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MonkeyPatching
Yep, “MonkeyPatching” is the hot new word of the day. All the cool bloggers are dropping it left and right. I’d never heard the term til a few weeks ago. Now it seems I can’t go a day without reading … Continue reading
Posted in ActionScript, Flash
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Flash on Tap!
I just realized that I don’t think I’ve actually blogged about this. Flash on Tap! is coming to Boston. October 7-9, 2008. It all started over a year ago. We were in the bar after a user group meeting, talking … Continue reading
Posted in Flash, General
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FlashForward 2008, San Francisco, here I come.
I’ve been invited, and have accepted, to speak at FlashForward 2008 in San Francisco this August. I’m psyched to visit the city again. It’s always held some kind of fascination for me. As far as the conference, I’m surprised I … Continue reading
Posted in Flash
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wefail does it again
These guys are probably the most creative Flash guys out there. I’ve never heard of Julian Venard, but I just spent an hour on his site, listening to his music, exploring. http://www.julianvelard.com/ Once you get through it, you gotta go … Continue reading
Posted in Flash
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CSS and the bold tag in Flash TextFields
I think I have some fundamental lack of understanding here. I’m trying to use CSS to specify how some HTML text in a text field is rendered. Specifically, I want my bold text to be a bit larger and different … Continue reading
Posted in Flash
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Pandora may have Flash
No, not the music Pandora, this Pandora: I’ve been following this for a few months now. Looks like a really cool device. Prototypes recently released to select developers. Should go on sale this month or next. Since my wife and … Continue reading
Posted in Flash
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Tenori-101
Hanging out in Japan with a messed up body clock, which means I wake up at odd hours of the morning and have nothing much to do. For more on my Japan trip, see my personal blog. But the last … Continue reading
Posted in Flash
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Falling Forever: Addicting Flash Game!
http://arcade.itch.com/games/falling-forever/ Nice work!
Optimization. Validate my findings.
I usually code like this to begin with: [as]for(var i:int = 0; i < whatever; i++) { var n:Number = someCalculation goes here; somethingElse = n * whatever; }[/as] Then when I decide to optimize, and I'm looking to squeeze … Continue reading
Posted in Flash
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