Bye bye ActionScript
So I've decided to retire the Action Script section of my website. I don't really work with Flash all that much anymore and to be honest, I'm getting quite rusty…
Dreamweaver Command – French Characters
I recently developed a Dreamweaver command to automate a process I hate to do manually - turn French characters into their HTML entities. It's pretty straight forward, highlight the copy…
Blackberry Playbook OS 2.0
So, I was one of the many who jumped on the bandwagon and bought a Playbook when they were offering them at a ridiculously reduced price over Christmas. I was never really that interested in getting one but they were cheap and I wanted an e-reader (Playbook comes pre-installed with a Kobo app) so I convinced myself that it was worth it. (more…)
Mill Valley Estate
This is a custom WordPress theme built entirely using HTML5 and the Modernizr library with design by Luke Despatie & The Design Firm
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…