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April 14, 2011

Another Flash Powered Google Doodle

In honor of Charlie Chaplin 's birthday, Google has created a Google Doodle movie in classic Charlie Chaplin style. And, like most movies online, the Google Doodle is Flash. (Actually, it's a JPEG image until you click on it, and then the Flash SWF runs). The movie is also posted on YouTube:

April 13, 2011

Check Out Airgile

Airgile is a simple online project management system with a very clean and professional Flex based front-end. Airgile is inexpensive, actually it's free for a single project with up to 4 users, and paid plans start at just €6. And a connector for Eclipse / Flash Builder / ColdFusion Builder...

April 8, 2011

Lee Brimelow Demos What Molehill Is Capable Of

As mentioned previously, Molehill is the code name for a new set of low-level, GPU-accelerated 3D APIs that will enable advanced 3D experiences across screens using the Flash runtimes. These new low-level APIs will provide advanced 3D and 3D engine developers the flexibility to leverage GPU...

April 6, 2011

Comb Over Charlie Background Story

A couple of weeks ago I mentioned Comb Over Charlie, a multi-device Flash based platform gamer. The app is impressive, and the performance even more so. If you'd like to learn more about the game's background and how it was created, RIA Radio has posted an interview with its creator, Charles Woven....

April 4, 2011

Manually Creating The MariaDB Windows Service

I've been doing quite a bit of work with MariaDB , a drop-in replacement for MySQL (forked from the MySQL codebase by Monty Widenius, the creator of MySQL). One issue I ran into is that the current Windows installer does not create the Windows service that you generally would want to use. And...

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