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Matrix - MatrixYou can create a Matrix effect using Flash. To create these effects just follow the steps: 1. Open a new Flash Document and set the stage size to 640px X 480px. 2. Change the Frame rate to 55 fps and the background color to black.     Creating the ...

SabreAMF 1.3 release - 9 months after the 1.2 release, I just published a long overdue release of the SabreAMF library. The package mainly contains bugfixes. Upgrading is highly recommended. Download ChangeLog Special thanks to Ionut Stoica for creating a Drupal Module, and Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen for the bugfixes and patches. Enjoy!

HTML 5 - I hear everyone talking about HTML 5 killing Flash. One part of me, the cynical part, says it'll take too long for it to be supported. Every year HTML 5 support across browsers is not one hundred percent and HTML...

Using the new HTMLHelperProperty in MachII 1.8 - I ran into a situation this week while working on a MachII project I’m doing with my brother that I’m sure many of you have encountered before. We have our view pages broken up into small chunks that we render inside a “pod-like” layout on the screen. Many of these view pages are using a [...]

Identifying a debug or release SWF file at runtime - It may be interesting to know at runtime whether an application is running from a debug or release SWF file. It allows the application to automatically execute debug specific code when the file is a debug SWF file and ignore this code when it is published as a release file. I can't find any property that [...]

The Perfect Flex Workflow: Flex Builder 3 with FDT 3.2, Part 1 - I've long wanted to use FDT to turbocharge my ActionScript coding, but without Flex MXML support I couldn't justify the cost. Then FDT 3.2 came out this past May, and I actually won a copy at 360¦Flex Indy! Now I'm addicted to FDT, but there are some things in Flex Builder I just can't live without. So how do I get the best of both worlds? Here's how:

LighthousePro 2.6 - I pushed up LighthousePro to RIAForge. This isn't a major update in functionality (although it has a few updates and some jQuery-lovin' added) but it is now a Model-Glue 3 sample application. It will ship with Model-Glue 3 and hopefully serve as a go...

Tips of the Trade - Giving and Examining a Customer Service Survey - A while ago, I shared that our logistics team would be giving their first customer service survey ever. The group has been in existence about 10 years, however this was the first survey. I'd like to share some wisdom gained...

Galileoscope - the affordable telescope for everyone - As a part of the International Year of Astronomy, there is a movement that's been put together to produce an affordable telescope for everyone. It's called the Galileoscope - a 50-mm (2-inch) diameter, 25- to 50-power achromatic refractor. which costs...

Bug Out! New iPhone Game Coming Soon! - Almost done. Hope to submit this weekend, along with a whole lot of other stuff I have to do. But figured I’d start getting the “buzz” out now.

NestedDataGrid version 2.0 - XML dataProviders - A few months ago, I created a component called NestedDataGrid, to address the annoying issue with DataGrids not being able to support nested properties within objects.  This component allows a DataGridColumn's dataField property to contain a property chain such as:  "object.property.propertyList[2]".  This is something that wasn't possible with a default DataGrid.  However, ...

Links for 2009-06-27 - Timy Complete your timesheet the easy way! Completing your timesheet can be time-consuming. But no more! Timy is an easy-to-use desktop application to fill out your Basecamp timesheet. Efficient and with surprisingly clever features, using a quick and simple interface. Time tracking in 7th gear, so to speak (tags: basecamp air apps software flex)

Finding the username in an AIR app, and a quick binding tip - Gary asked me an interesting question relating to AIR applications. He wanted to know if there was a way for an AIR application to know the username of the current user. I would have guessed that this would be part of the AIR API, but after a bit of ...

Flash Player Version Penetration - Last year on 1st of August I presented some stats on Flash Player Penetration. Now we have some new stats regarding the versions of Flash Player. What to notice? That in a few month Flash Player 10 will overcome Flash Player 9. That Japan is the fastest adopting country of Flash Player 10. That in half of an [...]

Modifiers in regular expression patterns - We all like regex patterns, because it’s a great way to select, filter or replace strings, numbers or complete code blocks. How about PCRE modifiers, do you use them very often? A few weeks ago I need to use one because I get in trouble with line breaks in some string, I needed to select [...]