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So close to my target – please sponsor my 10K run!

Yes! I’ve nearly reached my target – thank you SO MUCH everyone who has sponsored me so far. I very much appreciate your generosity and can assure you that your contribution is going to a great GREAT cause – Cancer Research UK. BUT I’m not there yet – PLEASE sponsor me if you haven’t already! […]

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Give an infinite amount of coders an infinite number of laptops…

… and you should get the Flash equivalent of Hamlet. Well that’s the theory at least. However we only had seven coders and seven laptops, so we ended up with seven different types of crap. 🙂 At tonight’s FlashBrighton session we had a Flash Pass-the-Parcel, where we all got 5 minutes on each computer before […]

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Meet Carlos Ulloa and me at the Magic Circle

I was always interested in magic when I was a kid. And last year I started rediscovering my card tricks; imagine my disappointment when it turned out I’m actually quite crap at it!? 🙂 But that doesn’t stem my childish excitement at the fact that I’m going to be at the Magic Circle’s headquarters on […]

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Happy Birthday Keith Peters!

John, Andy and I thought we’d chuck a little something together for Keith now that he’s 44, (or 14 x Pi if you’re talking his language). Happy Birthday!

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My stuff any use to you? Pay it forward for cancer research.

Have you ever found any use for any of my stuff? That nifty particle effect on your game? That 3D Papervision website? Or perhaps you’ve just found my wry sense of humour somewhat amusing? Now’s your chance to thank me! But I don’t want anything from you. No, I’m asking you to pay it forward! […]

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Adobe MAX speaker expenses – still no joy

I just realised that I kinda left this thread hanging – the truth is I’m bored with this fight! (And the discrepancies with european prices too). I tried but failed to figure out whether their “free gift” for speakers would be something I may actually want (thus making up for the flights), but apparently that […]

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The FOTB08 carnival leaves town

And it is with a mixture of sadness, exhaustion, and joy to have been host to such a great many Flash friends from all over the world. The conference was pretty damn amazing, and it was incredible to catch up with my great friends Mario, Ralph, Keith, Rob, Jeremy, Carlos, Chris and the many, MANY […]

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All set for FOTB Papervision3D session

All set for my Flash on the Beach session! Learn how to get started in Papervision3D! Set up a Papervision project in only 5 minutes! Add spheres, cubes, and other shapes! Load in models from Maya and 3D Studio! Interactivity! Reflections! OH MY GOD HOW DO I FIT IT ALL INTO A SINGLE HOUR! Ahem. […]

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Flash on the Beach Miami

Just as the Flash literati are descending on Brighton it turns out that John Davey (Mr Flash on the Beach) has bigger plans… As if it’s not enough to set up a massive conference here in Brighton (an unbelievable 1050 tickets sold this year), he’s crossing the Atlantic to another famous beach, with hopefully better […]

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Unexpected Flex build error

I just had a weird one I thought I’d share on here in case anyone else has it. Or in case I get it again for that matter. I kept getting the same error from Flex Builder : “An internal build error has occurred. Right-click for more information.” After much searching and sulking I found […]