Monthly Archives: August 2007

Website Updates

Posted on August 18, 2007 by JesterXL

I spent most of today fixing broken entries, broken links, and re-uploading files that were missing. I’ve also created some quick sections on the right side of my blog to show the most popular entries, recent comments, and the tools … Continue reading →

Posted in Site Updates | 2 Comments

AIR Bus Tour in Atlanta Tuesday

Posted on August 13, 2007 by JesterXL

Just a reminder, the AIR Bus Tour is in Atlanta at the Fox Theater Tuesday. It’s a free, all day event to learn about AIR, the Adobe Integrated Runtime. I won’t be attending, but I hear there are a ton … Continue reading →

Posted in ActionScript, Events, Flash, Flex | 1 Comment

2007 a Different Economy Than 2006, Flex & Flash Still In It

Posted on August 11, 2007 by JesterXL

March this year was high in the need for contractors, consultants, and full-time employee’s in the ways of Flex and Flash. It died June and July. It’s back up again in August. My inbox is full with emails I don’t … Continue reading →

Posted in ActionScript, Flash, Flex, Jobs | 3 Comments

Flash Player 9 Unacceptable JPEG’s from phpThumb

Posted on August 9, 2007 by JesterXL

Using phpThumb at work. You upload a video file, and the server generates a thumbnail from the video via phpThumb. Here’s the bad news: The thumbnail doesn’t work in IE6 and IE7 on Windows in Flash Player 9. Everything else … Continue reading →

Posted in Flex | 7 Comments

10 Tips For Working With Cairngorm

Posted on August 5, 2007 by JesterXL

These apply to Flex 2.0.1 with any version of Cairngorm. Since people’s programming background varies in Flex, these are not facts, just my opinions based on my experiences using ARP & Cairngorm for over 2 years. Furthermore, there are alternatives … Continue reading →

Posted in ActionScript, Flash, Flex | 29 Comments