Entries from June 2008

Google Gadget Cache

June 9th, 2008 · 7 Comments

Today I was updating one of our Google Gadgets at work and after almost an hour of changing random stuff in the code with no different result on iGoogle I realized I had forgotten about the cache!  Google seems to cache XML gadget files and Flash content for at least 1 hour.  I haven’t found […]

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Tags: Google Gadget · xml

PHP: Object to URL Data

June 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

This is a simple, but very handy function when working with PHP and Flash.  This will turn an object into a string of URL data – this is very helpful converting a mySQL object from mysql_fetch_object to Flash variables. function object2URLData($obj) {      $data = "";      foreach($obj as $key=>$prop)      { […]

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Tags: Flash · PHP

Adam 1, oBIX None

June 2nd, 2008 · 3 Comments

After a hard day’s work on the oBIX to Flash project I blogged about yesterday, I am happy to report that progress is moving fast.  The module (currently called FloBIX) is able to parse oBIX and convert it into a collection of ActionScript 3 objects – usable in Flex 3 or Flash CS3.  It currently […]

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Tags: ActionScript · Flash · Flex · oBIX · Work · xml

Software Releases and Airport Life

June 1st, 2008 · 2 Comments

I’m finally back from a long month of traveling, Tampa Florida and Portland Oregon were the two big destinations in May.  Unfortunately that means I had little time to do anything of value (code wise) – I feel like I’ve was in airports more than destinations.  During layovers I was happy to find out that […]

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Tags: Dreamweaver · Mac · Travel · Work