Archive for February, 2008
February 27, 2008 at 6:28 am · Filed under CMS, Design
Just spent the last few days working on a XML backend for the band Matt Pond PA - it’s not something new to me as I’ve worked on a few backends over the last 2 years or so, but whereas normally all the data is sent to and fro a MySQL database, this had to be xml base, which made everything a bit different for me… Anyway you can see the screenshot below…
After I get some jobs I’ve got on the go out the way, I’m going to try and work on something like this to release open source as I’ve had a few folk mention the need for a admin system to build in to their projects. Keep a look out!
February 27, 2008 at 6:16 am · Filed under Random, SOTD
February 23, 2008 at 7:13 am · Filed under SOTD
February 21, 2008 at 11:36 am · Filed under OSX, Personal
I’m a bit confused… I’ve just been pricing out how much It would cost me to upgrade from a previous copy of Macromedia Suite I had - checked the Us Adobe site and It’s $499 to upgrade (works out to about £250) if you choose the download version… not much if you ask me… Then I check the UK site… and my jaw drops; For the privilege of living in the UK yet downloading the exact same version, it’s going to cost £515. Yes. More than double the US version, this converted to US dollars is £1,011.13. Why? I really don’t know - but all I’m saying is it helps to have mates in the States 
EDIT:
Just told Chris… this is the response I got. What a Guy! Gay.
February 21, 2008 at 10:45 am · Filed under Random
February 17, 2008 at 1:35 pm · Filed under Personal
I turned the grande old age of 22 today. Yeah! Got some awesome presents (notably the computer cable belt (love you chris & jo), some awesome emails (Hayley ;)) and some awesome texts… (I’ll have to stop with the awesomes…).
I have some really awesome (right that’s the last one) friends, and I love you all!
Glove Love! xoxo
February 16, 2008 at 8:55 am · Filed under Personal, films
Watched it last night… what an awesome film! - The cinematography is mind-blowing (of which the 5 1/2 minute beach scene is worth noting), the script is incredible - I was watching it with a screenwriter, so I was got on her points too - and the acting is also worthy of greatness; James McAvoy is fast becoming a wee idol of mine, I was bowled over by his performance in Last King of Scotland (although not quite as much as Forest Whitaker) and he was fantastic in this. Even that stick Keira Knightley was slight less annoying that usual.
Hopefully they’ll get something out of the 7 oscars it’s been nominated, even though it doesn’t count for anything these days - just perhaps a rough measurement for idiots to rent by.
Edit: Just found this whilst on IMDB - Wanted. What in the name of Fuckery?.
February 7, 2008 at 12:13 pm · Filed under Flash snippets, Flash source
Just found this little gem over at flashmatics.co.uk (awesome resource site), so I thought I’d post it up here. It basically checks to see whether the swf is being run from your specified domain - if not it redirects to your website. It’s perfect for stopping the use of unwanted distribution of your flash projects.
var domain:String = "http://www.yourdomain.com" //enter your domain name here
if(_root._url.indexOf(domain) == -1 ){
getURL(domain, "_self");
}
February 4, 2008 at 8:40 am · Filed under Flash snippets, Flash source
Just a small function to replace text in a string, handy for things at times…
//String Replace Class
function stringReplace(block:String, find:String, replace:String):String
{
return block.split(find).join(replace);
}
myString = "I love actionscript";
output = stringReplace(myString, "love", "hate");
trace("NewString = " + output);
