Archive for September, 2005

Flash 8 font filesizes are bigger

Wednesday, September 21st, 2005

If you create a movie containing an embedded font and publish in Flash 7 then Flash 8, you’ll notice that the Flash 8 swf is a few K larger. For Times New Roman, Basic Latin characters, Flash 7 is 13k versus Flash 8 at 17k.
I guess this is the tradeoff for the improved font rendering [...]

Web debug proxy roundup

Sunday, September 4th, 2005

If you are developing Flash sites that talk to a backend system via XML or flash remoting, you need a web debug proxy.
A web debug proxy sits between your machine and the internet, and displays any HTTP traffic that passes between the two. This is invaluable for debugging Flash RIAs and data driven sites, by [...]

Darwinia – a great independent god game

Saturday, September 3rd, 2005

Darwinia is a fast paced and unique 3D action/ god game/ real time strategy hybrid. “Darwinia is populated by a sentient evolving life form called the Darwinians… Unfortunately, the systems of Darwinia have been overrun by an evil red Viral Infection. This Virus has multiplied out of control and must be stopped.”
It was developed [...]

Semapedia – the physical wikipedia

Saturday, September 3rd, 2005

Semapedia is the latest project from my good buddy Stan Wiechers. Semapedia enables physical hotlinks to wikipedia articles, by using printed semacode tags. A semacode is an optical barcode that contains a URL internet address. Certain camera phones have built in semacode readers and web browsers.
An example usage might be that you are [...]


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