As part of my work, I\’ve been developing a Flash-based software training application. Part of that app involves simulations of the application in question. Yesterday, I discovered a bug in the way the combo box component works. I\’m posting this for the benefit of those who might be wasting their time searching for an answer, [...]
Flash MX combo box component bug (and a fix for it)
http://wheatblog.com/2005/05/flash-mx-combo-box-component-bug-and-a-fix-for-it/
Annual birthday post
Yeah, yeah, it’s my birthday. Thir-ty-five. I don’t have anything interesting to say about it, really. But there’s no denying it. Thanks to all the well-wishers and other do-gooders out there–you know who you are. Scott sent me this link of fifty fun things to do with your iPod. Go read that instead. One they [...]
http://wheatblog.com/2005/05/annual-birthday-post/
Beyond Red vs. Blue
The Pew Research Center has issues an interesting report about political beliefs (“typologies“) in the US. They also have a nice quiz (32 questions) you can take to see where you fall in their spectrum. You probably know where I landed.
http://wheatblog.com/2005/05/beyond-red-vs-blue/
Jumping on the meme train…
I dont’ know where I saw this one, but the idea is to put each letter of the alphabet into your browser’s address bar and see what pops up for each. I work on two or three machines regularly, so I tried it with the one that’s handy. I empty my cache quite often and [...]
http://wheatblog.com/2005/05/jumping-on-the-meme-train/
SuperCool Flash App
I noticed this cool flash-based image viewer in use on applez.co.uk‘s site. It’s called PostcardViewer.
http://wheatblog.com/2005/05/supercool-flash-app/