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Nate Beck’s Birthday Surprise at 360|Flex
Payback’s a Queen!
Nate got a special surprise in the middle of his session at 360|Flex. This should teach you a) don’t fuck with me and b) don’t do a presentation on your birthday.
Happy birthday Nate!
P.S. Apologies for the shaky camera work, there were plenty of other video cameras in the room recording (including the [...]
March 11, 2010 05:50 PM
Windows 2008 - Telnet
I've got a Windows 2008 VPS for a little project I'm working on and found that I needed to use Telnet to test that a port was working ocrrectly, thinking this would be the quickest way. Wrong - Telnet client isn't installed by default so it would seem at last that Microsoft make you install every no essential tool / program as you need it so thumbs up to that.
So I had to install Telnet client as a Feature details can be found here: http://www.elmajdal.net/Win2k8/How_To_Enable_Telnet_In_Windows
March 11, 2010 07:59 AM
Paper Book or iPhone Book?
ï¾ This week I purchased a book I already had in paper form for the iPhone, which I only did because I forgot to pack my it in my bag for my Morning commute, and really wanted to finish the book. So on ITunes store the book was only £2.99 so I thought I would give it ago. To be fair I wasn't expecting much, but was very surprised, it was very easy to read, and found myself not picking up the paper book again, and so finished reading on the phone.
The beauty was that I could read it any whe
March 11, 2010 07:59 AM
Book Review: Web 2.0 Architectures
I've done a book review for the UKCFUG on Web 2.0 Architectures, really good read peeps!
March 11, 2010 07:59 AM
Mac OSX - Snow Leopard - Tabing in Dialogue Boxes
Having upgraded via a clean install to Snow Leopard at Christmas, I'm still finding little things that I need to tweak in my systems prefs.
Todays' one was being able to tab through the buttons in a dialogue, I didn't want to keep going to the mouse while my hands where firmly on the keyboard.
So if you go to Apple Menu » System Preferences » Keyboard » Keyboard Shortcuts tab and at the bottom ensure All Controls radio button is selected. Then it makes using OS X from the keyboard a lot easier
March 11, 2010 07:59 AM
Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro Mobile is now available for download from the iTunes store!
News from the Connect team: Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro Mobile is now available for download from the iTunes store!
With this release, Connect Pro Mobile offers users mobile access via an iPhone or iPod touch to rich communications including collaborative meetings, training sessions and Web seminars.
With Connect Pro Mobile, participants can watch and listen to live presentations including real-time meeting webcam video and screen sharing demonstrations. Mobile users can see who is in the meeting
March 11, 2010 07:59 AM
ColdFusion Builder - Refactoring
I don't know about you - but every time I hear about refactoring in an IDE, I break out in a case of the cold sweats. It's the same way I feel about multi-file search and replace. Sure it's a great feature, but the idea of updating hundreds of files ...
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March 11, 2010 07:28 AM
Using Base64 Canvas Data In jQuery To Create ColdFusion Images
Last week, I explored the HTML Canvas element for the first time. In that exploration, I created a "finger painting" demo for the iPhone that would post drawing commands to the server where the image would be re-created as a PNG in ColdFusion. That was a nice approach because it gave me some flexibility in how the ColdFusion image was created (using anti-aliasing and a t ... Read More »
March 11, 2010 02:00 AM
Hello Bonjour
Hello Bonjour is a new tool for localising website content.
At These Days a lot of the websites we build have a Flash or Flex interface with content fed in via XML documents. That makes it really easy to deploy the same website in multiple languages. You just pass in a localised XML [...]
March 11, 2010 01:46 AM
REReplaceCallback UDF
If you've used pretty much any modern language, you know all about callback functions. Unfortunately CFML is capable of doing it, but the language itself doesn't leverage the feature anywhere. In particular, a callback for the replace operation is of great value. Ben Nadel has blogged about such things a couple times, and now I'm [...]
March 11, 2010 01:43 AM
CSS3 Please! Instant resultsâ?¦ Thank You
Paul Irish and Jonathan Neal have created a fun example of various CSS tweaks that you can make, and see the results instantly.
CSS3, Please! lets you play with fancy new rules such as:
border-radius
box shadow
gradients
rgba support in backgrounds
transforms
font-face
Really nice way to make tweaks inline in the page….. nicely done. Hope to see some other examples out [...]
March 11, 2010 01:40 AM
HTML Minification
Good old Kangax has been playing with HTML minification and has shared his new tool in an early stage.
What does it do?
Kangax has forked John Resig’s HTML parser which parses the HTML and sends that into the Minifier. This has rules that do things like whitespace optimization, comment removal, and collapsing boolean attributes (e.g. disabled=”true” [...]
March 11, 2010 01:40 AM
Harmony: Canvas Drawing Tool
Harmony is a new drawing tool, a HTML5/Canvas experiment with great potential. It provides some unique brush styles, and can produce some great-looking charcoal pencil style sketches, among other things. Better to try it out than explain it in words.
Creator Mr. Doob (Richard Cabello) explains how he used Canvas to make it darker the [...]
March 11, 2010 01:40 AM
360|Flex Day 2 Recap
Day 2 has come and gone. It was a solid day filled with lots of exciting presentations. I learned a lot in the different talks I was able to attend and can only wait for the conference to publish the rest for my viewing pleasure and yours.
Morning session: RIA Design Principles Panel. Panels are always difficult to do well but these guys really did a good job communicating some great ideas in a collaborative presentation. I walked in to hear Chet Hasse of the Adobe Flex team speaking about
March 11, 2010 01:40 AM
Spark: DataNavigators
At the last LFPUG I did a presentation on Flex 4 where I went through what I thought were the fundamental changes, and they showed some custom stuff I’d been working on. The plan was to then do a post on each slide explaining in a little more detail (which is still the plan), but [...]
March 10, 2010 07:11 PM
F3 v. F4: Using ViewStack, TabNavigator and Accordion
You have probably used mx:ViewStack, mx:TabNavigator and mx:Accordion somewhere in your Flex development efforts over the last 5+ years and had code that looks like this:
1234567891011121314151617181920212223<mx:TabNavigator width="400" height="200" horizontalCenter="0" y="15">
    <mx:VBox label="Tab 1">
        <mx:Label text="This is tab 1"/>
    </mx:VBox>
    
March 10, 2010 07:11 PM
Become a ColdFusion ORM Ninja in Just Two Days!
I've mentioned previously that Mark Mandel, the mastermind behind Transfer ORM,
JavaLoader, ColdDoc,
and now the lead developer of Coldspring, and I have developed an intensive, two-day, hands-on workshop on ColdFusion's new ORM features.
We will be delivering that workshop, Developing Applications with ColdFusion 9 Object Relational Mapping,
in Minneapolis, MN on April 20-21, 2010 which are the two days
immediately preceding the cf.Objective() conference.
Really? I Can Master ColdFus
March 10, 2010 07:11 PM
Flash Player 10 3D settings with AS3/Flex
Flash Player 10â??s 3D capabilities are pretty light, but they have opened up many possibilities in UI design. Getting the perspective just right will take some tweaks, so hereâ??s a demo to show some of the inner workings, like focal length and field of view.
Using the PerspectiveProjection class is the key to getting 3D in [...]
March 10, 2010 07:10 PM
First notes from 360Flex 2010 conference
Iâ??ve arrived to San Jose,CA late on Sunday. By coincidence, there were three other speakers on the same plane from New York: Shashank Tiwari, Elad Elrom, and Jeff Tapper. A short taxi ride to Marriott and one of the conference organizers, Tom Ortega, gives us a warm welcome in the lobby, â??Hello guys! Please donâ??t [...]
March 10, 2010 07:10 PM
Flash Player 10.1 and Windows Phone 7
There has been a lot of buzz in the mobile space lately, and I suspect there will be even more around Windows Phone 7 at next week’s Microsoft Mix conference. One thing I wanted to clarify as it may have been lost in some of the other news is that Adobe and Microsoft are working [...]
March 10, 2010 07:06 PM
A magical device for me: HPâ??s slate
When I saw the videos with HP’s upcoming slate device, and I learned that it will support Flash Player and Adobe AIR I knew this is the magical device for me and my family. The only question I have is how much it will cost.
My wife is a heavy Internet user (movies, social networks, casual [...]
March 10, 2010 07:05 PM
Email now suffers the problem of carrier pigeons
It can’t be assumed it will reach its intended recipient.
It’s not actually a new phenomenon but it seems the deliverability of application-generated email has fallen to a point where a letter sent via the US Postal Service is more likely to reach its intended recipient. Let me explain.
Many services (including our own) use [...]
March 10, 2010 07:04 PM
Translating Global jQuery Event Coordinates To A Local Context
When you use jQuery to capture mouse events (mousedown, mouseup, click, etc.), the jQuery Event object contains the X and Y coordinates of the mouse position at the time the event was triggered. These coordinates, while somewhat different in each browser, have been standardized by jQuery to be available in the pageX and pageY properties . No matter what the target of the event is, these ... Read More »
March 10, 2010 07:03 PM
IntelliJ Idea9 ActionScript 3/Flex Workflow Part 2
Welcome to part 2 of my IntelliJ Idea 9 ActionScript 3/Flex workflow series. If you followed part 1 you should have a HelloWorldProject setup along with a HelloWorld module. Now it is time to learn how to compile our SWF and go over the other core features IntelliJ Idea 9 has to offer. Lets not waste any more time, here we go:
Compiling A Project
We are now ready to compile our project. In the menu above the editor is a row of icons, look for the box with an arrow in it.
Click on the arrow
March 10, 2010 07:03 PM
Localizing Flex Framework Components
DannyT documents, for others and for himself in the future as he says, how to get a flex framework localized. Provisions for this will be in the Flex4 SDK by default, but this tip still has value today.
March 10, 2010 07:03 PM
Flash and Windows Phone 7
From Mike Chambers:
There has been a lot of buzz in the mobile space lately, and I suspect there will be even more around Windows Phone 7 at next weekâ??s Microsoft Mix conference. One thing I wanted to clarify as it may have been lost in some of the other news is that Adobe and Microsoft [...]
March 10, 2010 07:03 PM
Flash and Standards Cold War
Very good perspective on Flash and standards.
Both the standards community and the Flash community are extremely good at sharing knowledge and supporting the people within their respective groups. The relationship across communities, however, isnâ??t nearly as cordial. Two things are happening: either the people within each camp stay to themselves, or one ignorantly hurls insults [...]
March 10, 2010 07:03 PM
Google Public Data Explorer Features Flash Charting
Title says it all. Some really nice Flash charting examples. Check it out.
March 10, 2010 07:03 PM
Amex: Make Your Passwords Secure, Just Not Too Secure
I reset online passwords regularly (as should everyone). And I approve of password restrictions (minimum lengths, no reuse, at least one digit and one uppercase, etc.). But, as you can see in this validation screen, American Express apparently does n...
March 10, 2010 07:03 PM
FlashCamp Coming To Boston
FlashCamp is coming to Boston next week on Friday, March 19th, 2010 at 5:00pm. This is a free event with limited space, and the speaker lineup is pretty phenomenal, and includes Deepa Subramaniam, Heidi Williams, Doug Winnie, Chet Haase, ColdFusion's...
March 10, 2010 07:03 PM
HP Slate Allows Access To ALL Of The Internet
Who says you can't have it all? Check out this YouTube video showing the web, Flash and AIR on an upcoming HP slate device:
Also, see this Wired story.
March 10, 2010 07:03 PM
Spectrum Visualization with the HTML5 Audio Data API
The HTML5 specification introduces the and media elements, and with them the opportunity to dramatically change the way we integrate media on the web. The current HTML5 media API provides ways to play and get limited information about audio and video, but gives no way to programatically access or create such media. We [...]
March 10, 2010 07:02 PM
Branded Music Player using runtime CSS
Here is are post of a video of the Branded Music Player AIR application that uses runtime CSS to switch the skins of the AIR application.
March 10, 2010 07:02 PM
ESPN360 to become ESPN3, switches to Flash Platform
"ESPN360.com, ESPN?s 24/7 broadband sports network, today announced that it will collaborate with MLB Advanced Media (MLBAM) for its technology infrastructure and operations support when the network?s name changes to ESPN3.com on April 4th.
March 10, 2010 07:02 PM
OSMF Sprint 10 (v0.93) available
A new version of the Open Source Media Framework with locked-down APIs is available now. A great time to start using OSMF, since the update to the final release will be relatively seamless. To learn more about the benefits of OSMF, read my previous article The Power of OSMF.
March 10, 2010 07:02 PM
New Tutorial - How to set up your Model Driven Development
Sujit Reddy and I just co-wrote a new technical paper for the Adobe Developer Connection on how to get your development environment up and running if you want to take advantage of the powerful new features of LiveCycle Data Services 3 and Flash Builder 4.Click here to get started - it only takes about 15 minutes from start to end.LiveCycle Data Services ES2 is an important component for many companies migrating to a three-tier architecture for enterprise RIA development. The advanced Message Exc
March 10, 2010 07:02 PM
Presenting on â??Spring Roo and Code Generationâ?쳌 at Code Generation 2010
See my new blog for the details!
March 10, 2010 04:42 PM
Want to Make a Promise to Someone? Here is one way of doing it…
If you want to make a promise to someone, there is a new website that might help you send your promise/message across in a way that your loved ones will remember and can actually keep with them.
The website is called Bank of Promises.
Here is a brief from the site itself :-
About the Bank :-
The Bank [...]
March 10, 2010 04:40 PM
Running Project Sprouts
A few weeks ago I attended the SanFlashCisco usergroup meeting which was really great. After the meeting we moved to the Mars bar where I got to know Luke Bayes who founded Project Sprouts. Project Sprouts is a Ruby based open-source, cross-platform project generation and configuration tool for ActionScript 2, ActionScript 3, Adobe AIR and [...]
March 10, 2010 04:40 PM
360 Flex Swiz Birds of a Feather
Thanks to all who joined the Swiz BOF session at 360 Flex in San Jose today.
John Yanarella and I got the opportunity to show Swiz and some examples. We even had Chris around via Skype and I hope you guys enjoyed it!
Here the links to the slides and code:
Slides
Swiz1Example on GitHub
Many thanks to John Wilker [...]
March 10, 2010 04:40 PM
ColdFusion Builder - Code Assist for Scoped Variables
Heres an interesting ColdFusion Builder feature you may not be aware of. CFBuilder does a good job providing code assistance for CFCs. So for example, consider the following code snippet:
#ob.
As soon as I hit the dot, CFBuilder introspec...
March 10, 2010 05:55 AM
Rework by 37signals Hits Stores
Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, founders of 37signals, had their new book Rework hit stores today. I heard about this book several months ago and setup an OmniFocus reminder to notify me of its release. I've already sent a sample of the book to my Kindle and will be digging into the text a little later today.
If given a choice between investing in someone who has read REWORK or has an MBA, I%u219m investing in REWORK every time. A must read for every entrepreneur.
Mark Cuba
March 10, 2010 05:01 AM
ColdFusion Open Source Update - March 9, 2010
Two new projects and three updates this week in ColdFusion open source (a shortened week due to my late post last week). All of the lucky people are at 360Flex in San Jose this week. From the various blog posts and tweets I have caught, it sounds like John and Tom put on another fantastic event. Here's hoping they keep the info coming for those of us not fortunate enough to attend. On to this week's open source posts.
New Releases and Updates
New Project: Smartermail API wrapper + UI
Initial R
March 10, 2010 04:53 AM
Automating workout mixes – help?
Update: I think I have this figured out: SoX will do pretty much everything I need. It’ll even do intelligent crossfades and tempo adjustment. w00t!
The Problem—Short Form
Given a database of MP3 files and their intro and outro times, I need a piece of software with a text-based file format that will allow me [...]
March 9, 2010 07:15 PM
Create a scheduled task that runs every minute in Railo
So, this is probably confusing to some and I thought I'd try to clear this up. It's possible to setup Railo to run a task every x hour, minute and/or even seconds. You'll want to log into your machine and go to the Scheduled Task page ( e.g.: http://{your server}/railo-context/admin/web.cfm?action=services.schedule )
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March 9, 2010 07:14 PM
Flex Camp Wall Street and Flex on the Cloud Videos
Two great Flex conferences have recently posted their video recordings:
Flex Camp Wall Street
Flex on the Cloud
There were numerous great sessions and speakers at each of these conferences. At Flex Camp Wall Street I presented “Flex Stuff I am Excited About”. Check it out and let me know what you think.
March 9, 2010 07:13 PM
Music Video: Flex 4: It's a Wrap
Here's a music video I made for the 360|Flex conference. It's a tribute to the Flex 4 release and the Flex SDK team. I hope you like it, from the bottom of my geeky little heart.
March 9, 2010 07:11 PM
What does my race/ethnicity have to do with Olympics?
Sorry if I am just a thick-headed Canadian farm boy but I saw something today that I have to ask about. I went to register for tickets for the 2010 London Olympics when I found this question posed to me:Ethnicity: (it is on this web page)Two immediate thoughts came out of this. First I wondered how to classify myself. Although I have relatively white skin, I do read books from other cultures and try to live some of their ideals. Buddhism is a particularly large influence on my private though
March 9, 2010 07:10 PM
HP's CTO announces Flash Player running on HP's upcoming Slate tablet
Since 85% of Alexa top 100 websites use Flash, and 75% of all video on the web is Flash, having the Flash Player on a tablet is the only way to experience the true web.
March 9, 2010 07:10 PM
Are You Full As A Goog?
