Author Archives: keith

A trip down memory lane

Posted on September 2, 2008 by keith

Scott Janousek just twittered about how you can pick up a 16GB USB memory stick for $30 these days. It made me think back to the first piece of memory I actually purchased. It was an upgrae for my Amiga … Continue reading →

Posted in General | 2 Comments

Netvibes AS3 Language Reference

Posted on August 31, 2008 by keith

Quick hint if you use AS3 a lot, and use Netvibes. 1. Create a new tab in Netvibes. 2. Add a Web Page widget. Add Content -> Essential Widgets -> Web Page. 3. Configure the widget. Title: AS3 (or whatever). … Continue reading →

Posted in ActionScript | 2 Comments

Putting the Flash Back in Flash

Posted on August 31, 2008 by keith

A few people have asked about putting my FF08 presentation slides on line. Unfortunately (or fortunately actually), I don’t make slides with tons of info on them. No long lists of bullet points or text. Just some visual cues to … Continue reading →

Posted in Flash | 15 Comments

Hey, Adobe, who's minding the MXNA?

Posted on August 30, 2008 by keith

So I subscribe to MXNA, or AXNA, or whatever it’s being called these days. You know what I’m talking about: http://feeds.adobe.com/ So theoretically, Adobe is supposed to check out these feeds and ensure they are valid feeds, so we have … Continue reading →

Posted in Flash, General | 21 Comments

The All New 25-Line ActionScript Contest!

Posted on August 30, 2008 by keith

Well, here I go again, starting a new project when I already have way too much to do, but sometimes I just can’t help myself. An idea gets into my head and until I let it have its way, it … Continue reading →

Posted in ActionScript, Flash | 13 Comments

Embedding whole SWFs in AS3

Posted on August 28, 2008 by keith

So I’ve been embedding stuff in AS3 for like 10 years. (give or take a few years 🙂 ) And I think I’ve pretty much always done it like: [as][Embed(source=”some.swf”, symbol=”someSymbol”)] private var SomeThing:Class;[/as] And never had a problem with … Continue reading →

Posted in ActionScript, Flash | 13 Comments

No Flash? Sorry, that's not the REAL Internet.

Posted on August 27, 2008 by keith

At least that’s what the UK’s Advertising Standards Agency says. They pulled an iPhone ad because it claimed to give you “all parts of the Internet”. But the omission of Flash and Java was enough for the agency to call … Continue reading →

Posted in Flash | 8 Comments

Big Ass Bitmaps in Flash 10

Posted on August 24, 2008 by keith

I remember reading, I think possibly on Tinic’s blog, a while back that BitmapData maximum sizes would be increasing. Then I heard Jim Corbett mention it at FiTC this year, along with some details. I know I could probably find … Continue reading →

Posted in Flash | 33 Comments

New Flash 10 Class: SavingBitmap

Posted on August 23, 2008 by keith

I’ve been creating a lot of AS3 generated graphics over at Art From Code and have faced the problem of how to get the generated bitmaps (or vectors) out to files. For a lot of the files, they are quick … Continue reading →

Posted in ActionScript, Flash | 35 Comments

FlashForward Photos Posted

Posted on August 23, 2008 by keith

I really didn’t pull out my camera til the last day, but put up most of what I took that day: Check em out. Here’s Stacey doing her groupie dance: And here’s a panorama of what it’s like to be … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, Flash | 2 Comments