Category Archives: General

SWFSheet Version 1.1 beta

Posted on January 12, 2011 by keith

It snowed here in Boston on Wednesday. Enough that I didn’t make it out of the house. Or at least not out of the driveway with shovel in hand. So, with a day off, I worked on adding features to … Continue reading →

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SWFSheet coming features

Posted on January 12, 2011 by keith

[EDIT: Just released a beta of SWFSheet 1.1 here: http://www.bit-101.com/blog/?p=2948] The response to SWFSheet has been overwhelming. I guess I wasn’t the only one who found such a tool useful. I’m going to release a new version with some updates … Continue reading →

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SWFSheet – create sprite sheets from SWFs

Posted on January 10, 2011 by keith

[EDIT: Just released a beta of SWFSheet 1.1 here: http://www.bit-101.com/blog/?p=2948] [EDIT: Version 1.1 final released: http://www.bit-101.com/blog/?p=2977] SWFSheet is a program I created in most of a day back in late December. I finally polished it up this week and it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in ActionScript, Flash, General, iPhone, Objective C, Silverlight, Technology, Windows Phone 7 | 56 Comments

Hello DreamHost

Posted on January 8, 2011 by keith

As of now, this blog, as well as Art From Code, MinimalComps, Wicked Pissah Games, and my personal site (and a few sites run by my wife), are now hosted on DreamHost. Previously, I’d been using Media Temple since 2006, … Continue reading →

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Good bye 2010

Posted on December 31, 2010 by keith

As usual, it’s time to make my year end post. I’ll keep it relatively brief. A few changes this year. This spring, I got kind of fed up with Apple, their control-happy policies, and the general direction they are heading. … Continue reading →

Posted in ActionScript, Flash, General, iPhone, Objective C, Silverlight, Technology, Windows Phone 7 | 8 Comments

Structure Synth 1.5.0 Released

Posted on November 22, 2010 by keith

This past year I gave my “Programming Art” talk at five different conferences: Multi-Mania Belgium, FlashBelt, and FiTC in Toronto, San Francisco and Edmonton. I think the two things that stood out the most for people were Context Free Art … Continue reading →

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How to Run a Blog

Posted on October 28, 2010 by keith

Running a blog is easy. I’d love to come up with 10 rules for running a blog, but I couldn’t think of 10 really important ones. The ones I’m going to list are the bare minimum though. 1. If you … Continue reading →

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Java on OS X for the uninformed

Posted on October 26, 2010 by keith

By uninformed, I count myself as number one. I’m writing this because I didn’t really get the whole Apple deprecating Java situation. It sounded serious, so I educated myself a bit. This post might be helpful for people who don’t … Continue reading →

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More thoughts on Mac

Posted on October 21, 2010 by keith

I’ve been thinking a lot more about yesterday’s thoughts, and it occurred to me I’ve maybe been thinking about it all wrong. I’ve been into computers since about 1986 when I gained control over a Commodore 64 at work. On … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on the 10.7 App Store

Posted on October 20, 2010 by keith

Today Apple announced OS X 10.7, aka “Lion”. One line reaction: I’m really glad I switched back to Windows when I did. The most troubling aspect of the whole announcement was the unveiling of the OS X App store. Why … Continue reading →

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