Blog // VBD

Blog for Violent By Design - Multimedia studio: web, audio, and video.

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This video walk-through for @daveandmia and @applerealty includes some aerial shots.

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No matter what they say, no matter what they do… keep on keeping on!

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Mamma Mia! listening to Mozart lowers blood pressure…but ABBA has no impact

Relaxing to a soothing Mozart symphony can lower the blood pressure as much as cutting salt from the diet or exercising, a new study has shown.

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Why Do Certain Songs Get Stuck in Our Heads?

New research might finally have an explanation for the maddening phenomenon.

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De-Stress And Heal Your Body With Sound Therapy

Implemented by a variety of cultures for thousands of years, sound healing helps you get more balanced. Whether chanting mantras, participating in a drumming circle, or simply humming along with a melody, such actions can help transform you from a state of imbalance to one of balance. And when this almost meditative state of being …

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Quick shot of the crowd just before the show last night with @jcsymphony at Milligan College.

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All music is worship.

Bono

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Dr Monica Gagliano from the University of Western Australia has been monitoring roots with highly sensitive apparatus, and believes they crackle at a frequency of 220 hertz, which the human ear hears as a low A note. When this note was played back to seedlings, their roots tilted towards the sound. It appears they could hear it, and were responding.

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…the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.

Jesus

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Be regular and orderly in your life like a bourgeois, so that you may be violent and original in your work.

Gustave Flaubert

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This video walk-through for @daveandmia and @applerealty includes some aerial shots. We’re pretty excited about it because it was our first time out with the drone.

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Public notice and review information concerning the proposed rezoning of the Hilton Head National Golf Club.

Another project for Higher Ground Technologies — For now the site is a public information portal. If proposed changes to the golf-course are approved, then this site will morph into a full blown promotional, advertisement, and marketing resource for the development of the new community.

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The Exact Colors used in Instagram’s 2016 Logo

.instagram_colors, .instagram_gradient {height:32px; width:100%;text-align:center;color:#FFF;line-height:32px; font-weight: bold;} .instagram_gradient {height:64px;line-height:64px; background: #ffdc80; background: -moz-linear-gradient(left, #ffdc80 0%, #f77737 20%, #fd1d1d 40%, #e1306c 60%, #833ab4 80%, #405de6 100%); background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left, #ffdc80 0%,#f77737 20%,#fd1d1d 40%,#e1306c 60%,#833ab4 80%,#405de6 100%); background: linear-gradient(to right, #ffdc80 0%,#f77737 20%,#fd1d1d 40%,#e1306c 60%,#833ab4 80%,#405de6 100%); filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#ffdc80', endColorstr='#405de6',GradientType=1);}

Googled around looking for the exact colors that Instagram used in their new logo. Most everyone was just sampling from the icon graphic itself. Found this video released with the logo enveiling and at about 28 secs into the video the actual color values are displayed.

#405de6

#5851d8

#833ab4

#c13584

#e1306c

#fd1d1d

#f56040

#f77737

#fcaf45

#ffdc80

It's probably not really necessary to use all of them — here are the main ones.

#405de6

#833ab4

#e1306c

#fd1d1d

#f77737

#ffdc80

Gradient from ColorZilla.com

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For internal use ony. Apple Realty & Auction Tri-Cities TN-VA real estate.

We created an entire suite of web based apps for Apple Realty to assist with back-end tasks and daily work flows.

Supra Lock-box Library

The first thing we did was create a page to quickly look up Supra lock box codes without having to talk to someone at the office. Simple database to house the codes and mobile friendly webpage that agents can access to the code to unlock the box.

Ads App

Another app allows generates the code for posting company branded listing ads formatted for Craigslist.com & Backpage.com. This aids in the broker meet state advertising requirements for real estate firms and also provides a level of consistency for the company across digital mediums.

Scheduling App

This app allows the receptionist (or agent) to quickly schedule appointments for showing agents. Ties into the office’s appointment calendar & helps with a historical overview of showing and appointments.

This is ties back to feedback form sent to agent to help catalog agent feedback from showings.

Listing Kiosk

Created a HTML 5 / CSS solution for showing listing on digital signage.

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Video tour of  1163 Holston Avenue

Built in 1925, this lovely home on Holston Ave has a covered front porch that's made for a rocking chair and a glass of ice tea. On the first level you'll find a spacious Living room with fireplace, formal Dining room, Remodeled Kitchen that has stainless appliances, an island with seating, plus an inviting breakfast nook area with built-in hutch. The Master Bedroom, also on main level, has it's own sitting room with fireplace plus a terrific remodeled bathroom with double sinks and walk in closet. Upstairs, there are a 3 more generous size bedrooms and and a full bath. Basement has an ample sized den and bonus room as well as unfinished space for storage. Backyard is fenced and private. There is also an unattached garage.