Wordpress have released an iPhone app for managing your blog. Seems to work pretty good so far. I’m going to try attaching a pic from yesterday’s biking trip.
Here’s my tasty Ribena Smoothie ice lolly I had at the end of the day. It was delicious.
Carolyn and I got up early to go see the the Shawbridge flats in Pollokshaws get demolished. Here is a video courtesy of Carolyn and some pics taken by me. We arrived at 10:40 but they didn’t get demolished till 12:28. Maybe wasn’t the best idea to stand upwind of the demolition but you live and learn.
I’ve been playing with Tumblr for the past few days. I have to admit I really like it. It suites my rather eclectic posting style. It makes it pretty easy to post images, movies and quotes. Emailing in images is particularly cool.
Check out my Tumblelog here: http://defmech.tumblr.com/
It’s learning Actionscript 3 time for me so I thought I’d share a few things I’ve discovered lately.
First: Buttons.
Here is an example of a custom button. There is the built in SimpleButton class but sometimes you just need to roll your own.
This assumes you have a linked MovieClip in your Library with it’s class set to TestBtn.
package {
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
public class TestBtn extends MovieClip {
function TestBtn()
{
// UNLESS BUTTONMODE IS SPECIFIED AS
// TRUE, YOU'LL GET NO HANDCURSOR
this.buttonMode = true;
// IF YOU WANT TO HIDE THE HANDCURSOR
//this.useHandCursor = FALSE;
// STOPS THE EVENTS BUBBLING TO THE OTHER
// MOVIE CLIPS CONTAINED IN YOUR BUTTON
this.mouseChildren = false;
// ADD THE MOUSE 'ONCLICK' EVENT
this.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onClick);
}
private function onClick(event:MouseEvent):void
{
// TRACES THE NAME OF THE BUTTON CLICKED
trace(event.target.name, 'clicked');
}
}
}
I love the internet. It’s got such useful info on it.
I like how you can get away with using “cheap” special effects because the video quality is low. Great idea.
Spotted today in a local Gamestation. No wonder they aren’t selling very well!
Renault Crash protection: Ballet
Pretty cool advert for Renault. Must’ve cost a few quid.
Citroën: Rubik’s Cube
Again, another cool advert. Obviously CGI but pretty nifty anyway.
It’s beautiful weather here in sunny Glasgow today. But look what’s going to happen at the weekend! Typical, I want to get out on the new bike and Mother Nature has other plans!
Update: Actually the weather turned out pretty good. Managed a half day at Carron Valley and a full day at Glentress.
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