Monthly Archives: April 2005

FAME Chronicles #1: Long Classpaths & Local Var Declarations

Posted on April 28, 2005 by admin

Was testing out MTASC yesterday morning to see how fast it would compile our project at work, which has about 98 classes. It takes roughly 30 to 46 seconds to compile the main FLA in Flash. After 20 minutes of … Continue reading →

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GameTap: Broadband Games On Demand

Posted on April 27, 2005 by admin

The press release for GameTap from Turner makes it sound like GameSpy, except you can actually download games and play them vs. just having GameSpy facilitate collaboration. XBox Live does this pretty well for a v1. Sounds like old titles … Continue reading →

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Google Wants You to Blog During the Weekdays

Posted on April 26, 2005 by admin

Google ads pay squat over the weekends. I’ve noticed spikes in my earnings when I post entries either regulary, or when I post an entry that has a higher than normal click-through during the weekdays. I had 2 such entries … Continue reading →

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Image Slideshow Using FAME

Posted on April 23, 2005 by admin

Her majesty suggested I put my money where my mouth is, and show an example created using the technologies talked about in my previous post. Therefore, I created a dynamic image slideshow using FAME (Flashout + ActionScript Development Tool + … Continue reading →

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I Tried Eclipse, ASDT, MTASC, & Flashout – FAME

Posted on April 23, 2005 by admin

I ran through the tutorial in the Towards Open Source Flash Development article. Upon compiling my first open source SWF, a “Wow!” escaped my lips through a nervous laugh; my hands started to shake. When I got the Alert component … Continue reading →

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