Nothing terribly fancy today, but I found something I made a while ago and figured I’d share it. If you’re a fan of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, it’s very likely that you’ve seen the teaser trailer for the sequel that was released back in March. In the trailer, pretty much...

As I writing this, I’m sitting on the return flight home to Salt Lake from Indianapolis, wedged in between two of my coworkers. Neither of which can’t seem to get enough of GeoDefense on their iPhones. (Though, I don’t blame them – the game is damn addicting.) I’m just renewing...

Just a quick reminder… the only 360|Flex event of 2009 is next week, and there are still some tickets left if you want in. Why should you go? What does $550 of your hard-earned cash (or your boss’) buy you at 360|Flex Indy? Well… Not only will I be attending, but I’ll also be...

A couple of weeks ago I posted a bitmap effect I’d created a while back using the BitmapData class in AS3. It works pretty well, but the problem with it is that it’s a bit limited, in the sense that it can really only be used with a static image. (You could use it with an animation, but not...

Pop quiz: In AS3, are static methods & variables inherited by subclasses? Answer: No. Static methods and properties of classes are not inherited by subclasses. You can however access the static members of a parent class from within it’s subclasses. This question came up today as I was helping...

I saw this effect a long time ago, and wanted to use it in a project, but after about ten minutes of searching for the original, I gave up and just decided to make my own. See it in action. This is just a basic bitmap effect that uses BitmapData to draw an image, with the pixels spilling down from the...

Are you, or do you know any Flex developers that have amazing skills? Rain (the company I work for) is currently looking for a senior Flex developer, and if you’ve got what it takes, we want you. More details on the job posting are online at: http://mediarain.com/us/employment/flexdeveloper Rain...

Working on a recent project, I needed to collect mailing addresses, and to get the state info I decided use a ComboBox. I know I’ve done this before in the past, so I went looking for the code defining the list of states so I wouldn’t have to type it all up again, but after about five minutes...

I’ve been a big fan of the ASDoc tool since I first found out it was in the Flex SDK. Just in case you’re not sure what ASDoc is, it’s command-line tool that’s used to generate documentation for your code, just like the online documentation that Adobe provides for Flex and ActionScript...

By now, most Flash developers know that ActionScript 3.0 is a huge improvement over ActionScript 1.0 & 2.0. These improvements come in the form of faster performance, enhanced features, and the general awesomeness that comes with using the AVM 2 in Flash Player 9. However, one of the biggest hurdles...