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 […]

So I just got my Griffin Elevator stand for my laptop, and I’m using it now. Just wanted to say, for anyone out there using their laptop-as-a-desktop for any length of time, this thing is the best £25 you can spend.
The machine is raised up approximately 4-5″ and tilted at a slight angle, which puts […]

So it looks like my new setup is going to be a 15″ MacBook Pro + Extra Big Ass Monitor™, rather than the 17″ or 20″ iMac + 12″ iBook setup I’ve been rocking for the past few years. My approach has always been, until recently, to have a powerful desktop setup and a […]

 Well, given that the current iPod is 4.1″x2.4″, if they shave 1″ off the height, and keep the screen size the same, they’ll have to shrink the Click Wheel and possibly end up with something like this. Given the dimensions, I wouldn’t be surprised if the final form factor is closer to a square (the face […]

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

Microsoft Patents Adware Delivery Based on Your Hard Drive Contents:
“The adware framework would leave almost no data untouched in its quest to sell you stuff. It would inspect “user document files, user e-mail files, user music files, downloaded podcasts, computer settings, computer status messages (e.g., a low memory status or low printer ink),” and more. […]

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 […]

Ok, so walk with me here. Most of the cool parts of the iPhone have nothing to do with telephony. Between the phone, the ipod and internet communicator functionality, it’s really only the voice calls that require the GSM “phone” part (and even that is redundant where you’re in wi-fi coverage, assuming you can use […]

So you know what kinda sucks? Tape. Doesn’t matter if you’re writing digital to it, the fact that it spools, it tears, the tension varies… need I go on? Now, the even worse part is, when you’re writing HDV to it, when the tape gets messed up you end up with zero picture. That’s right: […]