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ActionScript Error: Expecting semicolon before minus

One of my students came across an “expecting semicolon before minus” error while working on an ActionScript project last week. The error totally threw the student, but it made sense to me. At least I though it did. My guess … Continue reading

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Printing a single frame from a Flash project

Bit of a duh moment after finally finding a solution to this. What I needed was a way to print a single frame out of a Flash project. Pretty easy to print the first frame, or all frames, but I … Continue reading

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How to create a very simple space game in Flash

Admit it, you’ve played an online game while at work. And odds are very good it was written in Flash / ActionScript. We’re going to cook up a very simple Flash project that might serve as the start of a … Continue reading

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First draft teaching myself to draw

School’s out! And like most teachers out there I’ve got a list of things, both around the house and school related, to keep myself busy over the summer. One of my goals this summer is to get a big set … Continue reading

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Where Americans are moving

Cool use of technology and data mining. Forbes.com has a map that lets you click on a county and see where people are moving into and out of that county. Red is out of the county and red is in … Continue reading

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Demolition City Flash Game

This is one of those painfully addictive Flash games. I’ve killed several hours blowing up buildings. Online Physics Games

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DIY High Speed Photography

One of the first photo projects I can remember my dad and I working on was stopping the splash of milk dropping into a dish.  Nothing spectacular, but we did wind up with some pretty cool shots.  Shattering light bulbs … Continue reading

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