If you use TextMate, and write ActionScript, then you need to learn about TextMate’s code “snippets”. Once you understand that, you can use this:
${1:newName} = ${2:target}.createEmptyMovieClip(”${1:newName}”, ${2:target}.getNextHighestDepth() );
Thank me later.[UPDATE:] also, this as a shortcut for creating a new text field (I use tab trigger ‘ctf’):
${1:target}.createTextField(”${2:name}”, ${3:${1:target}.getNextHighestDepth()}, ${4:xpos}, ${5:ypos}, ${6:width}, ${6:height} );var ${2:name}:TextField = ${1:target}.${2:name};
Here’s […]

You know, I’ve got a challenge for anyone out there with some time to spare: get Sony Ericsson (and all the other phone manufacturers) a clue.
I was just surfing (read ‘getting lost’) in some product catalogues for bluetooth headsets and cellphones. I’ve had my trusty Sony Ericsson K610i for a while now (ie. more than […]

Using fscommand(”fullscreen”, “true”) to make Flash Projectors go fullscreen on a Mac sometimes (read 90% of the time) erroneously displays the application titlebar. “But it’s fullscreen” I hear you cry, “There shouldn’t *be* a titlebar!!”. Yes. I know. This is a known bug from Adobe, but is still present in CS3 (yay progress!).
The workaround* is […]