http://www.spikything.com/blog part designer. part developer. all creative Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:41:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.spikything.com/blog/index.php/2010/06/25/blue-lego-block-of-ambiguity/ http://www.spikything.com/blog/index.php/2010/06/25/blue-lego-block-of-ambiguity/#comments Fri, 25 Jun 2010 09:17:30 +0000 Liam http://www.spikything.com/blog/?p=295 At the risk of getting sucked into the Apple vs Adobe shitstorm, my own response to Apple chosing to block Flash content from their mobile devices is to at least tell users why – because Apple left it at the … Continue reading →]]> http://www.spikything.com/blog/index.php/2010/06/25/blue-lego-block-of-ambiguity/feed/ 0 http://www.spikything.com/blog/index.php/2010/06/02/flashsize-simple-browser-resizing/ http://www.spikything.com/blog/index.php/2010/06/02/flashsize-simple-browser-resizing/#comments Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:20:45 +0000 Liam http://www.spikything.com/blog/?p=254 How to allow SWFs to display at 100% width/height in your browser - but enforce a minimum width and height, in case of a smaller browser window size than you've designed for. Until recently, I'd used other Flash/browser resize managers … Continue reading →]]> http://www.spikything.com/blog/index.php/2010/06/02/flashsize-simple-browser-resizing/feed/ 0 http://www.spikything.com/blog/index.php/2009/12/03/mind-control/ http://www.spikything.com/blog/index.php/2009/12/03/mind-control/#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:40:37 +0000 Liam http://www.spikything.com/blog/?p=213 Here's one of my old games being controlled with brainwaves in a homebrew EEG device cobbled together by Italian Hacker Mastro Gippo:]]> http://www.spikything.com/blog/index.php/2009/12/03/mind-control/feed/ 0 http://www.spikything.com/blog/index.php/2009/10/17/local-playback-security-in-flashdevelop-and-flash-cs3-cs4/ http://www.spikything.com/blog/index.php/2009/10/17/local-playback-security-in-flashdevelop-and-flash-cs3-cs4/#comments Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:39:54 +0000 Liam http://www.spikything.com/blog/?p=192 I've seen a few people get into a pickle over this one. When you're developing and testing locally, you need to set the 'Local Playback Security' setting (sometimes referred to as the 'use network services' option) depending on whether you … Continue reading →]]> http://www.spikything.com/blog/index.php/2009/10/17/local-playback-security-in-flashdevelop-and-flash-cs3-cs4/feed/ 0 http://www.spikything.com/blog/index.php/2009/08/23/externalinterface_howto/ http://www.spikything.com/blog/index.php/2009/08/23/externalinterface_howto/#comments Sun, 23 Aug 2009 12:10:23 +0000 Liam http://www.spikything.com/blog/?p=139 Here's a quick snippet of code for integrating your SWFs with JavaScript, using ExternalInterface: PLAIN TEXT Actionscript: import flash.external.ExternalInterface;   // Calling a JavaScript function from AS3 (with optional parameters) if (ExternalInterface.available) ExternalInterface.call("javascriptFunction", param1, param2);   // Implementing a JavaScript … Continue reading →]]> http://www.spikything.com/blog/index.php/2009/08/23/externalinterface_howto/feed/ 0