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- October 19, 2004
Big Brother Wants Cheap Gas!
October 19, 2004Read moreDeepak over at Active Edge forwarded me this online report for where to find the cheapest gas in New Hampshire on any given day. Worth a look, fellow Granite Staters!
- October 18, 2004
Abby & Knock
October 18, 2004Read more
Lao and Harlan’s adorable Abyssinians stayed over a couple times in 2000 or 2001. Thus began my inching toward the idea of having my own cats; I got a brother and sister cat because it was pretty clear that they kept each other company very well. They are amazing cats, and their coloring matches the couch so well…
- October 18, 2004
Flash Projector Tools
October 18, 2004Read moreToday I was looking into tools for stand-alone Flash applications. I’m dumping the notes here… will clean them up later with my thoughts:
SWF Tools PROJECTOR Tools listing http://www.swftools.com/tools-category.php?cat=290
http://www.multidmedia.com/ Flash Studio PRO v2 $250 Crossplatform (through extra-cost plugin), use fscommands
http://www.northcode.com SWF Studio V2 $139 Crossplatform, uses fscommands
http://www.swfkit.com SWFKit Pro $299 http://www.swfkit.com/swfkit/doc/pro_manual/index.html However, this doesn’t look like it’s native code
http://www.screentime.com mProjector $299 Claims to use http://www.screentime.com/software/mprojector/docs/mWindow18.html
SWF STudio V2 itself is fairly cheap, and explicitly says it supports Z-order. And it’s made in america!
http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/hta/hta_node_entry.asp
Gotchyas: http://www.martijndevisser.com/archives/000029.php http://www.sti-media.com/blog/archives/2004_08.html http://www.razorberry.com/blog/archives/2004/08/25/swf-2-exe-applications/#more-6 http://flashguru.co.uk/pipermail/extendflash_flashguru.co.uk/20040730/001156.html
Interesting: http://flashguru.co.uk/pipermail/extendflash_flashguru.co.uk/20040730/001156.html
- October 18, 2004
James
October 18, 2004Read more
James, sadly, passed away late this year of old age and other complications. He was an awesome cat. When I was crashing in Cambridge at Alen’s place, his cat kept me company while I worked.
This picture is from when James stayed with me years later in New Hampshire, while his owner was away on a trip. The camera was a Canon A50 with a pretty wide-angle lens, so James’ face looks pointier than it really is.
- October 17, 2004
Movie Props from Master Replicas
October 17, 2004Read more
I thought I had outgrown such things, but the tasty goods on Master Replicas’ Site had me salivating. Who wouldn’t want a durable metal Star Trek Communicator (depicted) with built in sound effects? Or their own Star Wars thermal detonator, to help bring negotiations to a tidy conclusion? Some items have interactive simulations too! The short notes on each item are an interesting read also, detailing the origin of the original props and how they were interpreted to create the final replica.
These things aren’t cheap at several hundred dollars a pop, but the reviews on the net seem to hold Master Replica in hard regard. We salute you, Master Replicas!
