Category Archives: Flash

CS3 Component Tip Series

As I mentioned a week or so ago, I’m working on the Flash CS3 UI components for the Ribbit service at Infrared5. They are going to really rock. Already, we have a few basic components that you can drag right … Continue reading

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I guess I need to make my Adobe "why" video…

… now that I just received one of these in the mail: http://www.theflip.com/ Thanks Adobe!

Posted in Flash, Silverlight | 4 Comments

Blogging from n800

I just installed a little program called MaemoWordPy on my Nokia n800. It is basically a WordPress and Blogger editing program. So I am testing it out by writing a blog post. That is all.

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New Infrared5 Site! (and it Rocks)

Just realized I should mention this, Infrared5 just put up a new website yesterday. The design is by Rebecca Allen, implementation by John \m/ Grden. Click around. It’s pretty cool. Some even cooler features planned for the near future. We … Continue reading

Posted in Flash, General | 12 Comments

Want to be in Amsterdam?

Well, you can, kind of… Log on to http://www.red5server.com/amsterdam/ and broadcast your face to the Red5Server booth at FiTC Amsterdam. See you there!

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Lots going on these days

Seems I have my hands in a bunch of different projects these days. First of all, although I’m not going to FiTC Amsterdamn, I will be there in spirit. Well, even more than in spirit. More like in virtuality. If … Continue reading

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Ribbit Flash CS3 Components

Yesterday I started working on my next big project for Infrared5, a set of Flash CS3 UI components for Ribbit. IR5 has been in contact with Ribbit for a while, discussing this project, and this week we got the go … Continue reading

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Running Timers are not Garbage Collected. Ever.

On a certain mailing list, something was mentioned about Timers, cleaning up, garbage collection, etc. Arno Gourdol from the Adobe AIR Team made the following statement: Just to be clear: even if you have no references to a Timer, as … Continue reading

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Polar Distortion

After seeing Mario’s Aviary demo (http://www.quasimondo.com/archives/000663.php), my mind just started coding all by itself. Eventually, I let my fingers type it out. It took about 20 minutes, and here’s what they came up with: [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.bit-101.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/polar.swf” width=”460″ height=”550″ /] And … Continue reading

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Old BIT-101 Lab back up!

I had a couple of reasons to look through some of my old experiments lately. The funny thing was, it took me quite a while to find the URL to the old lab. Turned out to be something “obvious” like … Continue reading

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