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Updated Wordpress to 2.1.3 and also Dokupress to work on this release (two lines change).

Adobe open-sourcing the Flex framework

Adobe is open-sourcing the Flex framework. It seems this release will include not only the Flex Framework, but also the mxmlc compiler and debugger, which is great news. Like Luke Bayes said, “This is really exciting news, thanks to whoever made this call!”

Flash Boundary Collisions

This week I had to develop a Actionscript3 app that involved floating objects around the screen and boundary collisions. In Actionscript this is normally done via the enter_frame event but a small detail is needed. When you check if the object is colliding against the wall, before inverting its route, you should place the object at the boundary width/height (respectively for left-right collisions and top-bottom collisions). I published a small demo example of the result effect which looks nice I think..

Apollo First Steps

I’m making my first steps with the Apollo runtime from Adobe. Apollo is a cross-platform runtime that’s allows the development of desktop apps based on Flash and Flex. I developed a quite small app that sends that e-mail through a php webservice based on a form that is submitted by the Apollo app. Just for starters as you can see but fun. It was a breeze to develop.

Some cool Apollo applications I’ve seen this week:

• gskinner.com time tracking application - the screenshots look great. I’m anxious to download it and try it.
• Ascension Music Player - Mike Chambers from Apollo team launched the source and an AIR file for Ascension. Apollo Ascension is an Apollo based mp3 player and music explorer. Very good looking.
• And of course the apps listed on Adobe Labs as Apollo Applications Samples.

Once more, the Portuguese OpenBSD Usergroup will be holding a meeting on the 5 - 6 of May, in Coimbra, Portugal. This will be our 7th meeting.

How many of us can really say they use a truly free, functional and secure operating system without software blobs in which we have access to every single line of code that makes up the system? This is what OpenBSD is all about.

Developer Marc Balmer will give talk “Ensuring Quality in OpenBSD Without a Formal Process”. Developers Pedro Martelletto, Michael Shalayeff, and Rui Reis will be around as well.

Here’s a link to the event page.

Judge Judy says, “KISS! Keep It Simple, Stupid.”
and David Hansson says “DRY! Don’t Repeat Yourself.”

take all the time you need
don’t forget to breathe in the meanwhile
for the minute all you have is a hand full of nothing

and a heart that’s pulsing inside your chest

so, take all the time you need
don’t forget to breathe in the meanwhile
for the minute all you have is a hand full of nothing

and a heart that’s pulsing inside your chest

well don’t bother me!
who I am?
I’m just a man imprisoned in a body cell
and it’s her life spinning on the tip of my finger
shall I shoot it? or should I leave it spinning?
it’s true, our heart it’s free, don’t you know?
we’re the mechanism empowering the shooting bow
we’re talking about a new free area of perfect sense
just like the message we represent

take all the time you need
don’t forget to breathe in the meanwhile
for the minute all you have is a hand full of nothing

and a heart that’s pulsing inside your chest

• RubyOnRails (1.1) and Flex (2.0): Part I
• RubyOnRails (1.1) and Flex (2.0): Part II
• flexonrails.net blog