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Monster Debugger

Mike — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:52:18 +0000

This is a fantastic external debugger for Flex/Flash applications. The primary thing I love is being able to change properties at run time, and being able to execute methods.

Grab it here, it’s free: Monster Debugger

Playing with 3D Rotation in Flex 4

Mike — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:53:19 +0000

I wanted to experiment with the new 3D features in Flex 4 Gumbo, so I made this simple rotate demo. Your mouse controls the rotation of the paw. I used the new functionality of

AnimateFilter

SimpleMotionPath

for the ‘info’ button effects and when clicking the paw. Rather than use the Rotate3D effect, I am just setting the rotation properties on MouseMove.

Click for demo

This was done for my good friends at CFBgaming.com.

Tiny Alarm

Mike — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:45:01 +0000

If you’re like me, and always get really wrapped up in your work, then you should check out Tiny Alarm for Mac. It’s a great little app that lives in your menu bar and is a snap to use. Just click the alarm clock to set the time and it gives you a few short beeps (or other sounds) when the time comes and subtly flashes. You can ignore it and it’ll beep again every minute. Clicking it again will turn it off or snooze depending on preference.I use it to remind myself to get up and stretch or to move on to working on something else. I just got the new version which has cool features to gives you notes on why you decided to set the alarm in the first place. Now if it only made me get up instead of ignoring it or hitting snooze 8 times….More info on Tiny Alarm here