If you get an error like this from the Flex compiler: Error: unable to resolve ‘assets/images/Back.png’ for transcoding It probably means you specified a relative path where you meant to use an absolute path. Depending on what the compiler’s current directory is when it gets to resolving this asset, it might work, or it might […]
Added a 120gb SSD as a system drive to a Windows 7 box. What a huge difference an SSD makes. $229 and it's like a new PC. Probably better. # Adobe news today: CS5.5 announced, and you can buy it as a subscription if you don't have the cash up front. # Apple support comes […]
My MacBook Pro's video is failing. This is the fourth MacBook Pro I've had video trouble with. I'm not impressed. # When I'm out, I have my phone with me and use it as a camera. Around the house, I have a tablet with me. A good camera on a tablet matters. # This is […]
Clement on #UBB "We will be guided by our long-standing policies of … allowing market forces to prevail." Bad idea, Tony. # http://t.co/lsE903j #
Tax Time. # Is DSL upstream bandwidth limited by the technology, or by ISPs? # xkcd is a comic version of Jon Stewart. Funny, but damn informative when making a point. On radiation: http://t.co/H9s72FN # For years we've been hearing about how mobile is the next big thing. This time, it really is! # BlackBerry […]
There’s a big feature missing from Outlook 2011 for the Mac. Okay, a number of big features, including being able to edit server-side rules. But the one that’s been affecting me most is the inability to have Smart Folders that have OR clauses. I subscribe to a number of mailing lists, and what I wanted […]
iFixit posted a picture of the internals of the iPad 2. Check it out: Here’s the part that I find amazing: The “computer” part of the iPad 2 is miniscule.
The Flash Player’s job has always been to add features to browsers that the browsers don’t implement themselves, in a standard way across all browsers. Days gone by, if you wanted to play audio, play video, play animation, stream radio, or do all kinds of other things we take for granted in browsers now, you […]
The BlackBerry PlayBook is an indie developer’s dream. A brand new OS and a new platform, from a large company that’s got the momentum to sell a lot of devices. Free signup (unlike the days of game consoles and megabuck dev kits), an easy revenue model for apps, and to top it all off, the […]
I have little doubt that Apple is within the law in asking for a 30% cut of sales of anything that’s sold through apps in the app store. But that’s not really the point. Folks who create content or services that people subscribe to are putting a lot of work into it. They’re building businesses […]