“Well, if you think you’re going to be able to use speech recognition to code anytime soon, this video will set you straight.”

http://robrohan.com/2007/02/14/speech-recognition-coding/

Trigonometry is an easily overlooked topic until you want to create interactive interface solutions relying on spacial relationships. In theory, the concept of trigonometry doesn’t require much to grasp yet still requires enough specialized and simple formulas which are better served as reference material.

So like any interaction developer, I’ll need a trig toolbox, and this will be it.

Note: This is currently a work in progress

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“This function is used internally during the initializion stage for the predefined actionscript objects. It is used to hide an objects children from the for..in loop construct. The for..in loop construct iterates over all children of an object, this means it exposes both methods and properties of an object. It is also used to protect the predefined actionscript objects children from being over-written by another action with the same name and to protect the predefined actionscript objects from being deleted. The usefulness of this function can also be harnessed by the developer and that is when this function gets interesting… ” - via FlashGuru Consulting » ASSetPropFlags

Embedding Flash

“There seems to be a lot of confusion about the code needed to properly embed Flash objects within a website: it’s the most frequently asked question at this site’s forum. The rise of profiling sites like Myspace (who filter lots of codes) and the recent Eolas patent enforcement have thrown even more confusion into the mix. In this article, I’ll try to clearly align the best options for Flash embedment. I’ll also mention the most common pitfalls, and their workarounds.” - via jeroenwijering.com

My method-of-choice to embed has to be SWFObject. It’s able to not only take care of what it needs to, but also integrates with several other techniques including SWFAddress. Another thing I like about it is the ability to work well within Wordpress. At first I had to fall back on some embed techniques and plugins, but after reading this post about using multiline comments, I am up and running with SWFObject again.

This is just a proof of concept with no real application yet. Not sure that even qualifies a ‘concept’ or ‘proof’.

This example uses Object.registerClass, __proto__, prototype and is an AS 1.0 approach vs. an AS 2.0 approach. I found some links on this before but never connected the dots. I should also think about how __resolve might play in with this too. This might just be a case of Multiple Inheritance.

I’ve been attaching MovieClips from the library and using an AS 2.0 class with the Linkage Identifier. While this has worked great, this new method allows me to choose whether or not I need to link it in the library vs. dynamic controlling an objects class before AND after attaching it. Although I’m not sure the consequences of that yet.
I’ll post a real example later, but here is the code…

Object.registerClass.zip

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PROGRAMMING
How to be a Programmer: A Short, Comprehensive, and Personal Summary
http://samizdat.mines.edu/howto/HowToBeAProgrammer.html

BOOKS

Byte-Size Flash MX: Adventures in Optimization
http://astore.amazon.com/bit101-20/detail/1904344097/104-0168346-9488736

EXPERIMENTS

Java, DHTML, C, all crazy cool
http://www.bodytag.org/

FLASH - 3D

Flash 9 - Bumpmap
http://www.unitzeroone.com/blog/flash_examples/flash_9_pv_3d_example_3d_bumpm.html

FLASH

How to create classed stage objects with an empty library
http://www.peterjoel.com/blog/index.php?archive=2004_01_01_archive.xml#107550841406346131

Attaching movieclip class without library symbol
http://swfoo.com/2004/01/attaching_movieclip_class_with.html

Invoking a dynamic class method
http://quantumwave.com/flash/dynamicMethod.html

Classes - http://www.createage.com/
http://www.actionscript.org/forums/showthread.php3?t=99139

Shared Libraries
http://www.quasimondo.com/archives/000227.php

Cheat Shet
http://actionscriptcheatsheet.com/blog/

Cammera Panning with Actionscript
http://weblog.motion-graphics.org/archives/2005/10/vcamv2_keeps_on.html

PHP

Introduction to PHP - Kirupa
http://www.kirupa.com/web/index.htm

TOOLS

Usefull Free Applications and Tools
http://weblog.motion-graphics.org/archives/2006/12/useful_free_app.html#more

COMMUNICATION

15 Minute Email Account
http://www.guerrillamail.com/

Jaxtr - Link to your Cell Phone
http://www.jaxtr.com/
http://www.bit-101.com/blog/?p=959

Spoofcard
Paris Hilton likely hacker of Lindsay Lohan’s Voice-Mail

ENTERTAINMENT

Joost - Internet TV
http://www.joost.com/
http://www.bit-101.com/blog/?p=958

How easy is it to make custom sorting code? ever wanted a simple way to randomize an array? here’s a quick and dirty way.

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At first glance, making functions in Flash is essentially simple, but there is much more than meets the eye. Let’s look at just how functions function…

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Creating a site doesn’t always mean you’re the expert on how people are using it, especially when it comes to a flash site - enter analytics, tracking, and stats.

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Much like the way you would subscribe to Mouse events using addListener, we can customize our own broadcasters using AsBroadcaster and BroadcasterMX. In Addition, the EventDispatcher can be used to create custom events for increased granularity.

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