So, another of my good friends is (legally) married. The commissioner of oaths was a well-meaning old man, who made too many marriage jokes (the ones we’ve all heard before), but since he was so sweet we couldn’t hold it against him. What was even sweeter was the buffet spread after the ceremony. Peking duck, …
Month: September 2003
It is late. I was in the office until 11.30pm. I reached the car park, only to realise that there were many other cars still there. Lost souls, I mused, working away in dinky little cubicles somewhere, just like me. I went home, had some dinner, then wrapped a present for Karen who is going …
My golf game this morning with Dad didn’t turn out as well as I’d hoped, on my part. I knew I had it coming – no gym for the last three weeks as I’ve been working and attending classes at night. And my last session at the driving range over the weekend, was dismal. To …
Zeldman has suggested the (previously) unfathomable – to protect the future of rich web media by supporting Microsoft. From what I understand, here’s the low-down: Back in 1998, a company called EOLAS (short for Embedded Objects Linked Across Systems) devised a means of embedding plug-ins. Microsoft’s web browser, Internet Explorer, was deemed to have ‘stolen’ …
After a packed itinerary this morning and afternoon, I went home with the intention of doing some work. Now I seldom, if never, bring my work home, because I believe that if I organise my time properly there’d be no such need to do so. This time, however, I thought I’d better make an exception …
The Wired article, Rude Awakening for File Sharers, highlights the common misconceptions that people have over ‘paid’ and ‘legitimate’ software and files. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has demonstrated that the two terms do not necessarily equate with each other, by proceeding to take action against paid subscribers of Kazaa, who are now …
Here’s a good review of Flash MX 2004’s support for CSS. Apparently, it is not quite what we hoped it would be. Nonetheless it is a significant new feature and we hope Macromedia will continue to develop this feature to support more attributes. Note also the reply (comment no. 7) by Macromedia Support which links …
Macromedia launches the new Studio MX 2004, available for purchase and download. Trial versions (Studio, and Studio with Flash Pro) are available. Tell me how you find it, because I don’t want to install anything new on my system until I’ve finished my big project. Microsoft announces yet another security flaw, which needs to be …
Call it perfect timing. After grappling with Actionscript at work today, I ended up in evening class learning the nature of computer languages from the first to sixth generations, and how Java (on which Flash Actionscript is based) operates: In three logical forms – Sequence (do this then this then that), Selection (If this, Else …
To those in the know, I wish to achieve the following: onClipEvent (load) { actionscriptprogrammers._visible=true; actionscriptprogrammers._quality=high; } In short, I’ve always wondered if there were any good Flash Actionscript programmers available here in Singapore. Apart from those already in elite design houses such as Kinetic 😉 ‘Good’, meaning you can do more than me, which …