I got an unexpected phone call from a writer at one of the prominent Turkish newspapers this morning, asking me about the launch of the No.10 Virtual Tour project. A quick Google search revealed that the BCC has a story on it and that other media outlets have begun reporting about it.

The reporter did mention that the press release issued by No.10 included a link to my blog but not my contact information so he had to Google me for my number (yep, guilty as charged, I never have gotten round to putting my contact information on my blog) so here goes: If you're trying to reach me regarding the No.10 story, you can call me on +44 779 555 1278. You can also find details on the No.10 project on this blog post that I wrote earlier.

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WiiNintendo.net has posted a list of key codes that the various buttons on the Wiimote generate, stating that they work in Flash and JavaScript. Well, that's half accurate: They do work in JavaScript but not in Flash. Adding a Key listener in Flash doesn't register anything when the buttons on the Wiimote are pressed.

My first thought was to use the Flash/JavaScript Integration Kit (since the player in the Wii is version 7, we can't use ExternalInterface) to relay the key events that the buttons generate from JavaScript to Flash. Easier said than done.

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Here's a startling observation: the Flash Player on the Wii appears to run better than the one on my MacBook Pro (2.16 Core Duo). At least for this simple test SWF.

With the movie's frame rate set to 60 fps, I'm getting frame rates in the range of 41-52 FPS on my notebook (FireFox). Under Safari, the average rates are higher (49-52 FPS). On Windows, under Parallels, I'm getting 39-42 FPS for FireFox, 38-41 on Opera and a pretty steady 50 FPS on IE (49-51 FPS).

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One of the most exciting pieces of news in the last few days was the release of the Opera-based browser for the Nintendo Wii. Why? Because it has Flash support. Flash 7, to be precise.

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Alongside Flex Builder 2, TextMate is my editor of choice on OS X.

TextMate is a great all-round editor for simple (and some not-so-simple) tasks. For RoR, it's the dog's bullocks. I was, however, initially somewhat disappointed by its support for PHP.

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