1. The shadowbox plugin. (Flash Snow, Flash Fireworks, a YouTube Video)
2. Syntax Highlighting (WP-Syntax with some tweaks)
   PHP

   /**
   * Calculates the start and end date of a given week.
   * @param	int		$week		The week number
   * @param	int		$year		The year
   * @return	array 	array('begins' => 'date', 'ends' => 'date')
   */
   public static function get_week_range($week, $year) {
   	$week = str_pad($week, 2, 0, STR_PAD_LEFT); // ISO 8601 says weeks must have 2 characters (01, 02, 03 etc)
   	return array(
   		'begins'	=> date('Y-m-d', strtotime($year.'W'.$week.'1')),
   		'ends'		=> date('Y-m-d', strtotime($year.'W'.$week.'7')),
   	);
   }

   AS3

   /**
   * This function creates the velocities for a spherical
   * explosion and adds them to the stack.
   */
   private function spherical(r:Number, speed:Number):void {
   	for (var i:uint = 0; i < this.density; i++) {
   		var s:spark = new spark( .5, this.color);
   		var theta:Number = Math.random() * Math.PI*2;
   		var phi:Number	 = Math.random() * Math.PI*2;
   
   		//var r:Number = Math.floor(Math.random() * 1 + 2);
   		s.vx = r * Math.sin(theta) * Math.cos(phi) * speed;
   		s.vy = r * Math.sin(theta) * Math.sin(phi) * speed;
   		s.vz = r * Math.cos(theta) * 1.2;
   		sparks.push(s);
   		addChild(s);
   	}
   }

   JavaScript

   <script type="text/javascript">
   	var angle	= 0;
   	var step    = 1;
   	var radiusX	= 200;
   	var radiusY = 100;
   	var count   = 20;
   	var centerX, centerY;
   
   	$(document).ready(function() {
   		centerX	= $('body').width() / 2;
   		centerY	= $('body').height() / 2;
   		for(var i = 0; i < count; i++) {
   			$('<img src="accept.png" alt="" id="fly'+i+'"/>').appendTo('body');
   		}
   		setInterval('move()', 25);
   	});
   
   	function move() {
   		var x, y;
   		for(var i = count; i >= 0; i--) {
   			x = centerX + Math.cos((angle - (step * 2 * i)) * Math.PI / 180) * radiusX;
   			y = centerY + Math.sin((angle - (step * 2 * i)) * Math.PI / 180) * radiusY;
   			$('#fly'+i).css('left', x-8).css('top', y-8).css('opacity', 1 / (i +1));
   		}
   		angle += step;
   	}
   </script>

This blog will primarily focus on my thoughts and experiments in web based coding technology. But I will probably focus on PHP, JavaScript and ActionScript.