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Posted on February 19, 2009 - by Alex

Semper Vigil

Productivity

So here we go. After months (read: a lifetime) of project ideas that have faded into lethargy after the first week of pursuit, Ant and I are committing to a content-centric approach. That is, I’m going to just … write. Consistently. For a month. [...]

Posted on April 24, 2008 - by Alex

View tables and queries in Microsoft Access with locked switchboard!

Technology

Just wanted to drop in and share this: If you open a Microsoft Access file (2000-2007 I believe), and you are presented with the application “switchboard” and cannot access the tables, queries, reports, etc., you can exit Access, and then hold the shift key and double-click the file, and it will open into the administrative pane! [...]

Posted on February 16, 2008 - by Alex

Calling Methods in the Timeline in AS 3.0 - Flash CS3

Web Design

When first transitioning to Actionscript 3.0 and the new Flash CS3 O-O model, a lot of things became cleaner and easier to accomplish with code. One notable exception to that however, was calling methods in a timeline, specifically those in an externally loaded .SWF.
The short answer to this is: when calling a method in this [...]

Defining Success
by Alex on February 12, 2008
Sans Internet
by Alex on January 25, 2008
This Blog
by Alex on January 15, 2008
Life

Defining Success

What does success mean to you? I think most people want to be successful, but how many really have given thought to what that entails?
Do you aspire to become a millionare? Or live on the beach in Hawaii? Or simply to be the best Father/Mother you can be? Success doesn’t have to be a singular [...]

Productivity

Semper Vigil

So here we go. After months (read: a lifetime) of project ideas that have faded into lethargy after the first week of pursuit, Ant and I are committing to a content-centric approach. That is, I’m going to just … write. Consistently. For a month. [...]

Technology

View tables and queries in Microsoft Access with locked switchboard!

Just wanted to drop in and share this: If you open a Microsoft Access file (2000-2007 I believe), and you are presented with the application “switchboard” and cannot access the tables, queries, reports, etc., you can exit Access, and then hold the shift key and double-click the file, and it will open into the administrative pane! [...]

Web Design

Calling Methods in the Timeline in AS 3.0 - Flash CS3

When first transitioning to Actionscript 3.0 and the new Flash CS3 O-O model, a lot of things became cleaner and easier to accomplish with code. One notable exception to that however, was calling methods in a timeline, specifically those in an externally loaded .SWF.
The short answer to this is: when calling a method in this [...]

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