request: Navigation on sections for the blog, jumps to the blog section - Fixed a submitt button css bug (the css border radius to the left was not rounded) - CSS menu border bug- on desktop hover - Fixed - Added a default page section
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- Added a new home section(Home section v.2). Replaced the main one with this one. - Added a new meta box option for the new section (Media Upload)
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- Fixed iphone compatibility. - Fixed height issue for home v.2 section content change height on window resize/ orientation change improved home v.2 section bottom bar (icons are smaller, transparent bar is still there) on mobile css - Fixed other css issues
- v126.96.36.199 – 11 Nov 2013
- Added css3 animations to the home v.2 section - Fixed a opera bug with bottom positioning - Fixed a CSS bug for the simple menu - Fixed a minor CSS issue for the home v.2 section download button
- v126.96.36.199 – 12 Nov 2013
- Fixed an overflow issue on the home v.2 bottom bar (it was cutting off tooltip messages - Fixed a menu css issue for icons menu. It was not showing the right arrow color on selected menus that have children.
- v184.108.40.206 – 13 Nov 2013
- Changed a bootstrap grid sistem for the blog to work better on smaller resolutions for the blog section and all blog pages and changed css where needed to make this work well
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- Fixed a previous menu bug where it was giving a warning for non-pagebuilder menu pages - Added a feature where you get to select the sections of the menu item page not just the front page one as it was previously -fixed a bug on blog section (in 2 columns with sidebar it was not showing sidebar, it is now) -fixed a few more minor bugs
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- added automatic scroll on page load. So if it should go to a section, it scrolls smoothly to it instead of just jumping to it.
- v2.0.4 – 29 Nov 2013
- font awesome bug for the mobile menu icon and some other places. Fixed now.
- v2.0.5 – 30 Nov 2013
- Added in the menu the possibility to add a custom icon as a link to a image file and set it's height and width.


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Children's Hospital Foundation hosted 650 guests at the 17th annual Harvest Ball on Sept. 27 at Wawona Ranch. The event raised over $500,000 in support of the Valley's only dedicated pediatric hospital to help fund high-quality, comprehensive healthcare services in more than 40 pediatric specialties. Please click here for a list of our esteemed sponsors and pictures from the event.
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James Johnson's running jumper at the buzzer bounced harmlessly off the rim as the Jazz (7-6) stayed perfect at home. Hayward scored 10 in the fourth quarter.
Utah's rally spoiled another homecoming for BYU's all-time leading scorer, Jimmer Fredette. Playing his third NBA game in Utah, Fredette scored 10 points in 17 minutes of action, and made three 3-pointers. However, his team lost for the third time at EnergySolutions Arena.
Tyreke Evans led Sacramento (3-9) with 19 points and reserve Marcus Thornton added 18, including 13 in the wild final period.
Marvin Williams added 20 points for Utah. Al Jefferson had 17 and Derrick Favors contributed 16 points, 14 rebounds and a pair of blocked shots.
The Kings led 92-79 with 8 1/2 minutes left until Hayward, Williams, Jamaal Tinsley and Jefferson fueled the comeback.
Jefferson's putback gave Utah a 102-99 lead but Thornton tied it with a 3-pointer. Tinsley's late steal set up Hayward for the winner.
Sacramento led by 13 with 10 minutes to play. Thornton made a 3 then converted a three-point play during one key stretch for the Kings. And they were still up 12 after Thornton's short jumper with 6:30 remaining.
Reserve DeMarre Carroll scored on a fast-break layup for Utah, which continued its comeback at the free-throw line. The Jazz made 29 of 33 foul shots for the night, compared to 12 of 16 for the Kings.
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Tinsley, playing for injured point guard Mo Williams, put Utah ahead with two more free throws with 2:11 left and the Kings came up empty on consecutive possessions.
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After Thornton's 3, Tinsley missed at the other end with 32 seconds left but he stole the ball back from Aaron Brooks with 15 seconds remaining, giving the Jazz a chance to win it.
Hayward drained it from the top of the key. He was 7 for 17 from the field, but made all nine of his foul shots.
DeMarcus Cousins started slowly and finished with 14 points for the Kings, who were hoping to make it two straight after beating the Lakers on Wednesday.
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There's one unavoidable fact regarding predictions about the future. It's only a matter of waiting in order to find out if a prediction is right or wrong. So I'll keep playing it safe and just do my best to predict the past.
A year ago in my "Five Trends To Track" article I delineated what I considered to be the most significant events of the previous 12 months, from a television technology perspective. Well, judgment day has come in terms of reviewing the trajectory of those trends. Have the five big events that I described in that article gained any momentum? Let's review them, and see if there's anything new to add to the list of significant events.
TV Technology profiled a London glasses-free 3D tech demo in our July/August issue.
Old declaration: "3D on consumer screens":
On the one hand, the PR firms have done a good job to create a perception of growth and good business for 3D displays, quoting sales figures for "3D-capable" screens and projectors that come across as healthy-looking statistics. The positive perception is bolstered by the energetic hype from some broadcasters who try to claim a market advantage or coup by doing the occasional 3D broadcast of a big sports event. But the real story is not so simple.
The real story is cloaked in confusion over competing 3D display technologies. Put simply, it's about passive glasses versus active glasses versus no glasses. Pretty much all 3D TV displays available in stores during 2011 require active shutter glasses in order to see 3D imagery. Most people hate wearing the active shutter glasses. I'm one of them.
Those active shutter glasses are uncomfortable. They have a limited field of view, like SCUBA diving goggles. They are expensive. They are troublesome. They can't be worn over the top of normal spectacles. They aren't even standardised – if you have two different brands of 3D TV in your home, you may very well need two different sets of active shutter 3D glasses, because the active shutter glasses aren't necessarily compatible with both brands of 3D screen that you might own.
In my opinion, the perceived 3D images through active shutter glasses lack richness due to two facts: the frame rate for each eye is half of what we could have with 2D, and the horizontal resolution is also half of "true HD" moving images because of the side by side method of squeezing the two video streams into one normal HD frame. The combined outcome of these two facts is a feeling that the 3D images seem to be "thin" - they seem to have a kind of ethereal characteristic that isn't pleasing. It's akin to watching your dreams rather than watching real life (that's an exaggeration, but I think you'll get my meaning).
This author has never been impressed by the active shutter glasses approach to 3D TV. On the other hand, he loved every demo of 3D that involved the passive glasses. The passive glasses are cheap, comfortable, and both eyes get the full frame rate with which we are accustomed. But one can't easily find a consumer 3D TV that uses passive glasses. Most of the big name brands are only offering active shutter 3D glasses. It's little wonder then that the take up rate for 3D TV sets hasn't been very high.
Another consumer complaint about 3D TV is the lack of good 3D content. After "Avatar" set such a high standard, everything that followed was a disappointment. In 2011, only one new movie has been flagged as being done so well in 3D that it justifies a 3D TV purchase. That movie is Martin Scorcese's "Hugo". One good 3D movie per year isn't a high enough average to drive up the adoption rate of 3D TV sets (no offense, Martin).
So, to be honest, by September I had already lost interest in domestic 3D TV as a subject worth spending any time on. An unpleasant viewing experience coupled with a dearth of good content leads to a simple conclusion that there are much better things on which to spend one's precious time. But then I stumbled onto something that really surprised me.
Just before I departed on some overseas business, a television industry colleague who now works in R&D circles loaned me a kind of 'toy' to try out during my travels. It was an unbranded 3D camcorder with a glasses-free 3D LCD display. My affection for this 'toy' started in the Royal Botanical Gardens in London. Watching 3D clips directly on the lenticular LCD screen, without glasses of any kind, was a revelation. Walking through trees and gardens with the camcorder held low at waist height allowed very compelling 3D clips to be captured.
My affection for small screen glasses-free 3D developed into a torrid love affair the next day in the Kew Bridge Steam Museum. Capturing and watching 3D clips of the moving parts of steam engines was a lot of fun. That night, in a dimly lit restaurant over dinner with the technical head of a very major UK broadcaster, I passed the little camcorder to the unsuspecting VIP guest and said "Have a look at this." Within a few seconds of watching one of my steam engine clips, his eyebrows shot to the top of his forehead while he exclaimed "It's 3D!"
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This series of interactive documents uses a typical head office and branch
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Refer to Unified CallManager Interactive Voice Network Configuration and Troubleshooting Case Study for requirements assumed by this series of interactive documents.
In order to configure an MGCP gateway in Unified CallManager for the San Jose location, complete these steps:
- In Cisco CallManager, click Device > Gateway > Add a New Gateway.
- Select the type of gateway from the Gateway type drop-down list.
- Choose MGCP from the Device Protocol drop-down list.
- Select the hardware modules in your gateway, and click Insert.
- Enter a domain name, description, and CallManager group in the appropriate
Note: Make sure your domain name matches the host name on the Cisco MGCP gateway. Refer to MGCP IOS Gateway (San Jose) Interactive Voice Network Configuration Example for more information.
- Click (2/0) in order to configure the T1 interface, and choose T1
- From each drop-down list, choose the appropriate values for your network.
Use the diagram in the Introduction section in order to
locate more information about each configuration option.
- Once the gateway is created, you must click the Reset Gateway button
in order to reset the gateway.
Open a Support Case (Requires a Cisco Service Contract.)
Related Cisco Support Community Discussions
The Cisco Support Community is a forum for you to ask and answer questions, share suggestions, and collaborate with your peers.
Refer to Cisco Technical Tips Conventions for information on conventions used in this document.


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Features 40 The Portland Conundrum In this special issue of Down East, the editors take a fresh look at what makes the Forest City tick. It's certainly
Bold Colors & Billowing PatternsA young artist has been "absolutely fearless" in bringing a fresh sense of style to her sedate West End town house. By Virginia Wright.
The Portland Conundrum
In this special issue of Down East, the editors take a fresh look at what makes the Forest City tick. It's certainly a good-looking little city, and it's so young at heart you just know it must have the devil in it. But is it really the best part of Maine?42
Chitwood's Army
Maine's largest municipal police force has learned the hard way that carrying a big stick is only half the answer to successful policing, as its controversial and famously outspoken chief explains. By Joshua F. Moore.46
Tightest-Knit Neighborhood in Town
The folks on Peaks Island don't always agree with each other, but boy, do they know one another. By Wayne Curtis.52
In Search of Portland's Best Martini
An admitted martini snob offers a good-natured but authoritative guide to the top ten places around town where you might expect to find a proper martini. By Elizabeth Peavey.Bold Colors & Billowing PatternsA young artist has been "absolutely fearless" in bringing a fresh sense of style to her sedate West End town house. By Virginia Wright.
Where In Portland?
Can you identify this secluded spot in the city where everyone comes to feed the ducks — while keeping an eye out for coyotes? Photograph by Randy Ury.60
Balancing Act
Portland native Lee Urban is charged with planning such projects as the Ocean Gateway and Bayside — while trying to preserve the city's unique character — and he's having the time of his life. By Jeff Clark.64
Girls Gone Wild
By day, the Old Port is one of the most fashionable shopping districts in New England. But on Saturday night it turns into the state's ultimate scene for the under-thirty crowd — and seeing is, gasp, believing. Photographs by Melonie Bennett.68
So You Think You Know Portland?
Here's a quick quiz to help you figure out whether you're a real Portlander or merely a tourist in Maine's largest metropolis.
Maine's Best Newscast
An award-winning radio broadcast that thousands around the state tune into daily actually originates from a nondescript, out-of-the-way studio in Portland. By Michaela Cavallaro.Departments
North by East
The Portland Identity
Opinions and advisories on what makes a Portlander, the question of whether the city really can boast the nation's highest number of restaurants per capita, and the advisability of slapping a charge on artists who want to set up an easel on the street.The Talk of Portland
Us vs. Them
While Portland is filled with Mainers, it's often out of sync with the rest of the state — or ahead of it. By Jeff Clark.Inside Portland
Like Clockwork
A classic Old Port shop specializes in keeping time — with Swiss precision. Plus, tips on First Friday Art Walks in the Arts District, other urban trails that wend all through the city, the sausage man's booth at the Portland Public Market, and the new Hilton Garden Inn right in the Old Port overlooking the bay. By Andrew Vietze.Dining Portland
Who Is Norm?
And why are his three restaurants — Norm's East End Grill, Norm's Bar & Grill, and Norm's Downtown Lounge — the talk of Portland? By Michaela Cavallaro.Down East Bookshelf
Hometown Hero
A new biography takes a fresh look at the most famous Portlander of all time. By Agnes Bushell.Calendar of Events
Portland Highlights
The Forest City kicks off the New Year with plays, performances, and exhibits.What's in a Picture?
Forest City Flight
Back in 1924 Portlanders knew how to have fun in midwinter, as this vintage photograph suggests. By Joshua F. Moore.I Remember
Just a few years back, before a new ordinance was enforced, the West End cemetery was home to a community of dog walkers. By Michael Paterniti.


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