Flex 2 and .NET

Flex 2 is built to support any back-end web server as a source for data, and .NET is no exception. Chafic Kazoun was one of the presenters at Adobe Max 2006, though I did not attend his session. The topic was (of course) how to integrate Flex 2 RIA’s with .NET data services.
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Hail Caesar

Dave writes about the Caesar Shift, and gives a code snippet for an example… I was bored and decided to make an example shifter using Javascript. (and post a devious reply for Dave).
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Thanksgiving

It’s that time of the year again, so let’s be proper and talk about what we’re thankful for.
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Minnesota Flash/Flex Programmer Group

If you haven’t heard, there’s a new group that was recently put together to compliment the MN Flash User Group, but targeted towards developers: Minnesota Flash/Flex Programmer Group. I’ve considered joining the MN Flash User Group in the past, but assumed it would be more designer-oriented, and I’ve definitely been on the developer end […]

Open Source Developer

Well it’s official - I’m an open-source developer now! Not that I’ve left my “real” job - far from it. In my spare time, I’ve been digging through the source code for an Axis & Allies clone game - TripleA. TripleA is built in Java 1.5 (or 5.0 for those of you that enjoy marketing […]

Earthquakes on demand

NPR did a short story on a University of Buffalo team that is simulating earthquakes to study the effects on man-made structures. Their first test simulated a roughly magnitude 6 quake centered 4 miles from a 2-story house. They have 3 videos (Real Video format - yuck) on their page. Sounds like their next test […]