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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 | 13 Comments

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

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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 | 16 Comments

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

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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 | 24 Comments

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

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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 | 9 Comments

Falling Forever: Addicting Flash Game!

http://arcade.itch.com/games/falling-forever/ Nice work!

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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 | 15 Comments