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1997 - The first keynote Steve Jobs gave, upon returning to the...
1997 - The first keynote Steve Jobs gave, upon returning to the Board of Directors, at Apple. (translate)
First-Class Citizens
The term “First-Class Citizens”, within the context of Computer Science, was coined by Christopher Strachey. This term represents the following principals: The rights and privileges of first-class citizens To be named by variables. To be passed as arguments to procedures. To be returned as values of procedures. To be incorporated into data structures. A common case, when a programming language refers to functions as “first-class citizens”, this equates the following principles to be true for them. Noted, for historical reasons. (translate)
MIT 6.001 Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs...
MIT 6.001 Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs Course, 1986. (translate)
Minko “ShaderLab” sneak peak: Embedding Shaders In A...
Minko “ShaderLab” sneak peak: Embedding Shaders In A Web Page “The ShaderLab is a Flex web application. It’s really easy to use and anyone can start playing. The only requirement is to know shader basics and 3D maths. The tool is actually so powerful that you can build an entire hardware accelerated particles engine without a single line of AS3. ShaderLab will provide a “Share” button “à la Youtube”. It will provide an HTML code - an iframe really - to embed your creations on your blog/website” (translate)
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This Week at Envato – Marketplace Milestones Galore
We’ve had amazing milestones on multiple marketplaces in the last week or so. When I heard the news it reminded me of the timing and significance of all the planets aligning on Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. Well, maybe that’s because I’m an Envato fanboy. But don’t miss the details below. I’m sure you already closely [...] (translate)
Foto Feb: day 4
This is prob. the most stereotypical Gold Coast photo you could get: tall apartment building, some tropical palm trees and blue sky Foto Feb: day 4 is a post from: Blog in Black Foto Feb: day 4 is a post from: Blog in Black (translate)
It's been a good run
I'm going to let the blog go. Running the business and starting a family has left me little time to contribute to Flash In Your Face, not to mention I only do Flash about 30% of the time now. I still love Flash and more importantly the Flash community. Thank you to all who have read the blog over the years. We've laughed. We've cried. We've written a shit-ton of Actionscript. If you ever want to reach me, please just contact the company and ask for me. www.ovrflo.com SNOOGINS (translate)
How to Invert Vector Mask in Photoshop
This tutorial covers situation when you have created vector mask but exactly opposite of what you need. This can happen in situation when is easier to outline what you do not need or what to hide with vector mask. First thing first, to outline object you will probably use Pen tool and Paths drawing mode from options bar. After outlining object go to Layer > Layer Mask > Reveal All or use keyboard shortcut Ctrl + click Add layer mask icon at LAYERS palette. And let’s say you have exactly opposite of what you need. If you open MASKS palette, (translate)
Why Acrobat’s Auto-Recognize Feature Isn’t Always the Solution: Making Matrices of Fields
The forms auto-recognition feature in Acrobat X Pro is powerful and fast — it creates form fields based on elements in the PDF (such as lines, boxes, circles, etc.), and names them according to nearby text. While you often have to tweak the results — for example, creating fields it missed, renaming fields with paragraph-long [...] (translate)