Archive for the ‘General’ Category

Fixing the Woot Watcher Firefox Add-on

One of my favorite add-on’s for Firefox is Woot Watcher. Displaying the current woot, it’s usually just a small convenience since there’s only one item a day. During Woot-Offs, however, this is an invaluable add-on. No more keeping a separate window open and refreshing it. No more forgetting to check to see if those damned [...]

The Alton Brown Cooking Project

While I have a very open mind and am open to trying new things – I’m often just a creature of habit. Often times, if I have few or no restrictions, I feel suffocated and just go with old standbys. This is especially true with food. I can’t tell you how often I just don’t [...]

Oh my god, that’s butter!

Today was our annual trip to the Strawberry Festival in Plant City, FL. It’s our annual “undo all our exercise day” where we eat all sorts of horribly delicious foods that should probably come with a free trip to the emergency room. Here are the major highlights. Click the thumbnails to view the larger versions. [...]

Ghost In The Machine

The big application I’ll be working on for my job will be extremely expansive and far too large and complex for all of the components to be embedded. To prepare for this, I started playing with the ModuleLoader class on Friday. I had a working understanding of it by the end of the day on [...]

Hello world!

I’ve decided to start a regular blog to track my experience as I learn Flex/Actionscript. As much as I’ve hated Flash historically, who ever thought that I’d be willingly learning Actionscript – much less liking it?