A comment on Mike Chamer’s post on Vectors in AS3 got me thinking .. how hard would it be implement a VectorCollection in AS3? I use Vectors all the time now but sometimes I want a collection class (with events, filtering, etc) that also can be typed. What I’m hoping for is to be able [...]
The new Star Trek movie is good, much better than I had anticipated. After the abominable Star Wars prequels, I was sceptical about the recent trend for “rebooting”. But, as with James Bond and Batman, this new movie maintains the spirit of the original series while adding some fresh touches. The casting of the young [...]
The latest version of Quentin T’s Boks, a visual grid editor for Blueprint CSS, is out. I’m pleased to notice (thanks to Quentin’s head up) that to generate random text, it uses part of my Almirun Common Library, which in turn connects to the Lipsum service. Isn’t open source ace.
Well surprise surprise. Another instance of one part of Adobe not communicating properly with another. So I go to the Kuler website to try out some colour combinations. It tells me I need to install the latest version of the Flash Player. Strange, because I’m already running Flash 10. I assume it must be some [...]
The deadline for Grant Skinner’s #tweetcoding contest (the concept is: write something interesting in 140 characters of ActionScript – check out the rules) is now over. My own entry, Nostalgia, was pretty lame, but there were some amazing ones. My favourites in no particular order: Zach Archer’s Sound Effects. Luis M Viras’ Osciloscope. T Friedel’s [...]
How is it, in 2009, that there are still AS2 sites being built? Maintained, I will grudgingly allow, but why are there still sites being built in this palaeolithic technology? Steam-punk chic? It’s beyond me … (And more importantly, how did I end up agreeing to work on one of these damned projects?)
For obscure and uninteresting reasons, I’ve found myself working on a Windows machine these last couple of days doing Flash development. Neither of these things (Flash, Windows) is a good thing, but needs must. The editor in the Flash IDE being a freshly dumped and steaming elephant turd (I give up all for it, given [...]
I see Google have got around to activating Gears for GMail: this means, after some background synchronising, you can use search through your email without being connected to the web. This is great news, because GMail is one of those few web apps that are actually better than their desktop counterparts (although Thunderbird was alright [...]
TPG continue to fail in a big way. The service they are providing is awful. Packet loss, dropouts – totally useless when the main point of the connection is for developing web apps. Streaming video and downloads also stall, every time. First I called, and got a message saying to call back later because the [...]
When I worked at C4 Communications (a design agency in Surry Hills, Sydney) as their senior Fl(ash|ex) developer, I built the company website, based on designs by excellent in-house designers John Welander and Luke Clifton. I see they have finally launched the site! I used Papervision3D for the animated 3D elements. The maths for the [...]
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