K2xL

Having quality issues? Getting different dimensions from the camera than what you request? Read this note from Adobe: https://bugbase.adobe.com/index.cfm?event=bug&id=2942275 This was Adobe’s response When you call Setmode with some requested width and height, its not necessary that you will get the requested width and height. The returned width and height depend on a number of [...]

I think I realized something today concerning workplace culture. The birthday paradox is a cool mathematical phenomenon. If you take a group of people, the chances that there are two people that share the same birthday is much higher than one would expect. Here’s the Wikipedia article explaining the birthday paradox. For example, in a [...]

So since some people have asked me about Steve Job’s letter against Flash, this is what I think. I have always said that Apple doesn’t want to risk buggy system and battery life (valid reasons. and I think Apple has a right to refuse Flash until Adobe fixes problems and proves Flash Lite can work [...]

So doing order by RAND() limit 0,1 is pretty slow for big tables. So I came up with the following. Basically it uses the ID column to find a random id number between the lowest id in the table (usually it will be 1 since that’s where auto increment start; however, I lots of times [...]

I was asked by Ian Bogost to make a Turing Machine program. The Turing Machine is a device that basically uses conditions to create some type of program. You can make your own here. I think it’s a great way to teach someone the basics of computer programming and logic. Initial Tape: PIG 1,_,1,_,> 1,P,2,_,> [...]

Click here to play my new game Obechi. Here’s the description of the game written by Tim Halbert (who wrote the music to the game): From the creators of the Flash sensation Boomshine comes a devious new game where hand/eye co-ordination and a lightning-quick reaction time spell the difference between success and failure. Hundreds of [...]

*Edit: Renamed app to Picterizer* A new version of Picterizer has been uploaded. If you haven’t checked it out, this web application generates a picture of pictures (from flickr). Basically you upload your photo from your hard drive. The program uses Flickr to compile the picture. The new version now includes a “variance” factor as [...]

Dennin Dalke, a Brazillian Flash Developer emailed me a great method for the AS3 EventManager class (read the original post). It’s a great method to save retyping so many lines. Get the updated class here. Also, if you have, are, or planning to use the class I would love to know how!

Here’s a nice review on Boomshine from CasinoGuide.com: Brain Reaction Lovers of Internet recreation have played all types of games, including first-person shooters, role-playing, pure action, gambling games via online casinos, mysteries, trivia, typing, and the list goes on and on. The gamers of the world are always looking for something a bit different. Enter [...]

I’m using Google Chrome right now, and I have to say that it’s blazing fast. Based on Javascript benchmarks I’ve ran from around the web, I found it to be way faster than IE7, way faster than Firefox 2, much faster than Firefox 3, and even faster than Opera. Chrome’s new Javascript engine is awesome, [...]