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here are some articles i was interested in this week…

> FDT 3 Actionscript Editor - FDT Tutorial List

> HEAD Conference 2008 - it was alot of fun! « RockOnFlash \m/ :: John Grden

> Flash Magazine > Aviary launched

> Gang of Four (GOF) Design Patterns in ActionScript–Adapter - Ntt.cc

> Flash,AS and Me: easter egg in Flash CS4 Professional

> 60+ Useful Adobe AIR Applications You Should Know | Tools

> The Flash Blog » New video tutorial on using ZendAMF

> Announcing Cannonball, a DOM+HTML+CSS+Browser Library for ActionScript 3.0 Open Source Flash

> gskinner.com: gBlog: Simple Flash Player 10 3D Demo w/ Source

> FDT 3 Actionscript Editor » Creating Flash Player 10 Projects with FDT (beta)

> Hot AS3 art | Stroep

> The Flash Blog » Flash Player 10 Video Flipper 3D

> FlashPad » Starfield for Papervision3D

> Actionscript Errors Got Roundup

> Is ActionScript 2 Development Faster than ActionScript 3 Development? at Mike Chambers

> Anyone using the Krugle Eclipse plugin?

> dispatchEvent()™ » Get together for the Global Game Jam 2009

> Scott Janousek » FOTBM09 (Flash On The Beach - Miami)

> The Official Flex Team Blog: Missed the Flex and Zend e-Seminar? No Problem.

> ActionScript 3.0 Prototype Design Pattern: A Minimalist Example | ActionScript 3 Design Patterns

> Papervision3D + Xray Introspection = FINALLY « RockOnFlash \m/ :: John Grden

> Andre Michelle » Fur like renderings

> SlideRocket out in the open | Serge Jespers

> Flint 2.0 released

> Flash: SOS Max, the best Flash trace() output debugger on the planet : TroyWorks

> FLEX{er} » Flash Player 10 Debug Version

> dispatchEvent()™ » Tip: Adding version checking to your external code library

> Bump Mapping Texture with Papervision3D | ClockMaker Demos

> The Flash Blog » New tutorial on Flash QuickTime export

> cochin, Kerala ,India - Anil Mathew: Create PDF using flash 10 save to local file

> Technoracle (a.k.a. "Duane's World"): Flash SEO Research: Google DOES use Ichabod to index Flash

> Flash 411 #4: Video Encoding Basics - FlashConnections

> Silverlight 2: Things ActionScript developers need to know. | Daniel Love

here are some articles i was interested in this week…

> QuadTree Test with PaperVision3D | ClockMaker Demos

> The Flash Blog » Natzke-inspired Flash math animation

> PV3D Sample #5 : Shadow Cubes | ClockMaker Demos

> An ActionScript 3.0 Recursion Excursion | ActionScript 3 Design Patterns

> Last Chapter Done! | BIT-101 Blog

> SWFUpload v2.2.0 Beta 1 Released | SWFUpload

> The Flash Blog » Acrobat animation with Fermat spiral

> Flex Monkey Patches » Sending Flash Player HTTP Headers for URLRequest, HTTPService and WebService in Flex

> Passing data to AS classes at compile time | Awen Code

> My favorite Flash Player 10 apps and examples | Serge Jespers

> Mr.doob’s blog | Rules to make a better internet

> Sharpen Pixel Bender Filter | Ryan Phelan

> The Flash Blog » Automatic Motion Preset Previews

> Away3D 2.2: Let’s Enjoy The Charming of 3D By RailAway Express | FlexMan

> Compare the Flash Player 10 and Flash Player 9 Under Mac OS X and Linux | FlexMan

> Gang of Four (GOF) Design Patterns in ActionScript–Abstract Factory - Ntt.cc

> BendPixels: use PixelBender filters as Flex Effects | Rags to Riches

> The Flash Blog » Tough questions for Adobe

> Streaming Video with the F4V File Format | Flex’n'AIR

> GeoCoder « Daily Papervision3d

> Magnify Pixel Bender Filter | Ryan Phelan

> Rendering spectrums with Sound.extract() [ by Thibault Imbert ] < ByteArray.org

> Ted On Flash: 360Flex SJ 2008 - High Definition Video & Flex Hands On by Christopher Keeler

> 10 Most Sought-after Skills in Web Development - NETTUTS

there are just 6 tickets available for the first flex camp in germany. so hurry up and get one of the last tickets at http://flexughh-camp.eventbrite.com/.

hey guys, the first flex camp in germany was announced yesterday.
it’ll take place on november 6th, 2008 in hamburg and is organised by the local flex user group.

the very special thing is, that there are three flex camps at the same time in europe. the other two camps will be in vienna and bucharest.

for more information about registration, schedule, location and speakers visit

http://www.flexcamp-hamburg.de

i’m glad to see you there…

here are some articles i was interested in this week…

> Innovative Flash Content: Time Beat | Flash Speaks Actionscript

> An Easy Way To Append To a Log File in AIR « Miscellanea

> Adobe - Developer Center : Generating sounds dynamically in Flash Player 10

> Using Cairngorm in a Flash Project

> jd/adobe: The De Facto Web

> Flex-mojos: Automated UI tests

> Andre Michelle » Blog Archive » FP10 SoundAPI changes

> Nobien » Blog Archive » Mipmapping in Flash Player, Unbeknownst Until Now!

> Embedding fonts in Flex Gumbo at Flex Examples

> Flash Magazine > News > swfversion.com

> Papervision QuadTree Support « Papervision3D

> Papervision3D: QuadTree Released « RockOnFlash \m/ :: John Grden

> The Official Flex Team Blog: ZendAMF In Zend Framework 1.7 Preview Release

> Flash 9 on PS3

> FXG | RiaDocs - Journey to Web 3.0

> New Flash CS4 and Flash Player 10 Articles online at Mike Chambers

> Colorful Tree Fractals in Flex « <blog:Quetwo>

> 3D Rotating objects in Flex using the FxRotate3D effect and Flash Player 10 at Flex Examples

> wildwinter: Scribble!

> Ledjam « Daily Papervision3d

hey guys, last week i needed to pause several timers and resume them later on. i ran into a problem which i try to explain in an little example.

so let’s say you start a Timer with 1000 milliseconds delay and stop it after 600 milliseconds. if you call Timer.start() again, it starts with a new delay of 1000 milliseconds again. there is no built-in possibility to resume the timer for the remaining 400 milliseconds. i thought “nothing easier than that, just call Timer.pause()”. but there was no such method, so i decided to write my own ExtendedTimer class and add the pause functionality. now i like to share it with you…

> ExtendedTimer.as

package com.fjakobs.utils
{
	import flash.events.TimerEvent;
	import flash.utils.Timer;

	/**
	 * @author fjakobs
	 */
	public class ExtendedTimer extends Timer
	{
		private var _startTime : Number;
		private var _initialDelay : Number;
		private var _paused : Boolean = false;

		public function ExtendedTimer(delay : Number,
									  repeatCount : int = 0)
		{
			super(delay, repeatCount);
			_initialDelay = delay;
			addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER,
						    onTimer,false,0,true);
		}

		private function onTimer(event : TimerEvent) : void
		{
			_startTime = new Date().time;
			delay = _initialDelay;
		}

		override public function start() : void
		{
			if(currentCount < repeatCount)
			{
				_paused = false;
				_startTime = new Date().time;
				super.start();
			}
		}

		public function pause() : void
		{
			if(running)
			{
				_paused = true;
				stop();
				delay = delay - (new Date().time - _startTime);
			}
		}

		public function get paused() : Boolean
		{
			return _paused;
		}

		public function get initialDelay() : Number
		{
			return _initialDelay;
		}
	}
}

here are some articles i was interested in this week…

> Red5 vs FMS (and getting to grips with Java) « Rob Silverton

> Xray - Yes it does AS3 « RockOnFlash \m/ :: John Grden

> Scale9_Plus | FlashPlaya

> Xray short walk-through video « RockOnFlash \m/ :: John Grden

> Erick Souza » Experiments with Motion Detection in the Flash

> MVC As Anti-Pattern - O'Reilly Broadcast

> Building 3D Flash Sites that Work | Airtight News

> Mercedes AMG SL65 Black Series « Daily Papervision3d

> kaourantin.net: Audio mixing with Pixel Bender

> Flash On The Beach 2008 videos | ActionScriptHero.org

> Adobe TV Online

> 10 Code Search Engines

> To be or not be… a freelancer. | Cyril Hanquez

> dispatchEvent() » Flash player 10

> Flash Magazine > The Ying and Yang of Flash

> Interview: Powerflasher FDT's Frank Piotraschke - wezside

> AS3V at blog.joa-ebert.com - Blog of Joa Ebert

> Top Flash ActionScript Forums

> Paul Gregoire’s Blog » Red5 + h.264

> Rewritable PV3D Paint on Flash Player 10 | ClockMaker Demos

> 4 Things Bad About PureMVC

> The Flash Blog » Flash CS4 help files now available

> Flexperiments » AIR + Chuck Norris = Chuck Norris Facts Desktop app

> Gang of Four (GOF) Design Patterns in ActionScript–Factory Method - Ntt.cc

> GreenSock » TweenGroup -
Manage Sequences and Groups of TweenLite/FilterLite/Max Tweens

here are some articles i was interested in this week…

> Heat Maps & More In Flash « Deceptive Resolution

> Adobe AIR Bible Now Available! | Flash Speaks Actionscript

> Seb Lee-Delisle: The FOTB08 carnival leaves town

> The Flash Blog » Flash on the Beach 2008 Recap

> AudioTool’s Private Parts Slides at blog.joa-ebert.com - Blog of Joa Ebert

> Flash on the iPhone confirmed? We said nothing new! | Serge Jespers

> ini na!! » Blog Archive » Externalize Font with font subset, 
font weight and font style at the same time

> Quasimondo - Mario Klingemann's Flash Blog: 
Copy to Clipboard stopped working?

> Papervision3D - Now Featuring Frustum Clipping | zupko.info

> Lost In Actionscript - Shane McCartney
Tips on how to write efficient AS3

> Flexperiments » Now Available: ASDebugger 2.1

> Adobe - Developer Center : 
Using the Flash Media Interactive Server Feature Explorer

> Sönke Rohde » Maven & Flex-mojos

> Blender to .as3 Exporter for Papervision 3D, Away3D and Sandy3D Updated

> Using Flex compiled code within Flash! : Wichers Laboratories Inc.

> Intrinsic Library maker for Flash CS3 : Wichers Laboratories Inc.

> Flash Magazine > News > Get ready for a ride in a mine far, far Away

> How to Use the ASUnit Framework to Write Unit Tests for ActionScript - Ntt.cc