Category Archives: Technology

Announcing VeraType

VeraType is an app I’ve been working on that lets you convert your images into text and your text into images (see screenshots). I’ve just released it a version for Windows and Mac.   It’s mostly for entertainment but it … Continue reading

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Performance difference between debug and release builds

Check out the difference in speed between a release swf and the debug swf in the example project. debug build outline time: ~250ms release build outline time: ~50ms In the above tests I set the font size to 200 and … Continue reading

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Flex library of code snippets in MXML

I’ve been working on a way to program software using a simple instructions instead of writing code. In that journey I found Flex MXML is helping to solve that problem. I’ll give you an example. Let’s say you want to … Continue reading

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Getting the Video Player to work with Audio

As you know, the Video Player in Flex 4 is capable of playing various types of media including audio. However there are a few issues that will wreck havoc on your progress if you’re not aware of them. There are … Continue reading

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Flash Builder 4 and Flex 4 Bible and Flex 4 Fun

I normally don’t pimp out books but I’d like to mention these since I’ve read them recently. The first is Flash Builder 4 and Flex 4 Bible by David Gassner. I was migrating an app from Flex 3 to Flex … Continue reading

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