What happens when robots write error messages.

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 […]

Just a heads up, that GPG encryption framework for your mail has gone Universal (as of March). Sorry for the delay, but if anyone out there still hasn’t, now’s a good time to upgrade your GPG and encrypt your mail.
MacUpdate - GPG framework 1.4.7
MacUpdate - GPG Preferences 1.2.2

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 […]

Well folks. We have a widget. Ok, so it’s not exactly groundbreaking. It may not even work. Heck, it doesn’t even have an icon, but hey, it’s a start. So if you want to check it out, download DayBreak here.

Well, I’ve been hunting around for a good Mac Mini on the cheap on ebay for a while… mainly to tinker with, and to get used to running some server environment/apps. If you ask me, once the software gets transparent enough, in The Future every house will have a server/network setup, so I like to […]

Almost a year ago, in a post called “Who Cares About Vista?” I pointed out that the numerous delays, lackluster betas and general lack of competitiveness of Microsoft was putting Apple in a very strong position to, basically, rule the world.
And in that post, I mentioned that the one thing Apple could do was to […]

Well I’ve got the basics of the javascript behind DayBreak working in a webpage. You can check it out here. (Only tested in Safari/Webkit, obviously.)
This will chart a workday (9am-6pm), and highlight the current hour. Marginally handy if you’d like some visual marker on your life slipping away.
Development on Simulacra, the iPhone simulator, has been […]