Monthly Archives: July 2007
Flex Pass Message to Parent Component
So I’m passing the time by getting ahead on some stuff for work (possibly dangerous at this point, I know). I have a method in a .mxml that needs to reference its parent component. The way this was accomplished before was by getting a static reference to the main app, then just doing this: app.component.whateverINeedToDo(); [...]
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Pack-rat-ism
I have boxes full of notebooks full of notes from classes I’ve taken. These are about 75% full-page doodles, 15% blank pages, and 10% actual notes. I’ve never gotten rid of them. With any luck, I will be soon. I have never (before now) gotten rid of anything electronic. Broken? Goes in the broken electronics [...]
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Iain M. Banks
Reading Wikipedia about Iain M. Banks (the author of The Algebraist, as I mentioned earlier), reveals that he has several other books I need to acquire. He has a 6-book + short stories series that fleshes out a universe similar to the one in The Algebraist. He also writes literary fiction (my wife will be [...]
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Best Short Stories Online
I know lists are nearly verboten on blogs, but I’m tired and I need to post something for this half-hour, so another list is what you get :-p I’ve got a small collection of short stories bookmarked; I’ll share the best of them with you here. Along with Terry Bisson’s They’re Made Out Of Meat, [...]
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Programs I Could Not Live Without
Whenever I reinstall an operating system, there are several programs I must install before I even think about developing. Windows:TextPad – The best lightweight syntax-highlighting editor I’ve seen for windows. Has all the basics and then some.Cygwin – The basics of Bash on Windows. Write an honest-to-God bash script on windows. Never mess with a [...]
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