http://blog.hydrotik.com actionscript and creative playground of Donovan Adams Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:34:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I had someone come to me with some issues using the CSS item in QueueLoader. We went back and forth and I had forgotten that QueueLoader parses the stylesheet from the loader data internally. OK great, but still couldn't get the text to style. I've actually had problems with textfields ... http://blog.hydrotik.com/2010/02/04/queueloader-3-1-8-css-example/ I've decided to take a step back in the hopes of taking two steps forward. HydroTween is now deprecated for the most part as I've stripped it down and done some rebuilding in the form of OpenTween. The hope is by having the project on gitgub, the project will attract ... http://blog.hydrotik.com/2009/12/01/hydrotween-is-now-opentween-and-on-github/ http://blog.hydrotik.com/2009/11/25/queueloader-is-now-on-github/ Having some problems with the vcs on Google, but the featured link is current. I'm in the process of moving QueueLoader over to github to ultimately make life easier. 3.1.8 addressed an issue with throwing an error when running the queue with no items in it as well as the ... http://blog.hydrotik.com/2009/11/23/queueloader-3-1-8/ Just completed a rush project for the film Across The Hall. Being that this is a noir styled film, I came up with a simple class that emulates the effect of sign letters turning on. Could work for Fluorescent lights as well as other stuff. Easiest way to use it ... http://blog.hydrotik.com/2009/11/23/fluorescent-ballast-and-neon-flicker-across-the-hall-movie/ I was the victim of Malware over the weekend. So the blog has a new look and my apologies for the temporary default theme. Trying to get everything back in order and more posts to come soon! http://blog.hydrotik.com/2009/11/23/temporary-new-look/ Announcing a long overdue update of QueueLoader last week. Fixes include finally addressing the error handling of a missing item that is first loaded. Also some optimization of the utility with interfaces. Click here to download The google group has been growing and hopefully it has been helpful. I set up an ... http://blog.hydrotik.com/2009/10/06/queueloader-317/ This is a condensed collection of freelance web design and development projects that I have done for clients in Anguilla, British West Indies. Anguilla is located on the most north eastern edge of the Caribbean islands and is known for its amazing beaches. Currently all of the web development work I ... http://blog.hydrotik.com/2009/01/29/web-design-and-development-in-anguilla-british-west-indies-caribbean/ I'm excited about the launch of www.youwillknowthetruth.com. Keep checking the site as clues will be released frequently leading up to the moment of truth! http://blog.hydrotik.com/2008/11/30/youwillknowthetruthcom-the-final-cylon/ Here's my list of 11 shweet resources and utilities for Flash Developers for the upcoming year. Some of these will look familiar to you from 2008 and possibly even earlier, but their significance and continued development will see them into 2009 and beyond. With the release of CS4, expect to ... http://blog.hydrotik.com/2008/11/23/11-must-have-flash-resources-and-11-must-have-utilities-for-2009/