Having Issues with UTF-8 Format in an External ActionScript Document?January 12, 2009
From what I gather, any external ActionScript script you may have that you are linking to through an #include statement, you may need to use this code to allow certain characters to be read in the document as UTF-8. I ran into this issue about a…
PlayStation 3 Now Supports Flash Player 9 Within it's Web Browser.January 06, 2009
I just discovered today that PlayStation 3 is now supporting Flash Player 9. It'd be awesome to see other systems adopt this standard like the Wii. It also be awesome if the XBOX had a web browser. Who knows what will happen. Either way, I'm…
Flash Player 10 Officially Release Today!October 15, 2008
Go get it! https://www.adobe.com/go/getflash
Flash's indexing by search engines has been announced!July 01, 2008
Take a look at the articles: adobe.com google.com This sounds pretty exciting to me.
Sync your Mac Address Book With Gmail ContactsMay 30, 2008
So I found a little treat with the 10.5.3 update I just did from my hotel room in South Dakota. You can now sync your gmail address book with your mac! Amazing. Such a nice treat on our journey out to Seattle. You can read more here: tuaw.com.
Flash Player 10 Beta Becomes PublicMay 15, 2008
Incase you haven't heard the new yet today, Flash Player 10 has become public. Looks like some exciting new stuff. Check it out on Adobe Labs. It's not as significant as Flash Player 9, but it sounds pretty sweet still. With native 3D support…
Transparent PNGs in Internet Explorer 6 / 5.5May 13, 2008
I have known that there's a javascript/css fix for transparent PNGs in Internet Explorer, but I've tried to stay away from this always! As of today, I was faced with answering this problem on a site I'm working on. I found it's quite simple and…
Adobe Open Screen Project - Mobile Devices... Here Flash Comes!May 10, 2008
I'm sure a lot of people in the Flash community have already heard. For the few of you who haven't, this is huge! When considering what this will do for mobile devices and even the possibilities on gaming systems like the Wii and PS3, it's very…
360 Degree Interactive Video with FlashMay 08, 2008
Straight from the creators of google maps "street view", there's is now interactive video that you can scroll and navigate around in while the video plays. I think it shows how impressive flash player really is. Flash is pulling in an FLV file with…
Print CD Inserts with iTunesApril 08, 2008
So I know there may be some iTunes hatters out there, but I just discovered a useful thing with iTunes. I've used iTunes for many years now, but never noticed this feature. Maybe this is a new feature? You can actually print out different templates…
RadTech ProCable iPhone Headset ReviewApril 04, 2008
After seeing the ProCable headphones for the iPhone on TUAW.com, I decided to buy a pair for the low price of $24.95. I wasn't expecting much, but I was hoping for the best. I also used the promo code to purchase them, which brought them down in…
Lacie 2big triple 1 TB Enternal Hard Drive Un-boxingMarch 18, 2008
I finally bought the hard drive I've been waiting for over the past 2 months. I'm really excited I finally have the drive and can faithfully know my data is being written across two hot swappable drives. The drive runs several different RAID modes…
A Follow-up to the Adobe Flex 3 Pre-release PresentationFebruary 10, 2008
The flex tour came to Milwaukee yesterday. It was a pretty amazing demonstration about all the great new features in being released in Adobe Flex 3. I was pretty amazed with all the new features Kevin Hoyt presented at the meeting. I give a big thank…
Writing first blog entry from my iPhoneFebruary 03, 2008
I finally decided to drop sprint after 5 long years. After my contract expired in october I've had nothing but problems with sprint. In August they messed up my plan on my treo 700p and began charging me around 60 dollars a month. After numerous 4…
Safari has a very useful hidden debug menu.January 10, 2008
Today, a coworker pointed out to me a feature he discovered in Apple Safari after doing a search for a random error code while writing an Ajax script for Chefmd.com. This is a very useful feature of safari that I'm surprised they don't allow you to…
Creating .ico files for Fav IconsJanuary 09, 2008
So I had yet until today found a free plug-in for creating .ico (windows) icon files out of photoshop. After doing some brief searching on Google I found a free photoshop plug-in that works with CS3 created by Toby Thain at Telegraphics. Thank you…
IMAP now available with Gmail!December 26, 2007
I know this is no new news for most, but I just realized today Gmail now supports IMAP! I stopped using the POP3 capabilities a while ago because I hated it not syncing, but now IMAP is supported. YAY! I guess this occurred back in October. Where…
Web Development / Code Editing with Aptana StudioDecember 19, 2007
I have made several recent entries about code development for the web. I recently stumbled upon a new studio for programming on the web. It's called "Aptana Studio". I have yet to use it extensively, but I'm looking forward to using the tool. It…
HD Video in Flash announced by Adobe and BRIO Beta in Adobe Labs!December 11, 2007
Adobe has me excited about a couple things this past week. First the announcement of HD Video in flash player! Adobe released flash player 9 update 3 and it now supports HD quality video: Press Release. The other thing that has me excited is my…
PHP code editing in DreamweaverDecember 06, 2007
I know dreamweaver isn't the best choice for editing PHP code by hand, but it's worked relatively well for me over the past 2 years. There are better tools out there that offer code/syntax validation such as the Eclipse IDE with php, and even simple…