How I Roll

With the problems with Rush's Moving Pictures DLC, RB has released a Locksley pack.

All Over Again

She Does

Don't Make Me Wait

I recently had a moment to revisit the examples included with the Flex 3.1 SDK and realized that there is really no need for an alternative toolchain because it already exists. Perhaps people did not go through the samples; perhaps they did not understand the batch or shell scripts. I'm not sure, but using the examples, most people should be able to put together a basic Flex app and understand the toolchain.

I might sit down and explain it a bit more in-depth since that is obtuse, but everything is there to use it.

That's right, the full album of Moving Pictures.

1. Tom Sawyer - Original Version

2. Red Barchetta

3. YYZ

4. Limelight (Original Version)

5. The Camera Eye

6. Witch Hunt

7. Vital Signs

Looks to be a lot of fun!

That's right, the full album of Moving Pictures.

1. Tom Sawyer - Original Version

2. Red Barchetta

3. YYZ

4. Limelight (Original Version)

5. The Camera Eye

6. Witch Hunt

7. Vital Signs

Looks to be a lot of fun!

Anyone who knows me knows that I like 'em my RockBand. And the just announced the lineup for this coming Tuesday.

Devo - The Girl You Want

Devo - Through Being Cool

Duran Duran - Rio

Duran Duran - Girls on Film

The Janitors - Get Your Rock On

I have long been convinced that I am poor, and that Marni and I together are poorer still. I'm not sure how that works since we should be making twice the money, right? Okay, it's mostly my debt that's holding us back, but rising interest rates and housing costs are really biting into what we can afford.

So I found a house that is inexpensive and needs a *lot* of work. Now, I'm not a handy-man by any stretch of the imagination. I can probably rip out the existing cupboards and scrap-board shelving in the basement without seriously injuring myself (perhaps). I know I can strip wallpaper and paint. I can even pull up carpet and chemical strip the glue and varnish off of the floors and put down new. Impressed, yet? Most likely I can install the kitchen cabinetry...but that is about the extent of what I can do. The rest, sadly, will have to be done by someone I hire. The crux is that it is a house we can afford, and with the 15 year loan, it would be ours...if we really wanted it and could invest the time and money to get it livable.

We need to look at the place to see if it is indeed a place we could live, but from the photographs it has promise. One of the biggest promises that it has is that the kitchen will be completely demolished and rebuilt before we consider moving in. There will also either be new carpet or refinishing of the hardwood floors under the threadbare fugly carpet already in there. That carpet must go no matter what.

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Dionysus was watching last night at auditions because I was blessed with some wonderful talent! Now all I have to do is select people, notify people, get a set up, kick out the show and let actors do their jobs! I'm pretty excited!

I've noticed a couple of people who are having difficulty learning Adobe Flex because the (online) documentation is highly Flex Builder-oriented. This makes perfect sense since Adobe has released Flex for free to the world. They need something to make a little scratch back (some would argue that they've been bleeding us dry for way too long, but I really do not agree with that fully).

So I decided to put together a simple, free Flex toolchain. It is not nearly as friendly as Builder, nor does it have Builder's excellent features and support. It also doesn't have the excellent documentation that can be purchased separately from Adobe (and which I believe every Flex developer should have in their arsenal).

But, considering people are having such a difficulty with setting up a working toolchain, I thought I might just give it a go. Here are my primary requirements:

• Free. All tools and scripts should be free for end-users.
• Run external programs from within the editor. There are several free editors, and the point here is to run it through a project editor which will generate the index.html as a test site and copy the generated FLA's into place for testing...and then loading it up in the browser.
• Same as above, but with an AIR launch option.
• Editor with language configuration for MXML and AS3.
• Run from a Jump Drive (ie. no registry changes, etc).

Those are the five primary requirements currently. I'm going to get started on it; who knows how long it will take since my life is becoming very, very busy very, very quickly with Cash on Delivery starting soon.

Meanwhile, get up on your Flex dev skills with the 60-day eval of Flex Builder from Adobe and a little reading material.

Adobe Flex 3: Training from the Source
Price: USD 40.84

64 used & new available from USD 5.39

Downloadable content for Rock Band tuesday: August 12th!

Nothing I'm overly excited by, except maybe Dream Theater and Killswitch Engage. Fun to see Machinehead in the lineup as well.

Machinehead - Aesthetics of Hate

Devildriver - Clouds over California

Dream Theater - Constant Motion

Killswitch Engage - My Curse

Airbourne - Runnin' Wild

Megadeth - Sleepwalker

I should be a lot more excited by Megadeth, but seeing Dave Mustaine interviews after The Decline of Western Civilization, Part 2: The Metal Years has tainted me since he fell into line with the same voice as the rest of the rockers in the documentary when he was a singular voice of reason.

The Decline of Western Civilization Part II-The Metal Years [VHS]
Price: ---

11 used & new available from USD 34.77

I'm pretty excited about this release next week:

I loved the original Bionic Commando and the GBA remake. This one just looks like tons more fun!