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This is the blog of Jesse Warden, a Rich Internet Application Architect. He specializes in using Flex and Flash to create Rich Internet Applications.

Archive for January, 2006

ActionScript 3: Void is now void

Tuesday, January 31st, 2006

One small gotcha in the Flex 2 Beta 1 build that a lot of ActionScript coders may get caught up on. Make sure your Void’s, usually used at the end of a function that returns squat, are changed to void. Note the lowercase “v”.
So this:
protected function hello():Void
{
}
Becomes this:
protected function hello():void
{
}

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Promote Firefox, Pick Up Chicks

Tuesday, January 31st, 2006

Playa playa I work with has this Firefox T-shirt. It’s a nice dark blue with the Firefox logo clearly recognizable, chest level. He gets more girls approaching him at clubs wearing this shirt.

“Oh, nice shirt!”
And my favorite:
“I like your shirt… you must be into computers?”
If your’re a guy who’s seeking a female, and [...]

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Sparkle is Neat

Monday, January 30th, 2006

I gave Microsoft’s Sparkle a quick test drive this weekend. Sparkle is Microsoft’s tool to design (not necessarely code) applications on the new Windows (Vista, was Avalon) operating system. Let me preface this entry with I’ve only given her a quick spin, so my conclusions are preliminary first impressions, and are in no [...]

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Pre-Firefox 1.5 had this really cool option in the top right quick search. You could type in a word, select the Dictionary.com from the drop down, hit enter, and within seconds confirm if the word you typed was spelled correctly and even hop to the Thesaurus to find another version of the same word [...]

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Fake Story? Cingular Patents the Emoticon

Thursday, January 26th, 2006

Via Cellular News.
Just to debunk this story before the blogs take off with it, searching for the number provided by Cellular News at the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s online search does not come up any results.
Can anyone confirm the patent is real?

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