Author Archives: keith

Why do they call it Vector?

Posted on November 4, 2008 by keith

AS3 has a new type known as Vector, which is essentially a typed array. So you can say: var myList:Vector.< Point > = new Vector.< Point >(); Now myList functions almost exactly like an array – has most of the … Continue reading →

Posted in ActionScript, Flash | 15 Comments

What I DON'T like about Flash CS4

Posted on November 4, 2008 by keith

Just to give equal air time to my apparently scandalous post proclaiming how much I liked Flash CS4, let me say that it is not perfect and there are some things that bug me about it. Still, overall, an awesome … Continue reading →

Posted in Flash | 83 Comments

Mathographic Eggs

Posted on November 4, 2008 by keith

Lee Brimelow mentioned recently that he had picked up this book while in Singapore. It looked pretty interesting, so I grabbed it off Amazon, and it does have some cool concepts in there. For me, it seems just about the … Continue reading →

Posted in ActionScript, Flash | 1 Comment

Making Things Move on Safari

Posted on November 3, 2008 by keith

Dominick just pointed this out: http://safari.oreilly.com/9781590597910

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Nintendo DSI

Posted on November 3, 2008 by keith

I’ve been a big fan of the Nintendo DS Lite for a while. It’s a simply amazing piece of technology in a small package that continues to hold its ground despite being a few years old. Nintendo just announced the … Continue reading →

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ASExpander updates

Posted on November 3, 2008 by keith

Having too much fun with this. * Changes: * 1.1 Started using actionsPanel.getText, setText. And setSelection for cursor position. * 1.1.1 Fixed a typo in enterFrame * 1.1.2 Not correctly finding end of file if no cursor specified. So specified … Continue reading →

Posted in Extensibility, Flash | 12 Comments

ASExpander 1.1

Posted on November 2, 2008 by keith

In the comments of my last post, James Thompson kindly pointed out that fl.actionsPanel has getText() and setText() methods, not to mention setSelection(). Thanks James! With this, I was able to get cursor positioning in there. Just put “&cursor” anywhere … Continue reading →

Posted in Extensibility, Flash | 18 Comments

Unfinished Swan

Posted on November 2, 2008 by keith

Ran across this video and it blew me away: The Unfinished Swan – Tech Demo 9/2008 from Ian Dallas on Vimeo. I thought it was just an artistic piece, but a bit more digging in revealed that it’s actually video … Continue reading →

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ASExpander : making AS3 in CS3/4 easier

Posted on November 2, 2008 by keith

[Note: I just released version 1.1 of ASExpander. http://www.bit-101.com/blog/?p=1627 . This post is still worth reading for background and usage, but check out the other one for the latest version.] There’s been a lot of talk about AS3 being “hard“. … Continue reading →

Posted in Extensibility, Flash | 14 Comments

Spinny Draw

Posted on October 31, 2008 by keith

Inspired (for the second time) by James Paterson showing off Amit Pitaru’s stuff at Flash on the Beach last month, I did this on the train to work this morning (yeah, I’m braggin’): Actually, that’s just a screenshot of something … Continue reading →

Posted in Flash | 18 Comments