WordPress Stuck In Maintenance Mode
If you ever have an automatic update fail sometimes your WordPress install can get stuck in maintenance mode. I just had this happen to me and was able to find…
Les Stroud is back at it
I just heard that my former employer Les Stroud is going to be doing more episodes of Survivorman - but this time for 10 days instead of 7. If you're not…
The Collection Agency
Another WordPress theme development project. This was a fun project which some unique challenges. The great layout was done by the very talented Luke Despatie
getDefinitionByName
I have been creating a code base for a Screen Manager system that I am using for an iOS app I am building in AS3. I wanted to create a dynamic way to reference and instantiate classes that represent each of the Screens in the app so I can reuse this for other applications in the future and to make it a lot less code intensive.
I setup a series of static variables that held string names to represent each of the Screens in the application. Then when I want to create the screen and add it to the stage I use the getDefinitionByName() method and pass the string name of the class. (more…)
Set it and forget it
I was writing a post about Events in AS3 and while explaining why in my opinion one approach to passing data is preferable to another I stumbled across the phrase…
Weak Listeners
Garbage collection can be a big deal when writing complex programs in Actionscript. Not removing EventListeners is probably one of the biggest sources of AS holding onto memory it doesn't…
3 Jewels in my Crown
3 Jewels in my Crown was a very fun WordPress theme to work on. It features many different custom image sizes based on a Featured Image and does all of…
Castfire AS3 Library
I have been developing an AS3 library for the video publishing company Castfire on my own for the past little while and recently got in touch with them about continuing the endeavor. I thought it was a shot in the dark but they were more than willing to help out and so here is the first of, I hope, many articles on the Castfire API and the class library I am working with them to create for it.
The point of this library is to allow Flash devs like myself to easily access the Castfire API when creating custom video players.
Easy Analytics Update
I have been working on an update to my Easy Analytics plugin for Wordpress and it's almost ready. It's a very big change in that I have added the ability…
Spooferman
This was a very fun project to work on. In response to many video parodies and tributes found online, Les Stroud tasked me with creating this portal for people to…